Bit of a random one - nipple toughness!!!

[loobylue]

Thanks for sharing. It's not nice but it helps to know I'm not the only one who has had such difficulties. I know people immediately assume wrong latching but it really isn't always the case at all. I'm also convinced my rather ample size (although currently much smaller!) didn't help either, nor does the fact they aren't exactly pert!!!

I think it's a good idea to start trying the right side again. I did the same with ds2 and it's amazing now I can feed him from both sides without any pain.

I think I'm going to try to keep it up until towards the end of the year if I can and then have a small break before baby no. 3 comes along. I wish you could buy some kind of hardening cream though!!!

[from2to3]

They say you can use the cream a few weeks before baby comes to condition them so it doesn't hurt so bad. With DS1 I had the usual expected soreness for about a week. I went on to nurse him for a year.
With DS2 it was excruciating for about three weeks. It looked like he was latched on properly - but it was the way he was sucking that was causing the problem. Only his doctor caught on to that when I told him how sore and are I was. He put his finger in his mouth and noticed the way his tongue 'got in way or pushed it out' all the while he had a good deep latch then he'd press harder to keep my nipple in. I had to train his tongue by putting my finger in his mouth and keeping his tongue pressed down so he wasn't pushing out. Then everything was great, and nursed him for over a year. He favored a side so occasionally one would get too full and I'd have to pump.
You can try again, every baby nurses different. Once past the expected first week of soreness if it still hurts don't torture yourself.


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