Nipples
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Extremely SORE Nipples Due to Pumping...
Asked by D.S. from San Francisco
on May 18, 2008
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Has any other mother experience really sore nipples while pumping only??? I use to specifically breast feed my son, however due to latch on issues and being extremely ...
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- You are almost certainly setting the pumping level too high. If you pump too hard it will hurt your nipples and your breasts. Go slowly and let it take a little long...
- Stop pumping for a bit and take hot showers gently massaging your breasts then when you bget out bend over with a couple bottles and let the milk drip out into the bot...
- LANOLIN! and make sure your nipples dry completely before you pack them away, give them time to breathe. Have you tried a nipple shield? I used one of thoes when ...
Painful Nipple
Asked by V.V. from Champaign
on May 24, 2008
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Help
I have what I think is a healing clogged milk duct that scabbed almost 2 months ago. I nurse about 2times a day (as much as I can handle it) and my son has pu...
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- My girlfriend just went through something similar and it turned out that her son had thrush and was passing it to her breast while nursing. She was in excrutiating pa...
- What everyone else said -- something's not right, and you need a professional to find out what it is. You can also use olive oil as a moisturizer/nipple cream. The...
- It should have healed by now, even if he is nursing on it. What is probably happening is that the reason you got the sore to begin with (improper latch) is still occur...
Advice on Weaning Newborn off Nipple Guard
Asked by A.E. from Dallas
on November 12, 2008
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4 days ago I gave birth to my third child. He is beautiful, and I'm hopelessly in love with him. When we were in the hospital I had a very difficult time getting him...
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- Congrats on your new baby. We had to use the nipple shield when my duaghter was born because she was very tiny and we had a latch problem. We used it for about 4 wee...
- My baby spent his first 3 weeks in the NICU with a feeding tube or a bottle. We of course needed to use the nipple shield when we finally began nursing. We used it for...
- Yes you definitely do not want him to become dependent on the nipple guard. I allowed my girl to keep using it thinking it was working so why change and at 4 weeks of...
Bottle Problems
Asked by M.J. from Minneapolis
on January 14, 2010
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My 3 month old will not take a bottle. I have tried Playtex, Born Free, The First Years, and Nuk bottles. I will heat up my breast milk and put it in the bottle. She w...
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- My son was breastfed for the first 6 months. I started trying when he was 5 months to get him to take pumped milk from a bottle. He refused. We tried every kind of bot...
- Just pick one bottle and nipple that you like (or maybe looks most like you) and just keep trying. Also, heat up the milk hotter than you think. My daughter would not ...
- Like others, I think the best thing is to let her go for a long stretch, and continue offering her the bottle without having access to you. You'll probably need someo...
Soar, Burning Sensation of Nipples from Breastfeeding.
Asked by J.L. from Charlotte
on August 10, 2008
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I am a first time mother of a wonderful baby boy 6 weeks old. In the beginning nursing was bit of a struggle because he was a month early and could not latch on to my...
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- If you're tense as he nurses (because of the pain), it restricts/reduces the flow and probably makes him suckle harder, which makes you more sore and tense (vicious cy...
- I WAS 29 WHEN MY FIRST DAUGHTER WAS BORN so am understanding. My mother, who was a nurse, was staying with me when this happened to me. I remember having to pump on ...
- I too had a hard time nursing my baby because he was born a month early but he fed like a champ once he got the hang of it. The burning and stinging sounds like a yea...
Re-use Nipples & Pacifiers?
Asked by C.F. from Chicago
on January 21, 2011
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Hey moms,
I am currently expecting my second child. I have many bottle nipples of slow and medium flow speeds plus a few pacifiers that I used with my first child (w...
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- I would reuse them (assuming they are BPA-free) and just boil them before the first use with the baby.
- Just sterilize them. I reused everything of my son's for my daughter, as long as it wasn't discolored, stained, or broken. Go for it.
- You re-used them with your daughter by sterilizing them, right? I don't see how this would be any different. Trust me when I say they're going to be having plenty of...
Problems with Breastfeeding Due to Nipple Shields
Asked by T.H. from Norfolk
on July 18, 2008
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I am a first time mom of a beautiful new 3 week old. Breastfeeding has been a challege since the first day. My baby didn't get enough from me and lost 10 oz so the nur...
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- Keep it up, your daughter will get it! Sounds like she already has! Good to hear that things went well! I used a nipple shield with my son for the first 6 weeks(th...
- Try pumping the breast that your daughter does not like to feed from to help keep them the same size. Im not saying it happens to everyone, but I ended up w/ lopsided ...
- I had a similar problem with my son, the fourth lactaation consultant we went to finally told me that although he had a strong latch he was pulling his upper lip under...
Bottle (Maybe Nipple) Advice - Drooling While Eating
Asked by C.W. from Boston
on August 6, 2010
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My son is 7 months old. He has taken a bottle since I went back to work a few months ago. In general it goes very well. However, I have to keep a cloth diaper under...
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- I used to use drop-ins with my son and had a similar problem, so we switched to Ventaire. Maybe you could try the Ventaire Wides? I use a bib with my son too; it's...
- You can try changing the bottles, and that might help, but he also might be starting to get some teeth in.........have you checked his gums? It's a little early, but ...
- This is normal. Don't worry about it - it will improve quite soon.
Breastfeeding - Nipple Shields and Pump Question
Asked by S.B. from Denver
on September 6, 2008
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I'm currently due in less then 2 months and I want things to go as smoothly as they can with breastfeeding. With my first it went terribly, no help I had no clue what...
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- Lactation Consultants do not recommend shields because babies sometimes don't want to quit using them. I used them with my son and that wasn't a problem. My daughter...
- S., Oh do I know exactly how you are feeling.... I was scared to death about breast feeding. When my daughter was born, I did have some trouble getting her to lat...
- When my son was born he had a hard time getting enough of my nipple in his mouth and the lactation consultant recommended nipple shields. They worked and he adjusted t...
Nipple Confusion and Low Milk Supply
Asked by G.R. from Dallas
on July 10, 2008
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I have a 3 week old little boy that was doing great breastfeeding the first 2 weeks. But lately he is having a hard time breastfeeding. I have been pumping breastmilk ...
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- Fenugreek worked for me too! I used a lactation consultant. Her name is Kay Willis. She worked in L/D at Baylor Grapevine for a million years and now she teaches ...
- If you can find a good lactation consultant, DO IT! It may be covered by your insurance - it's worth checking into. Even if it's not, they can help a LOT. I had Shingl...
- G., Congratulations on your precious baby... and good for you for nursing him! I'm mommy to 3 children and my youngest (a boy!) is 9 weeks old. I had A LOT of tr...
