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With painful cracked nipples and a newborn baby who won't latch on, a young mum posts to the community for help and advice
Help!
babydolls_lollypop: I am having a really huge problem with breastfeeding. Basically, I can't do it. When baby Toby was born on Saturday, he didn't feed for 12 hours because he had problems latching on. He finally managed it with a lot of help. Everything was kind of OK, apart from him cracking my nipple quite badly.
On Sunday and Monday I was experiencing excruciating pain when he fed, and it lasted the entire feed, so much so that I couldn't do it very well. I tried him on the other breast but it was impossible to get him to latch on, and my breast became engorged. The midwife tried expressing some milk but it felt like my nipple was on fire and someone was cutting into my breast with a knife.
I've since given up and put Toby on formula, which I am extremely unhappy about. No one can tell me why it hurts so much and I'm getting more and more upset about it because I desperately want to breastfeed him.
My boobs are so huge and painful that I have to take paracetamol. Does anyone know why this is happening? Do you think that after the milk starts to go, and I'm not so engorged, that I might be able to breastfeed again?
I've tried hot baths, hot flannels, a hot water bottle and ice packs for the pain. Nothing really works, and I would appreciate any advice.
Comforting words
aggielou: I think you can re-lactate any time - which means your milk will come back as soon as Toby starts sucking again. The engorgement should go down in a day or so. It is very painful if you just stop suddenly without gradually reducing the milk production. Ask your health visitor about re-lactation - but I think you would probably have problems like you did before, and your baby may also be reluctant to go back to the breast after a bottle as it's harder work.
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