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Feeding problems

Written on 08/10/2008 19:53:20 by

Hi everyone, i have got a lovely little baby boy who is 12 days old. I also have a 2yr 9month old little boy. I breast fed my oldest and had no problems with breast feeding. Since i have had my second baby i have had a few problems. To start everything was fine,until my milk came in on day 3. I seem to have alot more milk this time round thanwith my first, which is a goood thin in a way. But that is where i have run into problems. I managed to fed him forthe first 2 days after my mil ame in but then i got really engorged, and found it really hard to get baby to latch on. I was constantly dripping milk and felt quite ill, i tried to express but it was to painful so i had to try and let it drip to reliev the pressure. I ended up being sofull that the next thing was all my ducts got blocked up and my nipples and breasts swelled up. It was so painful and i tried everything to try and get the blockages to pass, but nothng woked. Finaly i have managed to get them to pass now so that the swelling has gone down now, and when baby has fed my breasts are atually soft. The problem i have now is that when baby latches on my nipple and surronding area is so sore it nearly makes me cry in pain. It has got so bad that i start to dread feedingtime as i know that it is going to be painful, but i make myself do it. It s painful all the way through the feed but it is really bad when i first get him to latch n, i am gettin bad at letting him get t nearly take my nipple in his mouth and then pulling my nipple away from him before he gets hold of it. I have to really makemyself let him latch on and try not to let it get to me and just let him feed. I have even tried feeding him every hour so my breasts dont get to full and hope the pain wont be as bad. But none of this worked and i still get the pain. If anyone has any ideas of what i can try or any reasons why i get the pains in m nippleswhen feedng, i look forward to hearing them. Thake care and i hope everything goes well for you all. x x x x x

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hve u tried nipple shields i had sismilar problems although mine was caused by cracked nipples and i ahted having her near them because of pain so then id get full and mor epain so on but with shields it hurts for initial latch and let down but then nothing took about a week but when everything healed no mor epain and no need for shields might be worth a try

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