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Breastfeeding pain

I’m 10 day PP and breastfeeding is so freaking painful. Which in turn makes pumping painful my nipples feel like they’re constantly on fire. My mental health is in the drain feeling like I’m not providing enough. Idk what to do every time he latches on I want to scream from pain

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Have you tried nipple shields? ❤️

I have nipple pads is that the same?

nipple shield are different. i’ve also heard great things about silverettes, they help with healing. do you have a nipple cream?

Yup I use nipple cream but everytime he latches it hurts so bad I’ve cried so much this past week

I really struggled with this and felt like none of the midwives or breastfeeding specialists really understood how much pain I was in. It turned out he had a tongue tie which they hadn’t initially spotted, so I would definitely get your baby checked for that.

No, nipple shields are a soft thin silicone cover that you place over your nipple so that instead of the baby sucking on your flesh, they can suck on that.
It helps give your nipples some time to heal & also with latching.

They helped me out a ton.

Is baby getting a deep latch? A shallow latch can course nipple pain

How long does the pain last? Is it just few sucks? Or is it the whole feeding session?

If it’s few sucks that’s unfortunately normal -it will start getting less and less - mine stopped hurting around 5months…

If it’s the whole feed I’d suggest working on the latch

As others recommended nipple shields can also be a great help! But just like pump there’s different sizes so make sure to check your size ☺️

It sounds like baby doesn’t have a good latch. Wrong latch can cause serious trauma and damage to your nipples. I would look into nipple shields as mentioned above and silverettes for the healing. Did you look into his latch? Is it deep enough? Did you check for any tongue tie or lip tie (both top and bottom)? It’s not supposed to hurt this way. It can be sore the first few days but what you’re describing isn’t normal. Have you tried seeing a lactation consultant?

Definitely get nipple shields! They’ve helped me so much when I first started breastfeeding! & it’s normal that they hurt so much dear 😫😫😭 I know the pain! I use to dread when my daughter to wake up to feed but now we’re 10 months in & it doesn’t hurt anymore! Just keep on getting there girly and don’t give up 💕 such a beautiful experience but yess definitely get nipple shields it was the only thing that really helped me!

Instead of nipple cream you can also use your own breast milk for healing. You can put some into the silver cups and leave it on that way.

This happened me too and for a months or so I had to lightly hold my breast a certain way so as baby had a deeper latch.

Can you see a lactation consultant to see if they can help with latch?

Has baby been checked for tongue ties?

Also new positions? I found side lying was the best, but at first I wasn’t finding it comfortable until a home nurse showed me a more comfortable way. I fed like this for months.

Is it both sides? Or is It just one. It could be the shape of one nipple or ‘flat nipples’ as they call them! But I found using a hand pump right before I helped her latch made my nipple more errect for her to latch on to and this helped me so so much. Just one pump made a difference

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

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In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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