Is it too late to put baby back on breast

I have a 9 week old baby who was breastfeeding the first 3 weeks and then we had to stop because I was having sore and cracked nipples. After having a Tounge tie treatment baby has made nipples bleed and she wasn’t able to latch properly. She has been taking my breast since birth as I am exclusively breastfeeding. She hates nipple shields and when placed on breast does not do wide open mouths. Exclusively pumping has become very time consuming, I want to introduce breast again and maybe do a combination. She is very settled with her routine and I don’t really want to stress her but I do want a bit more freedom also. I did have a lactation consultant come in however was not able to help ( she was referred by my health visitor). I was wondering if it’s too late or if it can be done with a support ?

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I’d say give it a try! When my daughter was born we went through a roller coaster of EBF to needing to pump and give bottles, supplement with formula, and back to breastfeeding. I was able to meet with an incredible lactation consultant who helped me with her latch and gave me confidence to try again.

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My baby had a tongue tie and would only latch on a nipple shield. After getting it sorted he still wouldn’t latch properly but I tried each and every time we fed even stopped feeding with nipple shield half way through a feed and tried without it. Eventually he latched and started to do it more often so just offer the breast every time even half way through a feed. Don’t give up ☺️xxx

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If you have been pumping and still have some milk supply then it’s definitely possible to give it a go. It might be worth contacting your local infant feeding team or asking your health visitor about breast feeding support . My local infant feeding lady was happy to come and visit after a tongue tie cut to support breastfeeding

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No harm on trying, I exclusively pumped from a few days old as he wouldn't latch, as he got older he slept better at night but would wake from time to time, when I offered a bottle he would take an ounce or so which meant I wasted quiet alot, tried one night on the boob and he took to it great, made the nighttime feeds tons easier with alot less wasted milk! X

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If you don’t want to stress her out too much could you try introduce slowly and after a little bit of a bottle feed so she’s not overly hungry?

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I didn't get mine to latch until weeks 13. We saw 4 LCs and a pediatric chiro and a pediatric osteo to help with her mouth!

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