Nipple Shield

I’m the same. Baby is 10 weeks and I’ve tried to latch her a few times without it and she still won’t latch. I spoke to the midwife as I was worried, and she said not to stress. No major concerns if we have to use it for the entirety of our BF journey but keep trying to latch without. They did say sometimes it can be difficult for the baby as they are having to relearn their latch again.

I was! 🙋‍♀️ My LO had a lot of tension in her jaw from birth, which made breastfeeding absolutely excruciating for me. 🥲 We introduced nipple shields, which honestly saved us - they protected the nips and allowed me to keep feeding while they recovered!
After a few weeks, and after my LO had seen an osteopath, I gradually started reducing how often I used the shields. We eventually managed to transition off them completely, and now we’re all good and baring the nipple. 😂😅
So there’s definitely hope! The shields were such a helpful stepping stone for us. 🫶🏼

I used one for the first couple of weeks pretty much all day but trying to latch him once a day to keep him familiar and gradually when we adapted more I began using it for the evenings when he fed more and latching in the day. Really glad we used it was an absolute game changer. The munchkin one was great for us 😊

Same here, our baby really struggled to latch when he was born so we introduced shields that were a life saver at the time… he’s 10 weeks now and we’re actively trying to wean him off of them but it’s such a challenge, he instantly cries when offering him the bare breast

Second time EBF with a shield, first time around I did 11 months (only stopped BF as I went back to work and didn’t want to pump), I’m just over 3 months in this time. I’ve gone by the motto if it’s not broken don’t fix it!