Toughening up nipples before breastfeeding?

Most nipple pain is caused by a bad latch in the beginning and I don’t know why on earth someone would want to do that to their nipples 🙈

Omg my mom told me to do this too. My lactation consultant was like “🤯 do not do that!”

Girl! 😂 Ignore your mama unless you have a kink for these types of things.

If you have a good latch, you don't have to worry about this. Use a lactation consultant. Most hospitals have them and they will come around to your room to help you and baby.

If your nipples get chapped, rub your breast milk on them, then wait for it to dry. Also, use breast milk pads in your nursing/pumping bra because they will be sensitive to different fabrics in the beginning.

Wouldn’t recommend trying to prep…Agree with others that it’s about latch and what helped me was lanolin cream / balm after feeds and no need to wipe off since it’s safe for breastfeeding. It will be a learning curve for everyone but you will find your groove! Lactation consultants are so helpful, I went weekly for the first few weeks because it was just hard to get a good latch but got support and it all worked out. We are 10 months PP and still EBF.

My cousin used a soft sandpaper because it was horrible breastfeeding her first. I never did though

This is an old wives tale, and not necessary!

No prep necessary. I never bothered, barely sore and breastfed until 2.5

I would not irritate your nipples before birth! Just make sure you have good nipple care in case there is any nipple pain. Like cream, nipple shields will help sometimes (I used these for the pain and because my baby couldn’t figure out how to latch, it really helped)

Find a good lactation consultant! :)

Reading this made my nipples hurt 🤣🤣