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Re: couple questions
« Reply #60 on: June 01, 2008, 05:22:40 am »
Never used a shield, so I have no idea about that.
Maybe just the sensation?

What positions are you using to feed?

LOL at your dh. I think one of the reasons my dh loves me nursing is because I am solely responsible for all her feeds lol.

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Re: couple questions
« Reply #61 on: June 01, 2008, 06:46:10 am »
well done your doing fab. Are your nipples sore/bleeding? If so that could why. The thing with nipple shields is lo dosen't stiulate the milk as much with them on, could you try maybe once a day to feed without. I know from experience that when my nipples hurt in the begining i would bit my lip when he first lached on and after a min or so the pain would ease off. My nipples were so sore in the early days but with the help of my bm and creams, within the week it was fine. The thought of it still makes me cringe.

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« Reply #62 on: June 01, 2008, 12:53:53 pm »
No bleeding or cracks or anything. It only hurts while she's feeding. The longer she's on the more it hurts. I try ajusting her position and latch, but it doesn't help. It wouldn't be so bad if she weren't feeding for 20-30 min :P

It may be that I am not used to her being on the breast without the sheild. I'm taking it slow. If it starts to hurt to much I can always put the sheild back on. She still can't latch onto the left side at all without it. Though the inverted nipple is slowly coming out, so maybe soon.

We use the cradle, cross cradle, or football hold. Depends on her mood. Although on the left it has to be football. She does seem to like feeding while laying only on the one side. I did try to feed laying down lastnight but it didn't work. She just got frustrated and worked up, so I used the football hold, which calmed her, but that is when it hurt too. We're not as good woth the football hold on the right side and I am wondering if maybe the latch was off in a way I couldn't see because of the position.
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« Reply #63 on: June 01, 2008, 16:17:41 pm »
what sort of pain is it then?
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« Reply #64 on: June 01, 2008, 16:31:31 pm »
Kimberly, I highly highly recommend you watch those video clips I posted if you haven't done so yet. There is one about the assymentrical latch that literally saved our nursing relationship. It helps latch them on deeply, helps them feed efficiently, I can't say enough good things about it.

One thing I would watch out for is her nursing on one side. Kate had a broken clavicle and held her head in such a way that I always found myself nursing with her head lying to the same side....football on left, cross cradle on right. She developed a nasty flatspot which thankfully has rounded out so we have avoided the helmet therapy, but something to be careful of. When they nurse for long periods so frequently it is a lot of time lying on the one side.

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« Reply #65 on: June 01, 2008, 16:33:36 pm »
The clip you need to watch is the 4th one down, called "first latch". I watched this clip every time Kate napped as a newborn, so I could visualize it in my head every time I fed her.