blisters, ouch

[weaver]

What do I do? 

Have big painful blisters on one nipple, think due to the combination of E's shiny new front teeth and her non-stop wriggling. She's hanging off there, kicking her feet and clamped on with her teeth.  Ouch.  I have a multi-mam compress on there at the moment, anything else?  Just leave them to heal?

[Fiver]

Are we talking milk blisters?  If so, lots of hints and tips for dealing with them here - http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipplebleb/
If a friction blister, then here - http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipplehealing/

If it is only from her teeth rubbing, if it were me, I'd keep going with the pain relief techniques (whether analgesia or cold compresses - or both!) and maybe try a different hold to take the pressure off the injured part of the nipple to give it a bit of a chance to heal.

[Erin M]

try a different hold

^^^this, definitely.  DS gave me lots of blisters when his teeth were coming in, ouch!

[*Ali*]

I hope they are healing nicely now Anne.

[weaver]

Hi folks, thanks for your concern.  The blisters themselves are gone but still sore.  Healing well enough since she's 13 months so there's a break from feeding overnight and for a good portion of the day.  Even when they were at the worst though I found those multi-mam compresses immediately made it feel better, no soreness when I had them one, and could leave them on all day, so that really helped and, I think, sped up the healing process. 

Thanks again.

[*Ali*]

Great