cracked and bleeding nipples

[shanny]

fourth bf child and have always initially suffered with this but it seems worse than normal.........

any tips to pass this by - one week old baby so is it too early to express?

 

[dollyemi]

Definitely get some lansinoh nipple cream and apply after every feed. The ideal for expressing is to wait until your milk is fully established at 6-8 weeks.

 

[optimistic1]

I always put a warm wet cloth in the microwave and then put it on my nipples....for some reason cold felt worse and the warmth made it so much better and even relaxed me a lot in between feeds!

You can express but when I was it caused a lot of issues like oversupply cause if your pumping and demand feeding your body makes too much extra milk so I stopped and now I only pump occasionally if she'll be needing a bottle.

 

[NurseSooz]

Nipple shields saved me from giving up for the exact reason xx

 

[hubblybubbly]

I second nipple shields, I'm almost ready to wean off them as I've healed and toughened up a bit now x

 

[shanny]

nipple shield is working for one side -but other is just so sore and bleeding too much gonna try and rest for 24 hours and express some off....................so hope this passes

 

[NurseSooz]

Express off the sorest side. You could always start a feed with the shield when the such is at its strongest. Trying airing your nips a bit. I was also advised to do the "biological nurturing"/laid back technique.