Newbie, cracked nipples and lanolin allergy!

[MaskedKitteh]

Hiya, I'm ally, I'm currently bfing my 8 day old.
It's going really well and midwife today was happy with our latch, but I have one really cracked nipple from the first few days of feeding. Thing is I'm allergic to lanolin, can anyone reccomend anything else I can use on it to help it heal up asap!!

 

[mistyscott]

Ouch. There's something called kammillosan which is poss camomile based? I'm usually sensitive to wool and can't tell if putting lanolin on my nips was making them worse, so stopped. Good luck

 

[MaskedKitteh]

Thanks hon

 

[Lownthwaite]

Rub breastmilk on the nipple and leave to air dry.

Breastmilk feeds your LO but also has great healing properties!

 

[katlin]

Also try rubbing a little bit of petroleum jelly in between feedings

 

[MaskedKitteh]

Thanks!
So sore! Ones fine one is uber sore!!

 

[mistyscott]

Keep an eye out for thrush symptoms, esp with a cracked nipple - leaving breastmilk to dry on your nips is perfect environment for the thrush to thrive...

 

[Lownthwaite]

Keep an eye out for thrush symptoms, esp with a cracked nipple - leaving breastmilk to dry on your nips is perfect environment for the thrush to thrive...

If you start taking acidophilus then this should help prevent the chance of you developing thrush