Re: Breastfeeding advice / breast fears
Hi,
it's a long time since I breastfed - also for around a year each time - but I'm sure you know that bleeding nipples (OUCH!) can be caused when the baby isn't latching on properly. If you put her on the affected breast and she isn't latched on well, it will be agony... Split nipples are a kind of vicious circle cos the baby senses you tensing up and then won't latch on and feed well. That's probably why she has gone off that side. I never heard of it being a cancer symptom.
Or, giving up one side may well just be the start of her weaning herself. The little lumps are literally small pockets of milk and it's great that you can express them, but whilever you do that the milk will continue that side and so you will continue to get them. It's nothing abnormal. Do you have a breastfeeding counsellor contact number? In the UK there's La Leche League and NCT. Expressing with a split nipple is quite tricky... Find help by phone if you can.
I'm sure someone with more recent experience will be along, but I recognise everything you're saying and I didn't want to leave you worrying alone. x
Last edited by Speranza; 03-01-18 at 19:03.
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