I worked with a first time mom with nipples too large for the baby. She
fingerfed the first baby for 6 weeks until her mouth grew.
The second baby showed signs of weight gain problems very early. This was
when I first got the "Baby Weigh" scale. The baby was getting one tenth of
an ounce! For the second baby, she used a bottle until the baby was 5 weeks
and got her on the breast. Both nursed for several years.
So, it is not limited to grand- multiparous women.
Patti Carroll, RN, IBCLC
CDC/ATSDR Lactation Support Program
Atlanta, Georgia
770-493-4908
----- Original Message -----
From: Kermaline J Cotterman <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 11:23 PM
Subject: Doubling of nipple size
> Jessica wrote:
>
> <To throw another point into the pot, many of these mothers tell me their
> nipple size has almost doubled by the time they get to their 10th + kid,
> and obviously many seem to have kind of "stretched ducts" (for lack of a
> better way to descibe it). >
>
> We came across it not long ago in a mother of 5. She had nursed them all
> for over a year or two. The first three are now pre=teens and teens. She
> said the nipple size had seemed to increase with her fourth child, now 2
> 1/2 years old. She had also been married a second time, so we wondered if
> it had anything to do with that, but couldn't think of a diplomatic way
> to ask.
>
> We were shocked at the nipple size, which was nearly as big as a large
> marshmallow. The breasts themselves were only an A to a B cup size, and
> the milk reservoirs were the normal size, and fortunately, just at the
> base of the nipple.
>
> She came to our attention because her baby had not gained beyond his
> birth weight by 7 weeks. The nipple was so large that he was unable to
> reach the sinuses without gagging on the nipple. Fortunate for them both
> that her MER was keeping some milk flowing into his mouth. We had to
> intervene with breast compression at night and pumping and EBM by SNS
> during waking hours.
>
> I would like to hear if more people have noted this phenomenon.
> I am amazed that we don't hear about it more often, given that more
> mothers are nursing longer than several decades ago.
>
> Jean
> ***************************************************
> K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
> Dayton, Ohio USA
>
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