A mom Emailed me to day about sore nipples.
Baby is 1 week old, term doing well. I havent seen the baby but my partner
did in the nursery and she was seen a few days post d/c for breastfeeding
visit and doing well.
Mom describes the following:
"I'm trying to figure out exactly what she's doing, but my skin isn't see
through so I'm kind of guessing.  Sometimes, she pushes me out halfway and
then sucks me back in and OUCH!  She does that most often when she's pretty
much full and is more or less using me for a pacifier, but when she does
that, I have to take her off.  As it is, little by little, I'm getting more
sore each day.  I keep thinking that if I take her off every time she does
that, she'll learn not to do it, but I suppose I'm expecting too much too
soon.  But by the end of the day, I don't want to think about nursing."

My thoguhts are use of breast compression to ensure a full feed and using a
finger to suck on after feeds as mom discribes the baby nursing alot.
This is baby #2 and #1 wasnt an easy breastfeeder.
Any other ideas?
-Rob

Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP
Wilkes Barre PA
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