Looking for some advise. Mom has given permission to post this question so here goes. I'm working with a BF 2month old and experienced BF mom ( third baby) never before had problems with other children. Mom is complaining of significant nipple pain ( 6 out of 10) since birth and plans to quit BF during the next month if we can't change this. Great latch, good palate, teat is well formed, no damage or redness. But very ,very painful after nursing for at least 30 minutes. No vasospasms noted. Treated both with gentian just to r/o yeast and used Pat G's yeast protocol- no change. Am also trying having mom gently rinse nipples after nursing with clear water and applying a small amount of mylanta to nipples just prior to nursing- this has helped some ( still early days) Mom still needs to pump and feed EBM every third feed to keep from screaming at this point but she had totally stopped all at breast nursings prior to our last visit. She's sad to be concidering weaning at this point but not willing to pump for feedings for a prolonged time if we cannot correct this. Has anyone every had experiences like this? It's almost appearing that babe has a type of "caustic" saliva...sounds weird but thats why I'm trying the rinse and mylanta trick.... Any ideas? TIA- Lisa JOnes RN CLE IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html