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 mailto:[log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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