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With a great deal of interest I have reading the thread on sore nipples.
Very sore nips should not be happening.
I had sore nipples for 6 weeks with all three children. I dreaded the
sore nips were more painful than the labor and I had total drug free
labor
and births. As a LLLL I never could figure out why I got them, until I
took the UCLA CLE course 13 years later. I remember my moment of
"getting
it" when Kitty Franc talked about the heart shaped tongue. Finally!
I am writing now because as a Lactation Consultant, I have learned a lot
more about them. Never once as a Leader did I or have I ever seen
extremely sore nipples at a meeting. I believe these Moms feel like a
failure or are too exhuasted to go anywhere and a LLL meeting is the last
place they would go with a big problem. I have heard Moms say they sat
in
the corner of a room wishing they weren't there because all they heard at
a LLL meeting was how wonderful breastfeeding was.
My nips never cracked or bled, however, it was like having them smashed
with a hammer everytime the baby went on. This is not just
one blow with a hammer to a thumb. This is 2 x 14 feeds a day at least.
That means I was being smashed with a hammer 26 times a day. I remember
well the psychological wear and tear this experience had on me. It
didn't matter if it were my first or my third child it was such a killer
experience that even as a LLLL I really considered giving up
breastfeeding. My husband would always say, " I know you Judie, you will
be mad at yourself a few months from now if you quit. So now when I talk
to some one about sore nipples, I ask them if they are tender or so sore
they tend to put off feedings. It is truly amazing to me that a woman
can
breastfeed when her nips are cracked and pitted. Mothers are awesome.
Personally I don't equate the pain of labor to the pain of sore nipples.
It is so completely different. How does having your thumb hit by a
hammer
compare to labor? The hammer hit jumps right in there over an over 10
experience in one flying second. It hits every cell of the body with a
spitting headache and with the most unforgetable pain. I believe very
painful nipples are an urgent care item for the breastfeeding Mom. I
choose to except fully and with a great deal of respect for what she
tells
me about her pain.
Thanks for listening to my sore nipple story.
Judie Zersen LLLL, IBCLC, CLE, (AAHCC (soon to be)
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