Hi,

I'm hoping to get ideas from your collective experience. I have  
permission from the mother to ask if you have ideas for what might be  
causing her pain.

The pain is only in her right breast. It is only for the first few  
seconds after her baby latches on. Her baby (about 1 month old)  
appears to have a good latch and is growing well. The pain is around  
the lower-outer edge of her areola -- about 1/4 of the circumference  
of the areola. It shoots toward her armpit from the areola when her  
breast is relatively full. After she's been nursing for a while, her  
breast appears dented (though not sharply) along the line where the  
strongest pain happens. It doesn't matter what her baby's orientation  
is (football, cradle, side-lying), the dent and the pain stay in the  
same place. Her baby's mouth isn't necessarily contacting the area.  
Her skin looks normal. The pain is worst when she nurses side-lying on  
that side.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

- Adria Cannon, IBCLC, LLLL
Madison, WI, USA

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