Dear Friends:
     How many of us have heard a mother say to us,  "Some one at the hospital 
looked and told me my latch was perfect" while  she is ready to quit 
breastfeeding because of the pain?
    I am working with yet another mother, who tells me  that her latch was 
pronounced 'perfect' by hospital staff and was given Percocet  for the 
incredible breast pain she had; the pain was ascribed to her  implants. No one noticed 
that her nipples came out of the baby's mouth  shaped like a new lipstick.
    We are always challenged by these cases. I have  seen a number of cases 
where latch looks good, but mom is hurting. Sometimes the  cause is in how the 
baby is using its mouth, sometimes the latch isn't perfect,  sometimes the 
mother has some condition..............but there is always a  reason somewhere.
    We have to keep looking. Telling the mom that  things are fine and that 
she has to endure the pain for X number of days or  until her nipples get tough 
is not a helpful answer. Giving her pain relievers  to deal with the pain is 
also not helpful.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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