I'm exclusively breastfeeding. My milk came in last night/today (A cup to grapefruit size!!).
It hurts, I know its going to. I'm using cabbage leaves to help with pain.
BUT Jamie can't nurse at ALL on my right side. I have a flat/inverted nipple on that side, and with being so huge, my nipple is GONE.
I can't hand express on that side (no pump!).
What else can I do? He can't get his tongue on it, so I literally can't nurse. (Mom is better than a lactation consultant, she bf all three of us.)
Will getting a pump to get just enough out to draw out my nipple help?
(Please, no "just feed formula" comments, he CAN nurse on the left side.)
He was getting colostrum out fine in the hospital, its not completely flat normally (but noticably more so than the other)
I tried AND my mom tried to manually express and pop/pull it out. Didn't work. I always start him on the right side to try to get him to suck on it, but he has such a hard time he gets upset and I have to wait 10 minutes to switch him to the left.....
It hurts, I know its going to. I'm using cabbage leaves to help with pain.
BUT Jamie can't nurse at ALL on my right side. I have a flat/inverted nipple on that side, and with being so huge, my nipple is GONE.
I can't hand express on that side (no pump!).
What else can I do? He can't get his tongue on it, so I literally can't nurse. (Mom is better than a lactation consultant, she bf all three of us.)
Will getting a pump to get just enough out to draw out my nipple help?
(Please, no "just feed formula" comments, he CAN nurse on the left side.)
He was getting colostrum out fine in the hospital, its not completely flat normally (but noticably more so than the other)
I tried AND my mom tried to manually express and pop/pull it out. Didn't work. I always start him on the right side to try to get him to suck on it, but he has such a hard time he gets upset and I have to wait 10 minutes to switch him to the left.....