Nipple shields were the only way I could breast feed because I have one inverted nipple and one
flat nipple so breast feeding was a struggle for me at first until one of the lactation consultants told me to try nipple shields.
i have
a flat nipple so its hard for him to grab he cries so much i end up giving him my pumped milk or formula.
Not exact matches
I have
flat nipples,
so I have to use the
nipple shield as well, but I hate it, and my baby will only nurse with it on!
Now, there is no way anyone could say my
nipples are
flat - I need to wear a padded bra
so they aren't
so obivous... they sometimes just need to become acclimated to the whole breastfeeding process - they can get tougher and the pain goes away.
It also is not unusual for the same woman to have one
flat or inverted
nipple while the other
nipple protrudes well, or a woman who has two
flat / inverted
nipples to have one that protrudes more
so than the other.
I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE — forceful let down, had to bf with a shield (
flat nipples) and it was a disaster — plus oversupply
so all he was getting was formilk and no hind milk, he can never empty my breast fully.
I had sore
nipples for a while in the beginning I think because it's just kind of had
flat or inverted
nipples and
so it just took some time for them to kind of be shaped by nursing and then I also had some plugged up set various times and I did always kind of have a low supply off and on.
I have one
flat nipple (on my larger breast that produces most of my milk
so it's the go to and needed breast) but I was determined to feed.
The brand we purchased was for our pumped milk,
so they came with
flat lids in addition to the
nipple lids.
Babies are suppose to breastfeed, not
nipple - feed,
so some women will have no difficulty nursing a baby with
flat or inverted
nipples especially if their
nipples can elongate easily due to good elasticity.
But, if the
nipples are
flat due to severe engorgement, or they are truly inverted
so that the baby can't latch on, then it's an issue.
Maybe a friend told you that she used a
nipple shield for the first week when her baby nursed or maybe you think you have
flat nipples,
so you bought one while pregnant or, more commonly, maybe a well - meaning nurse gave you one in the hospital when your new baby had difficulty latching to the breast.
Sometimes woman who has
flat or inverted
nipples,
so any
nipples that doesn't really evert or protrude — for some babies, that can be a little bit harder for them to latch on too.
Flat or inverted
nipples - There is a technique called the sandwich technique (some also know it as the hamburger) to do this you imagine you're holding a sub and you know how you squish it to fit in your mouth, do this with your breast
so baby gets more of the breast tissue when latching on.
My
nipples were no longer
flat because of all the pumping,
so he was more attracted to them.
My concern is that ny
nipples are
so flat, the shield doesn't seen to suck them out and he just chomps on the end of my
nipple.
There's no obvious way to lead into this anecdote,
so I'll just come out with it: a nurse on one of the postnatal wards in our local hospital told my wife that her (my wife's)
nipples might be «too
flat» to breastfeed.
1) Pinch the areola right next to your
nipple so the
nipple can be moved (it may take a second for the
nipple to evert if it was otherwise
flat).
This information would have helped me tremendously had it been available when my firstborn worked
so hard to learn to breastfeed from my one -
flat and one - inverted
nipples, then demonstrated absolute frustration when I stuck every long -
nippled bottle teat in her face starting at 6 weeks and finally giving up at 4 months.
As long as he doesn't blab about his bud's embarrassing fourth
nipple removal (while changing only one letter of her first name), coloring stories with distinctive habits and idiosyncrasies can be just what a book character needs to transform her from
so flat she might as well be a paper doll to someone... well, someone readers might want to meet.