Hi all -
My LO is 3 wks old today and we've had our share of challenges - he lost 12% of his body weight 3 days after birth despite constant nursing. Because of this, we were put on a pump + supplement regime which I am now trying to get off of and back to EBF.
Here's my question: in the last 2 days I have developed sore nips for the first time since his birth. The actual skin on the nipples seems fine and not abraded - no chapped skin, definitely no bleeding or whatever - but the whole operation is ultra sensitive, reminiscent of how they felt when I was first pregnant.
My LC has complimented our "strong latching skills" - DS does like to work his way to the end of the nip despite a good initial latch, but I take him off and re-latch unless it's the end of the feeding and he's already dozing off / not doing any nutritive sucking.
I was wondering if y'all had any thoughts about what might be causing this. I switched to a hospital grade pump (the Medela Symphony) a week ago and I experience some discomfort while pumping. I also switched DS's supplementation from finger feeding to bottles (First Years Breastflow) on the advice of the LC a week ago.
Thoughts about the reason for the soreness and how to reduce the discomfort?
Thanks all.
Any thoughts about what could be going on?
My LO is 3 wks old today and we've had our share of challenges - he lost 12% of his body weight 3 days after birth despite constant nursing. Because of this, we were put on a pump + supplement regime which I am now trying to get off of and back to EBF.
Here's my question: in the last 2 days I have developed sore nips for the first time since his birth. The actual skin on the nipples seems fine and not abraded - no chapped skin, definitely no bleeding or whatever - but the whole operation is ultra sensitive, reminiscent of how they felt when I was first pregnant.
My LC has complimented our "strong latching skills" - DS does like to work his way to the end of the nip despite a good initial latch, but I take him off and re-latch unless it's the end of the feeding and he's already dozing off / not doing any nutritive sucking.
I was wondering if y'all had any thoughts about what might be causing this. I switched to a hospital grade pump (the Medela Symphony) a week ago and I experience some discomfort while pumping. I also switched DS's supplementation from finger feeding to bottles (First Years Breastflow) on the advice of the LC a week ago.
Thoughts about the reason for the soreness and how to reduce the discomfort?
Thanks all.
Any thoughts about what could be going on?
