Nipple pain at 13 months

[Bellabaz]

Okay, so for the past two weeks, my nipples feel like they are severly bruised. It is quite painful to nurse dd2 and she only nurses a few times a day. Normally 3 times during the day and max twice at night. My nipples are also bright pink almost red, like thrush, but the pain is not the burning/itching i usually have with thrush. It is definitly a bruise type pain. even the water in the shower hurts.

As for changes in me or dd2, she isn't sleeping well for some reason I cannot figure out-could be teeth, could be starting at a babysitters 4 times a week. Some nights she wakes up just once or twice. Others its like 5 times.

I started taking probiotics, but I would think that would help not worsen thrush. I have some issues going on in the pelvic region, but don't think the two are related.

But it hurts. Help please ladies! I don't want to totally wean my baby yet, plus that still wouldn't tell me what the problem is.

[CorasMama]

I have had that problem recently, too. I went to see our local breastfeeding guru, an MD, and she took a swab. The culture came back for enterococcus and staph! I'm on penicillin for a few days more now, and hopefully that'll be the end of that.

[Bellabaz]

Wow! Well it turned out to be the return of AF. So the paine gone. but it was like that for almost a week. Hope everything on your end is cleared up now!