I can't wear baby yet because my boobs are sore.
Oh wait that's another issue, actually one boob is sore, the other is just fine. Stupid booby on the left is killing me, such intense pain every time she latches on, like a thousand needles stabbing my nipple. Right side is only slightly uncomfortable, not enough to make me dread using it.
Anyhow- so I've been holding baby in my arms. WHenever she nurses on the left (painful side) My arms are so tense with pain and I have to hold my breast a certain way to lift it up so she can latch properly, and I'm afraid to let go while she's nursing because then the weight of the boob will pull it down and change her latch, so I spend half of all our nursing time in a strange arm contorted, tense position and now I have a terrible muscle pain issue in my back.
I can't lay down to nurse yet, the ONLY way I can bear to use that breast is in that strange, uncomfortable position.
Luckily, engorgement is gone.
I got some Lansinoh and began using that today let's see if it works. Anyhow- my arms are going to fall off because they hurt so badly. What to do??? Actually, tonight I brought her carseat in (I know, carseats are for the car...) and she's been in that almost all evening. I have been doing some stretching and I laid on the massage mattress thing (DH calls it a giant vibrator)
Any advice? Baby is 10 days old on the 12th
Oh wait that's another issue, actually one boob is sore, the other is just fine. Stupid booby on the left is killing me, such intense pain every time she latches on, like a thousand needles stabbing my nipple. Right side is only slightly uncomfortable, not enough to make me dread using it.
Anyhow- so I've been holding baby in my arms. WHenever she nurses on the left (painful side) My arms are so tense with pain and I have to hold my breast a certain way to lift it up so she can latch properly, and I'm afraid to let go while she's nursing because then the weight of the boob will pull it down and change her latch, so I spend half of all our nursing time in a strange arm contorted, tense position and now I have a terrible muscle pain issue in my back.
I can't lay down to nurse yet, the ONLY way I can bear to use that breast is in that strange, uncomfortable position.
Luckily, engorgement is gone.
I got some Lansinoh and began using that today let's see if it works. Anyhow- my arms are going to fall off because they hurt so badly. What to do??? Actually, tonight I brought her carseat in (I know, carseats are for the car...) and she's been in that almost all evening. I have been doing some stretching and I laid on the massage mattress thing (DH calls it a giant vibrator)
Any advice? Baby is 10 days old on the 12th
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