Feeling annoyed during BF & sore nips

[not_telling]

I'm 2 weeks and 3 days into being a mama for the first time and am very glad to be BF my lil' cutie.

However...

I'm still having sore nips issues. I started working with a LC on day 4, and remain unsure about how well my LO is latching. It had been feeling better for a while, but now I'm sore again. I wonder about thrush because I (we) did receive one dose of antibiotics during labor. How soon would thrush appear if "caused" by antbx during labor? I don't think baby has signs of throush (white patches)...how would I know if I do?

Also, the other thing is that sometimes I feel myself feeling really annoyed during BF, particularly in the middle of the night. It happens most when he is not using a vigorous suck...what I liken it to is when someone I'm being sexually intimate with attempts nipple stimulation and instead of feeling good, it just feels annoying and you wish they'd just stop.

I keep reading that if baby is latched correctly, BF should be totaaly comfortable.

So, what's my deal? - Do we still have a bad latch? Does BF become comfy for every mom?

[bamsmom]

congrats on your new little one! : i'm no expert on this stuff by any means, but i've been bf'ing ds for 11 mos now, and i remember some of the stuff you're talking about! i remember having sore nips off and on for about 2 mos or so...sometimes the soreness was so painful that dh almost ran out and bought some formula because he felt so bad for me! i thought at one point maybe it had something to do with yeast, but whatever it was went away on its own. and there were times when he had been latching on very well and then seemed to have a "bad latch" out of nowhere. i guess i don't really have too much advice for you, but i just wanted to tell you i know what you're going through and it WILL get better! sounds like you're doing the right thing by consulting an LC...bf'ing probably would've gotten "easy" a lot faster had i done that!

Originally Posted by not_telling

Also, the other thing is that sometimes I feel myself feeling really annoyed during BF, particularly in the middle of the night. It happens most when he is not using a vigorous suck...what I liken it to is when someone I'm being sexually intimate with attempts nipple stimulation and instead of feeling good, it just feels annoying and you wish they'd just stop.

i totally know what you're talking about here...it was a very weird feeling. it was like he wasn't really suckling, more just like moving his tongue around in his mouth and brushing my nip with it...it was SO annoying, although i couldn't really pinpoint why. but fortunately it didn't last long!

anyhoo, i'm not sure if i was any help, but keep at it mama! by about 3 mos, bf'ing was a piece of cake, and we haven't had any issues since!

[Inspired007]

Well, my baby ended up with a small case of thrush right after I was taking a lot of tylenol for the flu. I avoided antibiotics but she got it anyway. Our thrush happened within a few days of taking the medicine so I am guessing that if you aren't seeing signs yet you're in the clear.

As far as being comfy nursing...I can tell you that in my case, I wasn't comfy until about 4-5 weeks. By that time, all of the nipple soreness went away. My baby had a great latch from the beginning but I still had very severe nipple trauma. I think that as with any body part, if you're overusing it all of a sudden, it takes a while for it to adjust. Now my nips are strong as steel! Hang in there. It will get better and a lot easier.