I can relate to how painful nursing is when baby has a high palate. Mine has a 'high arch to her palate'.
To be honest, I had really bad to excruciating nipple pain for about 4 months (right side) and 6 months (left side). Left side is bigger and took dd longer to nurse properly on that side. I used to max out on the Motrin too - I figured BM + Motrin is still better than formula. Plus it's not like the baby is getting a full dose of Motrin - only small amounts get through into the BM. I had some Percocet left over after my c/s and I used to take them on occasion also. It really was painful.
I ended up becoming allergic to Lansinoh - I found olive oil to be better. I'm not sure what herbs would help - I mean it's mechanical trauma to your nipples - maybe things that promote healing.
I was taking 12-15 caps of fenugreek. I'd read you can take up to 6g a day and my LC also confirmed this.
Do you think her fussy behaviour is due to a growth spurt? You know I had this tendency to think all of dd's issues were due to my low supply. But really if you read though some of the kellymom stuff,
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/...e-nursing.html
it's obvious all babies get fussy at some time or another for many different reasons. And evening fussiness is so very common. The problem I found was when you do have/have had low supply, you always think it's because of that. Or I'd think dd's pulling off the nipple and squirming was due to her poor latch and inability to get enough milk - then I found out she had silent reflux at 6 months. After some Zantac it got a bit better. I was so sure it was latch/low supply, I never investigated other causes - she probably should have had the Zantac earlier.
If her fussiness is due to a growth spurt, then increasing nursing is important for upping your supply. I know NOT what you want to hear when you're in so much pain. So what I would do is increase the pumping (add 1 or 2 more sessions) and supplement instead of nursing. I didn't like having to use formula but I figured that dd mainly got BM so topping up with formula was no big deal. Plus the way I thought about it, she needed to GROW out of this high palate problem so the last thing I wanted to do was delay her GROWING. It was a bit of a balancing act between preserving nursing and making sure she grew well.
You know at 5 months, you must be nearly out of the woods. I do remember at about 6 months realizing that the pain was gone. It was kinda gradual, snuck up on me until one day I just realized it didn't hurt.
To be honest, I had really bad to excruciating nipple pain for about 4 months (right side) and 6 months (left side). Left side is bigger and took dd longer to nurse properly on that side. I used to max out on the Motrin too - I figured BM + Motrin is still better than formula. Plus it's not like the baby is getting a full dose of Motrin - only small amounts get through into the BM. I had some Percocet left over after my c/s and I used to take them on occasion also. It really was painful.
I ended up becoming allergic to Lansinoh - I found olive oil to be better. I'm not sure what herbs would help - I mean it's mechanical trauma to your nipples - maybe things that promote healing.
I was taking 12-15 caps of fenugreek. I'd read you can take up to 6g a day and my LC also confirmed this.
Do you think her fussy behaviour is due to a growth spurt? You know I had this tendency to think all of dd's issues were due to my low supply. But really if you read though some of the kellymom stuff,
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/...e-nursing.html
it's obvious all babies get fussy at some time or another for many different reasons. And evening fussiness is so very common. The problem I found was when you do have/have had low supply, you always think it's because of that. Or I'd think dd's pulling off the nipple and squirming was due to her poor latch and inability to get enough milk - then I found out she had silent reflux at 6 months. After some Zantac it got a bit better. I was so sure it was latch/low supply, I never investigated other causes - she probably should have had the Zantac earlier.
If her fussiness is due to a growth spurt, then increasing nursing is important for upping your supply. I know NOT what you want to hear when you're in so much pain. So what I would do is increase the pumping (add 1 or 2 more sessions) and supplement instead of nursing. I didn't like having to use formula but I figured that dd mainly got BM so topping up with formula was no big deal. Plus the way I thought about it, she needed to GROW out of this high palate problem so the last thing I wanted to do was delay her GROWING. It was a bit of a balancing act between preserving nursing and making sure she grew well.
You know at 5 months, you must be nearly out of the woods. I do remember at about 6 months realizing that the pain was gone. It was kinda gradual, snuck up on me until one day I just realized it didn't hurt.