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My dd is almost three months, and breastfeedingBreast-feeding tips Breastfeeding Breastfeeding - resources is going well, my nipples were fine. Now all of a sudden for the last 3 days they are so sore, I thought the discomfort was only in the beginning/? does it come and go until I stop bfing?
I read that if you suddenly develop sore nipples after weeks or months of successful feeding, it is usually thrush (a kind of yeast infection). Apparenly, according to "The Nursing Mother's Companion", by Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S., a book which you should all get if you don't have it, when you have symptoms like shiny, reddened, swollenSwollen glands, tender, and cracked nipples and it develops after months of feeding successfully it is usually thrush. If it is thrush the baby will have some white patchesAllergy testing Skin color - patchy inside his/her cheeks. You will both need to get on antibiotics if you have it, and then it will clearClear by design Clear eyes Clear eyes acr Clear eyes clr Clear-atadine Clear-atadine children's up after around 14 days of treatment (according to this book).
If I remember my days of sex ed, breastfeeding doesn't really reduce the risk of pregnancy, however the lactation hormones can play a little with ovulation. True or false?
I was watching her nursing and think maybe she is biting, how do I get her to stop?
btw I will take a test to rule that out too.
If you haven't already, invest in a small tube of lanisoh, that may help with the chaffing pain.