The cold gel packs are fabulous! You can also get organic nipple butterthe first years brand makes a breastfeeding care kit with cooling gel pads and disposable sleeves for the gel pads. They are great help but the best is express a little milk and rub it on your nipples and let it air dry every time you feed (when possible). Never use soap on your nipples it's too drying.
Mine are finally getting tougher. Its been 2 weeks tomorrow. but they still bleed every once in awhile. I heard the same thing, your own breastmilk is the best medicine for sore nipples, i also put on lanolin cream and use those cold gel pads. SO nice.
Oh wow. Thank you sooooo much!! That's good to hear. Yah mine are getting pretty rough lol. :) thank you!
Wannabe is right breastmilk on the nipple and air dry is the best way to relieve it.
my baby is 2 1/2 weeks old and though i am only pumping because she is not latching, my nipples are no longer sore... or i should say they no longer hurt... they are a bit sore from the pumpimg but very manageable... however the first week and a half my nipples got so sore and raw i had pieces of skin come off and they bled (tmi sorry), so i would say give it a couple more days and see if it gets better... lanolin helped a lot... and so did hot water compresses... as well as letting them air... lol.. i know it sounds silly but after feeding and pumping put baby down and just sit with them out... take a little of the leftover milk and spread it around the nipple and let it air dry... breast milk has a lot of healing factors...
Hope you feel better!!