Noell
08-12-2008, 02:50 PM
Let me just start off by saying that I am determined to BF my son so unless something drastic happens I will continue to keep trying. I was able to BF my little girl for 16 months so I know that things can/will get better.
Now...my "little" guy is 11 weeks old and quite the eater (at his 2 month appt. he weighed 13 lbs. 13 oz. he was 7 lbs. 14 oz. at birth)! Ever since he was born, however, I have had this excrutiating pain my right nipple/breast. At first I thought it was solely due to his latch so we tried correcting it. Then I thought he wasn't latching correctly because he was tongue-tied (ankyloglossia) so we had his frenulum snipped. At about that point (when he was 3 weeks old) I got mastitis in my left breast and had a plugged duct in my right breast. I began antibiotics and then developed thrush (which I knew would probably happen). Ever since I have been experiencing this horrible pain in my right nipple/breast.
It occurs right away when he latches and lessens (sometimes) as he feeds. When I stop BF'ing the pain starts again, the areola turns flaming red and the nipple begins to turn white. The pain is a sharp, stabbing, shooting pain that begins at the nipple and radiates to the rest of my breast. It will continue like this for up to an hour or so after I feed. As I type I am sitting with my breast hanging out of my tank top almost in tears! I keep wondering if it's still thrush and I haven't gotten rid of it...I've tried everything (cleaning the nipple & letting it dry thoroughly, taking probiotics, ibuprofen, pumping only on that side until my nipple has recovered, nipple shield) and nothing seems to work. I am at my wits end here and am scared to nurse him on that side because I know it will hurt. I can't believe that I've been dealing with this for 11 weeks!!
Now...my "little" guy is 11 weeks old and quite the eater (at his 2 month appt. he weighed 13 lbs. 13 oz. he was 7 lbs. 14 oz. at birth)! Ever since he was born, however, I have had this excrutiating pain my right nipple/breast. At first I thought it was solely due to his latch so we tried correcting it. Then I thought he wasn't latching correctly because he was tongue-tied (ankyloglossia) so we had his frenulum snipped. At about that point (when he was 3 weeks old) I got mastitis in my left breast and had a plugged duct in my right breast. I began antibiotics and then developed thrush (which I knew would probably happen). Ever since I have been experiencing this horrible pain in my right nipple/breast.
It occurs right away when he latches and lessens (sometimes) as he feeds. When I stop BF'ing the pain starts again, the areola turns flaming red and the nipple begins to turn white. The pain is a sharp, stabbing, shooting pain that begins at the nipple and radiates to the rest of my breast. It will continue like this for up to an hour or so after I feed. As I type I am sitting with my breast hanging out of my tank top almost in tears! I keep wondering if it's still thrush and I haven't gotten rid of it...I've tried everything (cleaning the nipple & letting it dry thoroughly, taking probiotics, ibuprofen, pumping only on that side until my nipple has recovered, nipple shield) and nothing seems to work. I am at my wits end here and am scared to nurse him on that side because I know it will hurt. I can't believe that I've been dealing with this for 11 weeks!!