Challenges to Breastfeeding

Sore Nipples

It started well for me—the baby latched on right away and sucked well—but then I got a cracked nipple and it was incredibly painful every time he nursed. And then the milk got stuck in some of the ducts in that same breast. So I needed him to nurse more on that side to get the milk moving, but every time he latched on it felt as if someone had set fire to my nipple. It took six weeks to get through all that. … More