breastfeeding

A feeling of dread – Michelle’s story

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I breastfed my first son until he was 26 months old, until I was 8 weeks pregnant. I loved breastfeeding, after the caesarean birth it was something I could ‘get right’. It was mostly easy, and always pleasurable. When he was night weaned, it was hard to remember how to get back to sleep without [...]

My struggle with Nipple Vasospasm – Lily’s story

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So we continued to express and bottle feed. The scabs healed fairly quickly but the pain I was still feeling was terrible. No one could tell me why, until one day my lactation consultant asked me if I had any spasms in my nipples? I said no, not really understanding what she meant by spasm. I felt periods of intense pain between feed but didn’t know this is what she meant. Anyway so she then said “oh it’s just that there is this thing called Nipple Vasospasm where your nipples go white and you have these spasms which can be very painful”. The bells started ringing and I explained to her that I did get this blanching of the nipple and had done all through my pregnancy. In fact my nipples had always been very sensitive.