why sore now?

[Clare L]

What am I doing after 13 months of BF having sore breasts?

In the early hours of Thursday morning I went to hospital with my dodgy
lungs (well couldn't really leave them at home!) and so wasn't there for DS
early morning feed. Instead he had a small feed when DH brought him in
mid-morning. They came back midafternoon so DS got his after lunch time
snooze feed (albeit later and less than normal) and in the evening I managed
to get a pump sent over from maternity so I could have a bit of a go,
although precious little came out as these breasts only like to make milk
for a baby not a machine. The next morning I sat in a very deep bath and
hand expressed some milk (felt like Cleopatra!) and in the afternoon DS had
a little snack from me.

That evening (Friday) when I was back home, he latched on like a thing
possessed! And since then I've noticed I feel tender after each feed even
now on Monday evening.

WHY?????


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Clare Lauwerys
www.blunder.demon.co.uk
www.lamaction.org

[badgirl]

"Clare L" > wrote in message
...
> What am I doing after 13 months of BF having sore breasts?
>
> In the early hours of Thursday morning I went to hospital with my
dodgy
> lungs (well couldn't really leave them at home!) and so wasn't there
for DS
> early morning feed. Instead he had a small feed when DH brought him
in
> mid-morning. They came back midafternoon so DS got his after lunch
time
> snooze feed (albeit later and less than normal) and in the evening I
managed
> to get a pump sent over from maternity so I could have a bit of a
go,
> although precious little came out as these breasts only like to make
milk
> for a baby not a machine. The next morning I sat in a very deep bath
and
> hand expressed some milk (felt like Cleopatra!) and in the afternoon
DS had
> a little snack from me.
>
> That evening (Friday) when I was back home, he latched on like a
thing
> possessed! And since then I've noticed I feel tender after each feed
even
> now on Monday evening.
>
> WHY?????
>
>
> --
> ------------------
> Clare Lauwerys
> www.blunder.demon.co.uk
> www.lamaction.org
>
>

you might be getting your period back if you haven't already, you
might be pregnant again, your baby's latch may have changed a little
bit if he's teething.

Jen

[Clare L]

>
> you might be getting your period back if you haven't already, you
> might be pregnant again, your baby's latch may have changed a little
> bit if he's teething.
>
> Jen
>


Already got periods back, definitely not pregnant.

Not had any teeth for a while so maybe that is it.

love
Clare

[iphigenia]

Clare L wrote:
> What am I doing after 13 months of BF having sore breasts?
>

Thrush?

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iphigenia
www.tristyn.net
"i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
i do not think that they will sing to me."

[Iuil]

"Clare L" wrote
> What am I doing after 13 months of BF having sore breasts?
>
> In the early hours of Thursday morning I went to hospital with my dodgy
> lungs (well couldn't really leave them at home!) and so wasn't there for
DS
> early morning feed. Instead he had a small feed when DH brought him in
> mid-morning. They came back midafternoon so DS got his after lunch time
> snooze feed (albeit later and less than normal) and in the evening I
managed
> to get a pump sent over from maternity so I could have a bit of a go,
> although precious little came out as these breasts only like to make milk
> for a baby not a machine. The next morning I sat in a very deep bath and
> hand expressed some milk (felt like Cleopatra!) and in the afternoon DS
had
> a little snack from me.
>
> That evening (Friday) when I was back home, he latched on like a thing
> possessed! And since then I've noticed I feel tender after each feed even
> now on Monday evening.
>
> WHY?????

He might have been a little too voracious on Friday and grazed the skin a
little. Plus the fact that you basically hadn't bfed for almost 48 hours
meant that your nipples might have lost some of their more toughened outer
layer.

Think of it in terms of bfing a newborn again :-). You just need a little
time to build up that layer again.

Jean

--
HOLLY: Nothing wrong with dog's milk. Full of goodness, full of
vitamins, full of marrowbone jelly. Lasts longer than any other type
of milk, dog's milk.
LISTER: Why?
HOLLY: No bugger'll drink it. Plus the advantage of dog's milk is when
it goes off it takes exactly the same as when it's fresh.
LISTER: Why didn't you tell me, Holly?!
HOLLY: What, and spoil your tea?
(Red Dwarf: Series 2, Episode 1)