i am curious...

when you bf #2 - does your body still go through all the pain of your nipples cracking and bleeding or are they broken in from the first one??? or is that wishful thinking? just wondering if anyone knows..

With my 2nd I had almost no pain but with my 3rd-OUCH!!!!! I think I was still pretty confident and sure of how to position "things" with my 2nd, whereas with my 3rd it had been almost 3 years. I've heard that some people never have any pain-I sure wish I was one of em'!!!

bf #1 was pure pain and torture. i think it was worse than birth . it took a good 3 months for me to heal and i felt like he was sucking the life out of me when he nursed. oi.

bf #2 was sore for about 3 weeks cuz he was a vigorous sucker . i had only stopped nursing my first about 5 months before he was born.

bf#3 was only sore a couple of days here and there. no cracking or bleeding, just a blister that went away in a few days. and it had been 3yrs 3 mos since i last nursed #2.

my pattern says it should get easier with each subsequent baby.

hth,

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my pattern says it should get easier with each subsequent baby

Yippee!! I want it to be easy! I am having dreams of BF this baby and it has been great so far! LOL!! Maddie was hard to BF. I didn't really hurt that bad, but I had to pump a lot at first (and that hurt). I would have felt better if she would have just latched on.

QUOTE (Tavenmommy @ Nov 17 2003, 08:57 PM)

when you bf #2 - does your body still go through all the pain of your nipples cracking and bleeding or are they broken in from the first one??? or is that wishful thinking? just wondering if anyone knows..

Is there someting you want to share? Does this mean you are expecting #2?

lol..no not yet!! i was just thinking...i was cursed with one of these minds that thinks and thinks and thinks ALL the time so plenty of things come to mind and i sit and ponder them for a while and move on..that just happen to be one of the things that came to mind as i was watching taven bf..

another year for us before we start trying again..but i have to admit..i do get baby fever after reading all the pg posts and births...

I never had pain with Jade. I think she was a good latcher from the beginning. The only time I actually started to get sore cracked nipples was at the end. It was one of the reasons we decided to wean at 8 1/2 months. It hurt so much and she didn't want to anymore.

I didn't nurse my boys, only Hannah. I never got sore at all. She was an awesome nurser from the beginning. I hope it stays this way for the next one. But you never know, all babies are different.

With Nathan he was a great nurser and I did have some discomfort (along with a bruised tailbone). I don't know what was worse! LOL.

With Gabe, he had a bad latch and that was tiring...but no pain really. It was a breeze b/c I knew what to do and all.

I hope that this little pea is a good nurser like Nathan!

Julie