I had a blood blister on Thursday and Friday. Looking online, everything said to pop it. So I called the LC office on Friday and they said not to pop it and just to allow it to break naturally- even though it may pop in daughters mouth. It got larger and larger with each nursing session. It did pop on its own yesterday though.
So I feel much better... but now there's another plain old blister appearing. So I have pain from that, too. I don't get it! The LC says Daughter's latch is good... the one I spoke with on the phone said that it might be poor positioning. I'm trying some new positions. But I think that the blood blister may have caused the poor positioning which led to the other blister....
I think the blood blister came from Daughter suckling too hard through the sheild. It first appeared when I was using a shield...
And Daughter hasn't been sleeping that great last night or Friday night. So we're pretty exhausted and I'm sore. Good thing this happened over a long weekend!
So sorry you are having so much trouble. I really can relate. Look on Amazon and you'll find many styles of shields - maybe one of these would work better?
ReplyDeleteNot sure what causes them sometimes.... Had them sometimes at 10-11 months of bfing. I agree not to pop them.. Always thought they hurt worse then. hoping things get better soon!
ReplyDeleteWow, I am learning all kinds of new and scary things about breastfeeding. I hope things get better soon!
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