Comments on: Toughening Up the Nipples in Preparation for Breastfeeding? http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:39:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Breastfeeding Basics: Ten Tips on How a Pregnant Woman Can Prepare for Breastfeeding http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Breastfeeding Basics: Ten Tips on How a Pregnant Woman Can Prepare for Breastfeeding Mon, 26 May 2008 16:19:05 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/#comment-1808 [...] 1. DO NOT let anyone tell you it is necessary to toughen up your nipples for breastfeeding. [...] [...] 1. DO NOT let anyone tell you it is necessary to toughen up your nipples for breastfeeding. [...]

]]> By: Outgrowing Pain with Breastfeeding http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Outgrowing Pain with Breastfeeding Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:44:06 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/#comment-1085 [...] discussion about toughening up the nipples for breastfeeding sparked an interesting comment from Dawn Martin: “Some tenderness…” Right…. I can’t tell [...] [...] discussion about toughening up the nipples for breastfeeding sparked an interesting comment from Dawn Martin: “Some tenderness…” Right…. I can’t tell [...]

]]> By: Dawn Martin http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Dawn Martin Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:11:47 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/toughening-up-the-nipples-in-preparation-for-breastfeeding/#comment-1147 "Some tenderness..." Right.... I can't tell you how much Lanolin I used each time (I'm nursing my second now) and it STILL hurt like hell in the begining. I am quite sensitive to pain. What would have been helpful with my first was knowing that a) we were doing it the right way and b) the pain would eventually go away. As it was, I concluded that if she was getting milk and thriving, we must be doing it right. While I wouldn't suggest toughening your nipples (why start the pain early?), I can certainly see where the practice came from. I've seen this advice in many different bf'ing resources, I really feel that this is not helpful to women just starting out with bf'ing. Sure, you have to get the latch right. But if it is right, and it still hurts, knowing that eventually the pain will go away would be more helpful. Otherwise, they may give up, thinking that "it just doesn't work for them." Just my 2 cents... Dawn “Some tenderness…” Right…. I can’t tell you how much Lanolin I used each time (I’m nursing my second now) and it STILL hurt like hell in the begining. I am quite sensitive to pain. What would have been helpful with my first was knowing that a) we were doing it the right way and b) the pain would eventually go away. As it was, I concluded that if she was getting milk and thriving, we must be doing it right.

While I wouldn’t suggest toughening your nipples (why start the pain early?), I can certainly see where the practice came from. I’ve seen this advice in many different bf’ing resources, I really feel that this is not helpful to women just starting out with bf’ing. Sure, you have to get the latch right. But if it is right, and it still hurts, knowing that eventually the pain will go away would be more helpful. Otherwise, they may give up, thinking that “it just doesn’t work for them.”

Just my 2 cents…

Dawn

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