Hi,

I've been seeing a Lactation Consultant (LC) who has been helping me with a few breastfeeding issues we are still encountering lately.
One of the problems I have is that after DD has had her feed and comes off on the Right side nipple, it stings and burns for a bit and looks whitish in the middle.... it can be quite painful and I thought this was attachment issues but nope, she attaches perfectly and has for weeks now since our initial attachment issues. Initially in the first few weeks my R nipple was so badly damaged from poor attachment that it was bleeding, cracked and so sore I couldnt' even feed from it for 5 days. Even expressing was so painful. It's healed well the last few weeks and I thought perhaps this stinging/burning pain I sometimes get after feeds is just the nipple still healing but nope....

My LC looked at my nipple and told me it appears I have thrush of the nipple and so I now have Canesten cream on both nipples to try and heal this and also that it's quite possible from the symptoms i'm experiencing the last few weeks, is that I have Raynaud's of the nipple.... never heard of it until she said it! She suffered from this when she breastfed too.

I've looked this up and it does appear to be what I have... exactly how I'd describe it.

Anyone else suffered from this? And how long did it last? Did it ever go away?

LC told me some women have it for the life of their breastfeeding journey (great ) and others it comes and goes.... it's also linked to things like Thrush and sometimes when the thrush goes, it goes. So i'm hoping treating the thrush makes it go away to relieve it after a feed i just place my hand over my nipple and breast and push on it that helps a bit, i just have to wait for the stinging to go away... its quite annoying.

All I need now... is Mastitis and I've then experienced it all.... (touch wood I don't!!)