It hurts!!

[~clover~]

Big hunny
You are getting there! I promise!
I agree that Lansinoh would be better than paw paw ointment. & it doesn't need to be washed off.
Breast milk is best yes, but I think the Lansinoh also kind of put a barrier over your nipple iykwim. To help protect it as well as heal it.
On my Paw paw tube nothing is said about BFing & nipples, where as on a Lansinoh tube thats pretty much what its sold as. I don't think one is wrong or right, but I've used the Lansinoh for BFing & it worked for me. & alot of people I know. But I haven't used paw paw for that reason & don't know anyone who has, so I can't compare.

Could you just not feed from your right side for a day. Just express. I wouldn't give her EBM, I'd just keep feeding from the right & do a bit of expressing on the left.
It would be a bit uncomfortable, but it wouldn't hurt your supply & it may only need that long to heal.
If you are going to hand express I found the best place to get the hang of it was in a warm shower.

I'd take the sheilds along to the LC. See what they suggest. What is the problem with the sheild? Which part of using them are you having problems with?

Have you been checked for thrush on your nipple? It can cause the same or very similar pain. From what I remember my nipple lookes kind of white after a feed. It wasn't milk, or all white, but there were white bits. I don't know how to explain it, sorry.

I hope the LC can help out more this time.
You are doing so well! You should be proud!
I still get a shiver when I think of the pain of a cracked nipple!
Your going to get through this!
xx