Vasospasm & Raynaud's Phenomenon (blanching of the nipple)

[Shanti]

RENSTAR- I have the exact same thing!! in winter i get chill balins on my fingers and toes ...
its soooo annoying .. i just have to keep warm ... are you thin/skinny ?? apparently is worse the thinner you are .. im 2kgs off being "underweight " for my height so it affects me alot

Nope! not thin or skinny (I wish!!!) you poor thing you must feel it then!!!

Well, my nipple after a feed yesterday went sooo blue/purplish!!! OMG i got a fright. Then it went white
Some feeds it's fine other feeds it's sore!! I need to find a small wheat/heat pillow.

[*charmalea*]

yes i feel it alot , but keeping warm is the only thing i can do .. i find the "boob dummy" awakens the vaso beast and i get huge amounts of pain .. i just take nurofen and heat packs every where with me (breast pad sized ones ) i also have flectalon breast pads .. but my boobs a not very big and the slide all around my bra and stick out .. lol ..

when im out at the shops i take a heat pack and heat them up in the mwave in the parents room ... helps alot ...

there is no cure , apart from the drugs you can take .. and you can wean from the worst side ..
i am tossing up weather to wean from my left or put up with the pain ... i dont plan on stopping BF anytime soon but its hard with the pain . there is a post i put up here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...odgy-boob.html

its about my journey with Vaso ..

[Shanti]

Charmalea - thanks hun. I'll read your story. Did you always have it from the beginning of b/feeding journey? Or did it come on gradually? Mine I believe came on after the damage that side received from bad attachment in the first few weeks when my nipple was cracked and bleeding so badly i couldnt even feed with it it was so bad. It's never been the same since and I think (and my LC does too) that the Vasospasm has come on possibly from the damage that was caused.

Where can I buy small heat packs for my bra's??? I can't find one small enough.

[Rumpleteaser]

Interesting, I also had burning sensations while BF and when my BB got cold. I found it immesnsly uncomfortable and just put it down to BF, I never had any other problems such as attachment cracked nipples, thrush etc.. I know reynaurds can be very painful, I knew somebody who had it.