I went to see a private lactation consultant at around 4 weeks - also had probelms with cracked nipples, thrush, vasospams etc.

She did say the cracks do heal over, but still look cracked and it basically becomes the landscape of the nipple, and it will stay like that

I also had one side that was worse, and it still looks cracked.. We managed to feed for 15 months, and plan to do the same with #2

12 months is fantastic!! What a great effort! I'm sure you will have no problems this time around, and hopefully its like what she said, it is healed but just looks cracked if that makes sense.

I also really recommend seeing a private LC if you are having problems early one, it is the one thing that really helped us get the feeding on track!

Good luck.