Nipple weirdness?!

[Santosha]

Hi all,

not sure if any of you can offer an explanation... saw my doc today but had my pregga-brain in so of course forgot to ask her about this and several other things!

I'm 14 weeks pg and my bbs have grown quite a bit (yay! didn't have much at all before). In the past two weeks my nipples have become quite itchy. They're flaky and a bit dry, just on and underneath the middle bit (please excuse my complete anatomical ignorance but I don't know the name) and seem to be excreting something - it's whitish and kinda putty-texture, not liquid.

Is this my bbs just doing their thing in preparation for being milk machines, or is this not 'normal'?

[Ellibam]

this sounds fairly normal.. my bbs would excrete(booby cheese) then colostorum clear yellowy stuff.
for the drynessyou could use a body butter to try and stop the flaking but i wouldnt use it after bubs..

[ss_storm]

Mine have been itchy lately too, they were fine for a while and not sore at all, now they just itch! Little bit dry, but maybe that's just from me scratching...I know I shouldn't but it can be so irritating at times! Hopefully it's just another one of those things that will pass!

[lilcosmo]

A very wise mummy told me to use a moisturiser/body butter on mine everyday... apparently keeps them nice and supple in preparation for BF'ing later on. And yes the 'putty' like stuff is normal - or 'booby cheese' as Ellibam called it

[Kitt3n]

hee hee hee booby cheese!!!!

lol - try cooking some cabbage then popping it in your bra after it has been cooled in the fridge - HEAVEN... (thanks to Justin Keane for that tip)

and paw paw ointment - not the one in the red tube, the black tube

[Santosha]

Thanks ladies. Not sure I feel about suddenly going into cheese manufacturing but at least we all seem to be doing it!!!!