Hi All,

I had a good appt with the LC on Friday, it seems a lot of my pain issues was because Emily wasn't latching on 100% correctly (despite the nurses in the hospital telling me she was doing fine!!! ). She has given me some pointers about getting her on correctly - I can definitely feel the difference when she does latch on correctly, none of the 'stabbing' pains at all, just a feeling of pulling/tugging more than anything. I'm still finding it hard to get her on properly, but practice makes perfect I suppose. I just need to keep taking her off and starting again whenever she doesn't latch on properly (Emily really loves that gets the sh**s big time - poor little love )

As for pain in my shoulders, I'm hearing you there Easha. I seem to get it more on my right side, but the LC said it is most likely because I'm not relaxing when feeding (hard to do when you're in pain). I'm now trying to make sure I relax my shoulders once Emily is feeding and this seems to be helping.

I'd definitely recommend that if you are having trouble with sore/cracked nipples, that you should talk to a LC as it has really helped me already after just a few days. I'm still sore, but can feel that it's getting better already.

Angela