Sore when feeding

Are you sure he's latching how he always has? Might need to be latching deeper? Maybe try different positioning to see if it makes a difference?

Otherwise, soor boobs when feeding can be a pregnancy symptom

I get a few random sore feeding days now and then - like two or three days where it hurts and I contemplate weaning... but it seems to come right farily quickly. No idea what causes it, just happens, and more often in the last two months.

it might be thrush, just cause you cant see it doesnt mean its not there. i had no visible signs of thrush (that i could see) and it wasnt till gabriel got it in his mouth that much later i got treatment....

maybe the thrush is just on your nipple... cause the pain sounds just like it to me.

i havent heard of that one. i know you have to be careful what you put on your nipples for thrush. but if you used it before then it should be fine. can you still ring your mw or plunket to check its ok to use?

Sorry I cant remember how old Ty is but at about 4mths we had to change our latch slightly as I was getting terrible pain and couldnt understand why. It was just a case of holding him slightly higher I think, so in a cradle hold putting my arm further underneath him and holding him more tightly toward me I think. I thought it was thrush too but def wasnt.

I went to my Dr last month after Hayden had thrush (15mths post his MMR jab) thinking that if he had it then I would probably get it too and the Dr said there is no medical evidence to say if either of you get thrush that it will be passed to the other. He is a very good Dr, pro breast feeding, anti biotics as last resort etc and had followed this up with Royal Berkshire Hospital Obstetrician and they agreed.

I have sore BFing days too when like Flutterby I think Right That's It We are DONE but then it comes right again, I think its to do with my menstral cycle / ovulation rather than actual AF.

I used to get it also because he was not latched on properly & due to that got cracked nipples, so I used shields till they healed & then got the hang of latching. I also had to learn not to stress over the pain & latch him fast for feeds as when he was hungry he would fuss & chomp.

If it is thrush then it will be passed on to baby & he will get little spots in his mouth you can buy cream for him over the counter, but I would go to the dr & get you checked out.

Air your nipples out if poss they will get tougher with BF.

Interesting to hear people saying their cycle affects breastfeeding. In the past month or so I've had red raw nipples and one split so badly that I had to feed her solely off the other side for 3 days to let it seal as every time she latched it split again. I put it down to her teething, and her acrobatic nursing positions - she often pretty much hangs on with her latch while the rest of her tries to climb away - but coincidentally, I just had my first AF since she was born last week, so I wonder if hormones had some effect as well. Probably a combination of factors.