Dec 5

Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.

“You Just Need To Nurse Less Often.”

“You just need to nurse less often.” – Hospital lactation consultant to mother who had nipple soreness.

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Kristin had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 6:52 pm (Quote)

yes becaues this is an acceptable option….. this is about as bad as the latation counsultant when i had my first DS….

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Blue had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 6:57 pm (Quote)

My head just exploded.

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Liss had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 6:59 pm (Quote)

Oh my GAWD!

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Elizabeth had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 7:05 pm (Quote)

You are the stupidest lactation consultant ever aren’t you? Congrats here’s your award.

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HeatherB had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 7:39 pm (Quote)

Some LCs shouldn’t be allowed anywhere NEAR lactating women. Congratulations, OP, you just met one who made that cut.

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Kristin had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 8:16 pm (Quote)

Or you could provide some actual solutions.

Like warm compresses, lanolin or other approved moisturizing agents, cold gel packs, NO washing with soap, NO commercial hand/body lotions, air drying after nursing or bathing, go bra-less for a few hours…

IF, and I repeat, IF nipples are severely sore, you could see if there is thrush present, mastitis, or other infection, and maybe substitute pumping for ONE feeding a day.

I learned all this from books. I’m not certified, so I may be wrong, but at least I offered some possible solutions as opposed to saying a woman should stop feeding her baby.

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Kristin Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 8:21 pm Kristin(Quote)

DOH! I forgot the most common prevention tool:

Proper latch. Proper latch. Proper latch.
It takes practice. It takes work.
When you get the hang of it, nursing isn’t as “bad” as it seems…

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Liss Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 5:47 am Liss(Quote)

Proper latch FTW! This made an enormous difference for us, and proper latch alone healed the damage that had been done the first 5 days postpartum.

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Jessica had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 8:45 pm (Quote)

Why don’t you just come into each mother’s room with a bottle of formula and shove it in the baby’s mouth while you’re at it, ’cause that’d be just as useful as this advice.

The weird thing for me is, out of 5 kids the only time I didn’t suffer nipple soreness is when I gave up on getting the position just right and stopped using those nursing pillows. OP I hope you were able to get some better advice and keep nursing your baby.

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first time mommy Reply:
December 7th, 2011 at 9:35 pm first time mommy(Quote)

almost what the LC at the hospital did for me! Gave up after not even 5 minutes and sent formula to my room! She also thought it wasn’t possible to hurt to BF b/c DS didn’t have any teeth ::head smack::

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Lisa had this to say, Dec 5, 2011 @ 10:07 pm (Quote)

Le Leche League says that LC’s aren’t really that qualified. It’s basically an hour course to take about breastfeeding. Hospitals need to hire IBCLC’s (International Board Certified Lactation Consultants). These are people who have to consistently take classes and keep up with certification and are all about breast feeding. They are very different from LC’s, who in my mind seem pretty worthless if at the first sign of trouble are going to tell you to just give your child formula.

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belliesoflove had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 12:11 am (Quote)

That just made me want to become certified. If THAT LC can offer advice, then I certainly can!

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Ashley had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 4:42 am (Quote)

My hospital had IBCLC certified LC. She was worthless.

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Nica Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 7:04 am Nica(Quote)

Same here. My hospital had two IBCLC certified LC’s and I’m not sure who was more worthless. I sought out help on my own after leaving the hospital and it was a MUCH better experience.

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Sheva had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 5:02 am (Quote)

I have no words…
I’m not certified or anything, but this makes no sense.

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Jennifer had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 5:40 am (Quote)

I think this is the worst advice I have ever heard! For goodness sake!

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Liz had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 6:39 am (Quote)

This was my 2nd baby. I had nursed my first till 21 months so I was privy to her lack of knowledge. I knew it was a latch problem but she had no clue what a proper latch should be. Thank the Lord for google though! I figured out that I needed an asymmetrical latch.

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sigrid Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 8:10 am sigrid(Quote)

Asymmetric latching is so important– I’m a newborn nurse and I always try to tell moms about this, but I’ve never heard any of my coworkers use this term and they look at me funny when I say it! It makes a world of difference, though! I’m glad you figured out what you needed!

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Melissa C had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 7:00 am (Quote)

Yeah, because then your supply will dwindle and you will stop nursing. No more baby on your nipple, problem solved.
/sarcasm

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Mom of One had this to say, Dec 6, 2011 @ 11:15 am (Quote)

Yes, because then baby will lose weight and we can make mom feel awful that she can’t feed her baby properly, and bully her into using formula. Great!