Nipple Aftercare

[aussiegeekygal]

I have a dreaded fissure!

Friends, what are your tips and remedies to nurse these poor nips back to their former glory?

I am also lactating and solutions must be safe for nursing. I'll take responsibility for this, but I thought it was worth noting.

Please help!

 

[IrisAlthea]

I have a dreaded fissure!

Friends, what are your tips and remedies to nurse these poor nips back to their former glory?

I am also lactating and solutions must be safe for nursing. I'll take responsibility for this, but I thought it was worth noting.

Please help!

There are nipple shields made of silicone that can be useful when nursing, so it doesn’t get worse. Babies are relentless.

Keeping them dry and away from anything that could rub them helps too, so pads and salve that is considered ok for nursing where you are.

 

[Goldenfinger]

Bag balm! My nipples are pretty tough but if she yanks a cloth pin off without opening it up. Or what feels good in the moment but in the morning your wondering if you might find one or both your nipples on the floor somewhere. Those are bag balm days.

 

[30bandits]

I have a dreaded fissure!

Friends, what are your tips and remedies to nurse these poor nips back to their former glory?

I am also lactating and solutions must be safe for nursing. I'll take responsibility for this, but I thought it was worth noting.

Please help!

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[aussiegeekygal]

I got my bag balm.
Sooooo much better. Thank you wise kinky elders of the BDSM realm. My nipples owe you a debt of gratitude.

 

[Athalia]

Good to know. Thanks!

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Good to know. Thanks!

For sure. I'm still healing. It takes time and the bag balm is almost essential in the process.

 

[njlauren]

Glad it is working, but did you check with the doctor about whether this was safe for nursing moms? The base on that is petroleum jelly with lanolin, lanolin might be okay but I would worry about petroleum jelly with the baby possibly ingesting it. I suspect it is low, but I would be concerned about that myself and thus my suggestion. Aloe is another possibility I can think of, but even though that is natural I would prob ask a doctor about it in case it can have side effects or something.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Glad it is working, but did you check with the doctor about whether this was safe for nursing moms? The base on that is petroleum jelly with lanolin, lanolin might be okay but I would worry about petroleum jelly with the baby possibly ingesting it. I suspect it is low, but I would be concerned about that myself and thus my suggestion. Aloe is another possibility I can think of, but even though that is natural I would prob ask a doctor about it in case it can have side effects or something.

I did. Thanks for the concern. I'm applying directly after nursing, not before. We're at the end of our nursing journey, too, so we have little exposure.

 

[njlauren]

Awesome. I hope it didn't come off critical, it wasn't meant a that, I tend to be paranoid about stuff. Glad it works, the other thing I thought of was Aloe vera.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Lansinoh ointment (store it on a radiator or somewhere warm, or melt in your hand before applying...) is the nipple treatment of the gods, whether the demons that have attacked were sadists or babies...

Given vaseline is often recommended as a first treatment for nursing mothers, petroleum jelly in moderate amounts must be OK for babies.

 

[cowboyup6977]

Bag balm works for rash bumps after you shave also

 

[Fermina_Daza]

“Back in my day,” there was a product called udder butter. I MAY have bought it solely based on the name. But my nipples thanked me.

Do not make cow noises while applying.

 

[cowboyup6977]

“Back in my day,” there was a product called udder butter. I MAY have bought it solely based on the name. But my nipples thanked me.

Do not make cow noises while applying.

Yep that stuff works great

 

[Winter_Fare]

I have a dreaded fissure!

Friends, what are your tips and remedies to nurse these poor nips back to their former glory?

I am also lactating and solutions must be safe for nursing. I'll take responsibility for this, but I thought it was worth noting.

Please help!

Hope you're healing

I do not miss cracked nipples. My eldest had a tongue tie, for ages I thought the searing pain was just something everybody had to deal with

Best tip I can offer for speedy healing and avoiding recurrent injury is revisit the basics: positioning and attachment. The damage comes from pinching the sensitive tip of the nipple between tongue and hard palate at the front of baby's mouth. (Incidentally nipple shields can exacerbate the shallow latch problem).

Older babies are buggers for getting distracted and their latch gets lazy. Make sure they have a good mouthful and take them off promptly if they start to slide off by breaking the seal with your pinkie finger.