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One sided breastfeeding

Hi!

First I wish I would have found this site when my son was first born.

If I had I think I would have breastfed longer than 3 months.

Anyway, I now have a daughter shes 6 months old and almost exclusively breastfed.

Here is my problem... she seems to just favor my left breast. I'm really starting to look lop sided on one side, I have an inverted nipple on my right side but she seems to be able to pull the nipple out with ease.

All my family Dr has suggested is pumping, but I can't seem to get the pump to pump hard enough for me. I've started putting my daughter on my right side at night but nothing seems to help. Any suggestions would be great thanks

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by: Tracy

Hi, to you too...

Thanks for the comment about the site, it means a lot to me to know that I can help other moms out there with similar breastfeeding problems to what I had.

Have you thought of using a nipple shield on the inverted nipple? That might work, since I'm sure you have already introduced a bottle...I don't think baby would reject it.

It's actually ironic that you contacted me about an inverted nipple as I actually have been testing out a product called the Nipplette on myself...as my first baby had difficulty latching due to my nipples being flat. I've been using this little device for about three days now and I think that I already see a change. It's a little suction device that you wear on your nipples for about three months that actually permanently draws out the nipple. Well, I will keep you posted on this one if you like ;-)

I see you put this comment on my "baby sleeps while breastfeeding page" so I thought maybe you would like to read my page on "refusing one breast
" for some answers to your questions.
Hope that page will answer your questions...

Some points from that page that I thought might help...

'- Try offering the least desired breast first with every feeding.

- Trick baby into drinking from that breast by placing him in the same position as with the other breast. Usually from cradle hold to football hold.

- Try different breastfeeding positions, especially the lying down positions, which seem to work for some moms in getting babies drinking from the other side.

- Offer the least preferred breast by breastfeeding while walking or in a sling. The motion might encourage a feeding on that side.

- Massage your emptier breast (breast with less milk) this will not only increase milk supply, but also helps with a more even milk let down on that side.

- Once baby is full you can use your less preferred breast for comfort feeding ?the sucking and stimulation will help increase your supply'

About the breast pump, is it a hand held or electric?

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