Excruciating Breast pain
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I’m 20 weeks pregnant now and my son is 10 months old. About two months ago I started to have pain and sensitivity while breastfeeding, I thought it was normal because I was pregnant. The symptoms got worse over time, I had itchy, chapped nipples then they would start to heal but it kept coming back. I was using lanolin cream but it wasn’t really helping. It would feel like he was biting me but I knew he wasn’t, I cried a few times and dreaded nurses. It turns out i have thrush. I’ve been using an anti fungal cream which helped a lot it’s not 100% cleared up but it’s a lot better then it was and a lot less painful
I had to wean my freshly 2yr old at like 8 weeks because I was already too sensitive and it was giving me hormonal rage
I had to stop breastfeeding my son Because it was so painful and he also didn’t like taking a pacifier. It’s been about month now and I feel bad bc I know he wasn’t ready to stop breastfeeding but it hurt so much I had to stop. it felt like a sharp pain when he latched and throughout him breastfeeding. I’m not sure why that happens. I also had noticed a significant decrease in milk supply and wasn’t feeling the let down anymore so that was another reason I stopped. The first week my breasts felt full so I would just hand express in the shower. Maybe it’s just all the changes out body is making and hormones?