Breastfeeding tips

Breastfeeding hurts like a butch at first. Some women experience more pain than others, obviously, but it’s never a um…snuggly experience in that first week or so. You may need a nipple guard, but they really just delay the inevitable. You might as well suffer through it in the first week and then you’ll be set. If you use nipple guards, it will just take your nipples longer to get used to it and your week of suffering will turn into two. But if you must have a little temporary relief, go for it. You can buy nipple balm to soothe them between feedings and most of them are harmless to baby. There are also these nipple pads that have a gel coating to soothe between feedings as well. I loved them. But they are like ten bucks per pair and I can't remember who makes them.

Lasinoh also makes a darn good nursing pad. I didn’t particularly care for the Johnson & Johnson pads. Lasinoh pads gel up like a diaper to pull the milk into the pad and away from your skin so you don’t have wet boobies from the leaks.