You think you're sooo good because you breastfed...well, answer this!

[one_on_the_way]

Sorry, ladies - don't mean to be all dramatic...but I wasn't getting the amount of replies I wanted so maybe a little attitude will get things moving?  I don't know...worth a try :o). 

I'll admit it...I'm tired of so many breastfeeding mommas tuting their horns like they are God's gift to motherhood.  They talk about how they has mastitis and cracked nipples - but they KEPT breastfeeding - because it's BEST.  And they put themselves on these pedastals above the non-breastfeeding mommas and think "I must be the better mother...I am choosing the best for my child and stuck with it...ONLY 2% OF WOMEN CAN'T MEDICALLY BREASTFEED...and I DOUBT it's anyone on cafemom!!!!!  The mothers who say they tried simply DIDN'T TRY HARD ENOUGH!". 

So...to all those mothers who went through it all to successfully breastfeed...I want to know - were any of you faced with the challenge of flat (and especially) inverted nipples???

I have inverted nipples and was unable to breastfeed successfully.  I wasn't aware before my son was born that I even HAD inverted nipples otherwise I might have been better prepared to meet the challenge.  I know for my next baby I can wear breast shields before the baby comes and also use a hand pump to try to get my nipple out (I tried this with my son, but it was difficult to do before he got ravenously hungry). 

I REALLY want to hear from mothers with flat/inverted nipples....how you were able to breastfeed successfully  WITHOUT a nipple shield??? (using a nipple shield greatly reduces your supply...even when eating oatmeal, taking fenugreek, nursing often and drinking enough water...nipple shields = nipple feeding, not breast feeding.)

[one_on_the_way]

bump.  Any mammas have a success story on this?

[stpalmsgirl]

I have flat nipples and breastfeed successfully, I am still breastfeeding my 2.5 year old. Before I had her latch i always stimulated the nipple a bit and that worked well for us. After the first few month it wasn't necessary anymore and I could just latch her on.

[one_on_the_way]

Quoting stpalmsgirl:

I have flat nipples and breastfeed successfully, I am still breastfeeding my 2.5 year old. Before I had her latch i always stimulated the nipple a bit and that worked well for us. After the first few month it wasn't necessary anymore and I could just latch her on.

Thank you for replying...I am glad that worked for you and your little one :o)  And great job on still breasfeeding after 2.5 years!

[stpalmsgirl]

Quoting one_on_the_way:

 

Quoting stpalmsgirl:

I have flat nipples and breastfeed successfully, I am still breastfeeding my 2.5 year old. Before I had her latch i always stimulated the nipple a bit and that worked well for us. After the first few month it wasn't necessary anymore and I could just latch her on.

Thank you for replying...I am glad that worked for you and your little one :o)  And great job on still breasfeeding after 2.5 years!

Thanks and good luck to you :)

Wow you have 51 reviews and only one reply I guess you should have brought some drama into the post LOL

[mama_l]

I EBFed my LO, no bottles ever, and I have flat nipples.  My guy breastfed until he self weaned at a little over a year and a half.  It took a lot of persistence and determination but we made it through successfully.

[one_on_the_way]

Quoting stpalmsgirl:

 

Quoting one_on_the_way:

 

Quoting stpalmsgirl:

I have flat nipples and breastfeed successfully, I am still breastfeeding my 2.5 year old. Before I had her latch i always stimulated the nipple a bit and that worked well for us. After the first few month it wasn't necessary anymore and I could just latch her on.

Thank you for replying...I am glad that worked for you and your little one :o)  And great job on still breasfeeding after 2.5 years!

Thanks and good luck to you :)

Wow you have 51 reviews and only one reply I guess you should have brought some drama into the post LOL

Yeah...only drama posts get a lot of action!  I was hoping to get a lot of votes...I really am curious about mothers' experience with flat/inverted nipples. 

I feel like so many mothers think it's just a matter of trying hard enough...and want to judge mothers who don't breastfeed or who "give up" because they assume it MUST just be that she wasn't able to get past the first few difficult weeks. 

But, I bet not ONE of those mothers had to overcome the inverted nipple obstacle (where instead of your nipple coming out when you stimulate it...it goes inward).  And if there is one out there...I would love to hear how she did it.  How did she get her baby to latch?  If she had to use a nipple shield, how did she get an adequate supply?

Maybe I'll change the title of my post to get a little more attention?  What drama-filled title can I come up with?  LOL.

[Rubia653]

Quoting one_on_the_way:

bump. 

[one_on_the_way]

Quoting Rubia653:

Quoting one_on_the_way:

bump. 

Lol...thanks Rubia (and bump) :o)

[sophistcatdfury]

BOOBS

[DanaG70]

Other then not being able to pump and my "babies" refusing after I went back to work, I had no problems, but he's a bump! ;-)