Is it normal to have shooting pain in your breasts after nursing, and before? It’s excruciating. 😓 I’m also pretty sure…

Yeah. I tried starting up BF again and I started getting sharp stabbing pains throughout my breasts. I even got bad headaches. So, I just stopped. I'm sorry you're going through latching issues ☹️ Has he ever had a bottle?

@sensen, is the sharp stabbing pain normal? 😣 and yeah, he’s been both breastfeeding and drinking Breast milk from a bottle for night feedings.

@denisse.m, That’s definitely how my nipples look. My baby destroys them. 😞😩 No one showed me how to breastfeed when I was in the hospital so I’m literally just winging it. Is the sharp stabbing pain normal? It doesn’t go away... only while I’m breastfeeding is when it stops, but afterwards it’s on going, and hurts so bad. 😞😣

Yes! It could be your let down!

It happened to me all the time randomly & it hurt so bad 😣 but now i don’t even notice it

@asandovaln, yeah i was gonna say when i get the shooting pain it’s when i have a let down because they leak lol! But @miaheka, my son was doing the same thing and only latching onto my nipple so I’m exclusively pumping and giving it to him through a bottle .

@miaheka I'm not sure but it seems normal to me. In pregnancy you get the same pain due to your breast milk coming in. So, maybe it means more milk is coming in? That's just my guess. I could be wrong lol. For him not latching it could be because he's​ use to the bottle. You could try a nipple shield. They're for sensitive nipples, inverted nipples and for babies who prefer an artificial nipple.

Also for babies who can't latch properly

@denisse.m, My breasts aren’t full at all. I thought that’s what it might have been too, but it’s not. 😣

@miaheka, Someimes mine don’t feel full but that doesn’t mean there isn’t milk in them.

when your son latches correctly and starts taking the milk that signals the breast to produce more milk the more the baby is being breastfed your body keeps making milk

@asandovaln, @walkers-mom, @sensen, my breasts aren’t full when the pain happens! I used to be able to pump 12 oz from both breasts, and I would never feel my milk coming in when... so I don’t think it could be my milk. 😣

I use the c cup method with my daughter because my breast are a little big and if not it’ll cover her nose and she can’t breathe but this works really good with me and and her

@denisse.m, i haven’t felt the pain before when I breastfed.. it just started recently. :/

@miaheka, is it on the side of the breast? And like sharp?

@miaheka, hmm!!!! That’s weird

@denisse.m, no, it’s my entire Breast from top to bottom. It’s a really sharp shooting, stabbing pain. :/ I pump every time I feel it and nothing comes out. I can always tell when my breasts are full by touch, and when I get the pain they aren’t full at all.

@miaheka, how often do you pump? When i first started pumping it would hurt me like that but it was because i was pumping to soon, instead of every 2hours like i should of been doing i was doing every hour and because i was trying to pump to much it did that. Also do you know what mastitis is?

@miaheka, does your breast look any different?? Any lumps? Or red spots?

@denisse.m, I pump every 2-3 hours with pain, and don’t get anything over an ounce... but if I go 10 hours without pumping I get over 12 ounces, and feel no pain. No I don’t know what that is. 😥

@asandovaln, no lumps or red spots. My nipples are extremely sore, but that’s from him not latching properly. 😓

@walkers-mom, I know 😣

@miaheka, you should try the nipple shield! And you should pump every 3-4hrs even if not much comes out you want to keep emptying your breast you don’t want to end up with mastitis! It’s horrible 😫😫

@miaheka, it only goes into my nipples but it goes away. Doesn’t hurt my whole boob! And look up symptoms of mastitis like they said. It’s very common . And the longer i go without pumping the more i get too 😂😂

@asandovaln, I do pump every 2-4 hours! 😩 what does the nipple shield do?!

@miaheka, how long are you pumping for?

@miaheka, it helps with latching & since you have sore nipples it will help it be less painful

@miaheka, i use nipple shields in the hospital they do help! They sell them right at Walmart

@asandovaln, will it still feel like teeth biting with the nipple shield? lol 😅😩

@miaheka, it was still kind of painful for me.. especially on my one that he cracked

@walkers-mom, 😩😩😩😩 it literally feels like he has teeth when he’s nursing and he’s only 3 weeks almost 1 month old! 😭

@miaheka, ouch 😩 that’s why i stopped having him latch because he doesn’t know how too. My nipples would look like un even chap stick like the one girl said

@miaheka, omg that sounds horrible 😫 but no you’ll just feel the sucking motion

@lex_6, thank you beautiful!💕💕☺️

@asandovaln, Oh girl, it is THE WORST! 😩😩😭😭😣

@walkers-mom, lol 🙈 yeah, it literally feels like he has teeth and is biting the crap out of my nipple only. I feel more like a paci to him rather than his food source. 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

@lex_6, I’m hoping so too! 🙈😅

I had pain when I first started feeding bry but now that we have breastfeeding pretty established it has gone away. I never pump cause bry eats a lot don't feel need to

Did the pain ever go away?

@asandovaln, hey girl! Yeah. I still have it, but it’s become a little less than it was before. You were right, it’s my let down. 🙈😅 lol

@miaheka, I’m glad you were able to figure out what it was lol You won’t even notice it after a while 🤭 But the good thing is you know when your milk is coming down every time my daughters on I feel it & I tell her here comes the milk & then there’s milk all over her face & neck lmao