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Home » Breastfeeding Challenges in the Early Days (Resources)

Breastfeeding Challenges in the Early Days (Resources)

  • Various Issues and treatments
  • Nipple and breast pain
  • Low milk supply
  • Large breasted mothers
  • Flat or inverted nipples
  • Sex & Intimacy
  • Pierced nipple(s)
  • Health & Medications
  • Breastfeeding when mom has a disability or chronic illness
  • Surgery and the breastfeeding mother
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and breastfeeding
  • Breastfeeding after breast surgery
  • Sexual abuse survivor

Various Issues

Common Breastfeeding Concerns – Mother @ KellyMom

Natural Treatments for Nursing Moms @ KellyMom

Sudden Weaning – Is it really necessary? @ KellyMom

Breastfeeding will be a learning process from the US Centers for Disease Control.

Nipple and breast pain @ KellyMom

Sore nipples or breasts? Here’s help…

Why are my nipples sore after months of pain-free nursing?

Healing broken skin in the nipple area

How do you treat a milk blister?  

Vasospasm – nipple blanching or whitening

Engorgement

Mastitis and plugged ducts

Breast abscess

Large breasted mothers

Nursing Tips for the Large Breasted Mother by Anne Smith, IBCLC

Nursing When Well-Endowed FAQ

Flat or inverted nipples

My doctor said I have inverted or flat nipples. Can I still breastfeed my baby? from La Leche League International

Flat or Inverted Nipples by Anne Smith, IBCLC

Sex & Intimacy

Is There Sex after Babies? LLLI FAQ

Breastfeeding and Vaginal Dryness from LLLI

Breastfeeding and Sexuality (LLLI publication 926-17) is a pamphlet available from LLLI

Not specific to breastfeeding moms…

PDF How to Have a Happy Marriage When You’re Busy Being Parents by Elizabeth Pantley

Reclaim your sex life after baby: 100 ways to get the romance back from today.com

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Your Marriage After Baby: 6 Solutions to Common Problems by Pamela Stock

Pierced nipple(s)

Nipple Piercings from LLLI

Garbin CP, Deacon JP, Rowan MK, Hartmann PE, Geddes DT. Association of Nipple Piercing With Abnormal Milk Production and Breastfeeding. JAMA. 2009;301(24):2550-2551.

I have pierced nipples. Can I nurse my baby? by Anne Smith, IBCLC

Breastfeeding when mom has a disability or chronic illness

Breastfeeding and thyroid problems @ kellymom

Breastfeeding and Maternal Diabetes @ kellymom

See also Health issues and breastfeeding

Sexual abuse survivor

Healing Through Breastfeeding: A Sexual Abuse Survivor by Nikki Patrick

Breastfeeding and the Sexual Abuse Survivor by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, from Leaven, Vol. 33 No. 2, April-May 1997, p. 27.

Breastfeeding as a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Kathy Joling

Breastfeeding as a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Kathy Joling, LLL-USA.

Updated on November 22, 2023Filed Under: BF Concerns: Mother, Common Newborn Concerns

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