Breastfeeding can be an exciting yet daunting, especially for new mothers. When you start nursing, it’s completely normal for your breast and nipples to feel tender and sore. Mild discomforts are often due to your milk “let down”, poor latching,…
Many moms are discouraged to nurse when breastfeeding hurts. The breasts and nipples become tender, aching, and sore due to several underlying reasons. For painful breasts, these are often due to breast engorgement, blocked milk ducts, and leaking breast milk.…
Breastfeeding is natural, so that must mean it’s easy, right? Many women go into motherhood thinking that since breastfeeding is biologically ingrained in us, it should be a painless, easy road. Unfortunately this is not always the case. In fact,…