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• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 01 >> She thinks that her badly damaged nipples were the result of a difficult birth for her baby. Nipple shields, chiropractic manipulation, and cream help

Long labour, emergency caesarean section. Cracked nipples. Baby fed constantly but failed to thrive. Discusses chiropractic sessions, supplemental bottles, early solids, and milk donation. Now enjoying breastfeeding.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 11 >> For the first week, her nipples were sore for the first couple of suckles only of a feed and then it was gone. Nipple cream helped.

Baby wouldn't latch on so fed expressed breastmilk through a syringe for first three days. Delaying return to work to spend more time with baby.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 36 >> The pain of sore nipples was replaced by a sharper pain that was diagnosed as thrush*2. Breast shells gave her some relief but she weaned her baby ear

Caesarean section, extended family support, thrush, early bottles of expressed breast milk and infant formula led to weaning at ten weeks. Discusses breastfeeding café and special foods.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 20-24 >> Interview 09 >> After a difficult birth her baby had trouble attaching. She took him to a chiropractor. Her nipples became so sore that she dreaded her baby waking up

Initially found breastfeeding hard with tongue-tie, sore nipples latching-on problems and syringe feeding. Sought help from chiropractor with craniosacral therapy for baby. Proud that she persevered.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 30 >> She developed very sore nipples on day three. She got help with positioning her baby and used a nipple cream. Breastfeeding became pain free within tw

Enjoyed breastfeeding, few difficulties, support network extremely important to her especially family, friends and the breastfeeding support group, La Leche League.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 31 >> Her cracked and bleeding nipples were so painful that she dreaded feeding her baby. She got a lot of differing advice. Her nipples were not so bad wit

First month of breastfeeding was the hardest thing she has done in her life. Very sore and cracked nipples. Fussy babies at 4-5 months, early weaning with first baby.