https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:40:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028949 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:56:53 +0000 hilsy85 2028949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also agree that fixing the latch is the most important thing! Shallow latch usually causes vasospasms. Have Lo chexked for tongue and lip tues! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028947 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:55:37 +0000 hilsy85 2028947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I think it was 500mg of each? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028942 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:51:51 +0000 mfa_lady 2028942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Really? I have magnesium from when I was pregnant. How much did you take of each? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028931 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:42:29 +0000 hilsy85 2028931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: taking magnesium and calcium supplements helped my pain from vasospasms ENORMOUSLY. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028907 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:14:55 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2028907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Sure, go ahead and wall me, I'd be happy to send it over. For heat, I put rice in a big sock and microwaved it. Seemed to help pretty well. </p> <p>And DS has just started pulling at the breast again, so my pain is back :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028824 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:41:54 +0000 mfa_lady 2028824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I would LOVE to see that doc. I'll wall you my email? There are IBCLCs at our pediatrician, so I will make an appointment with one of them. Thank you so much!</p> <p>ETA: yes to the heat. I've been in and out of the shower nonstop! January is not a great time for this. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028813 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:31:37 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2028813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I did have it (and a lot of other BF problems) when DS was smaller. It was awful! Heat helped some, but his latch was the cause, so that of course was the most important thing. I'd highly suggest seeing an IBCLC in your area, maybe check Yelp for good reviews? My first LC didn't help fix it, but the second did right away. Also, I can send you a .doc of a "care plan" for it if you want other ideas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028802 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:16:43 +0000 mfa_lady 2028802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: do you have Reynaud's too? Isn't it the worst? And I've seen an LC at our ped practice, but they haven't watched me feed yet--we've just talked. Good to know that latch can affect it too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028797 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:11:57 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2028797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: have you seen an LC? Fixing his latch is what helped me the Most. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-2028727 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:55:31 +0000 mfa_lady 2028727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: Hey there--what kind of treatment plan did you get on when you experienced Reynaud's? I have Reynaud's in my fingers and toes in normal, non-breastfeeding life and unfortunately I'm now experiencing it while BFing my 2 week old DD. Just wondering if you were able to find ways to manage the pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-419906 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:14:21 +0000 mrskc 419906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: that sounds like progress! Hope you can get it resolved soon and enjoy BFing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-419798 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:50:04 +0000 hilsy85 419798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: yay! sounds like progress is being made :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-419612 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:56:29 +0000 Running Elley 419612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: I just got off the phone with my lactation consultant and just from hearing my symptoms she immediately suspected Raynaud's as well. She referred me to a lactation doctor so that I can be officially diagnosed and started on a treatment plan. I hope I can get in quickly! Until them I'm just hanging on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417877 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:43:34 +0000 Running Elley 417877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I hope so! I hope that we can both get to the point where we can actively enjoy nursing our boys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417858 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:34:00 +0000 hilsy85 417858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay, glad it sounds like at least you found the source of the problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417855 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:32:58 +0000 Running Elley 417855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Thank you! I think I'll call my ped tomorrow. I just did some more research (googling lol) and apparently people with Raynaud's is apparently Also often associated with ppl who have hypothyroidism (which I do) and rheumatoid arthritis (which I'm genetically disposed to since my grandma and mom both have it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417838 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:14:21 +0000 hilsy85 417838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: That DEFINITELY sounds like Reynaud's in that case. I would speak to your pedi about it, but that's just me...my pedi seems more knowledgeable about breastfeeding than my OB. I hear ya on feeling guilty over not loving nursing more...right now it's more "bite my lip and get through it". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417832 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:07:56 +0000 Running Elley 417832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yes I experience blanching too! I forgot to mention that. And the cold sensitivity. Would you call OB, ped, LC, primary care? I don't know who'd handle it. Im not sure if he's been checked specifically for tongue tie but both our lactation consultant and his pediatrician have checked out the inside of his mouth, I'd think that they would have noticed then? I don't know. The initial latch is the most painful part but it hurts through the whole nursing session on my left side, just not as sharply as at first.</p> <p>I feel guilty for dreading nursing sessions :( I want to love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417794 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:51:53 +0000 hilsy85 417794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I also considered vasospasms for me but they often seem to go in conjunction with reynaud's. You said it gets worse when you're cold which I think is anothe symptom<br /> ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417786 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:48:42 +0000 hilsy85 417786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice except I have something similar, which you know already...my pain is also a throbbing that happens after he nurses. It's also worse at night for me! Even tho the latch looks good, has he been checked for a tongue tie? Also do you notice any blanching (like whitening) of your nipple at any point? That could be reynaud's. Anyway, sorry were both still experiencing this ! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417780 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:46:41 +0000 Running Elley 417780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: LOL I figured that's what you meant :)<br /> @BabyBoecksMom: @banana: That seems to be what comes up in my consultation with Dr. Google today haha. The only thing that makes me wonder if it could be something else is the fact that I don't display any other symptoms of thrush. I do think it's time to call a professional though. </p> <p>This may sound crazy but I found something about breast vasospasms that sounds a lot like what I've been experiencing. Does anyone know anything about that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417766 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:41:11 +0000 banana 417766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oops...I meant "thrush"..not "thrust". lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417764 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:40:41 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 417764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh you poor thing!! Do you think it could be thrush? That type of pain definitely doesn't sound right. Maybe schedule an appt with your OB/GYN? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417763 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:40:39 +0000 banana 417763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ouch! Could it be thrush? I've never had thrust so I don't have any experience but that's the first thing that popped in my head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/throbbing-pain#post-417755 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:36:38 +0000 Running Elley 417755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 weeks old and breastfeeding has never been free of pain for me. It had gotten better for awhile and I thought it was all going well but in the past week and a half my "nipple soreness" has gotten a lot worse, especially on my left side. On the left side after every nursing session for the past week I've had throbbing pain that goes deep into the breast and sometimes feels like it goes all the way through to my back? It seems worst after E's night feeding and has gotten to the point where it's hard to fall back asleep through the pain. I was so scared to nurse on that side that I nursed exclusively on the right and pumped the painful side.</p> <p>I've seen a lactation consultant multiple times and she's never seen a problem with his latch- he always nurses perfectly there. </p> <p>I'm not sure what to do.... Any advice? </p>