https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 09:09:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637401 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:10:26 +0000 AprilFool 2637401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: lol it's ok. Yeah, with whatever else you have going on in there. :wink: If you would like mine, wall me your address and I can pop them in the post tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637362 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:54:36 +0000 jaguar 2637362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: Oh man, total baby brain &amp; missed that completely. Oh they look great! So wear in combination with nursing pads, then? Very cool. Well, very warm. *drum bash* I am so tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637358 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:26:23 +0000 AprilFool 2637358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: I posted a link further up. You put them in your bra to keep them warm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637348 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 19:42:16 +0000 jaguar 2637348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: Ok, so I'm admitting defeat here - what are breast warmers? :o</p> <p>@hilsy85: Thank you!! Will have a hunt down. </p> <p>@Mrs.Someone: Maybe I need to find another LC to observe? I have a community nurse coming out this week to weigh miss C again, so will check with her in the meantime! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637224 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:11:17 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2637224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: I googled a ton when I had them and they never went away until I had a better LC fix our position and latch 😕 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637206 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 07:30:21 +0000 hilsy85 2637206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: I took two separate pills I believe, but you might be able to find them together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637200 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:49:55 +0000 AprilFool 2637200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: Would you like me to send you my breast warmers? I think I still have them in the cupboard upstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637199 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:46:36 +0000 jaguar 2637199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: Paed didn't find anything - LC either. But that makes me nervous, as I've read loads of people don't diagnose them properly. I go back this week so I can check again, but it doesn't seem like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637198 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 04:42:31 +0000 AprilFool 2637198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: Does she have a tongue or lip tie? That was our problem in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637196 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 03:26:02 +0000 jaguar 2637196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: That was my first worry, but I literally just had my LC appt this week and they confirmed she was fine - I go back in next week for a follow up, so I'll be double/triple checking for sure!</p> <p>@hilsy85: Thank you, will definitely look into the supps. Are they combined, or two separate ones?</p> <p>@Iced Tea: I actually have some nifediprine here - I was on that to stop contractions during the bed rest period of this pregnancy. Good to know it's useful if it gets really bad.</p> <p>@agold: The nightime periods make me think it's definitely partially cluster feeding, which would make sense since she's just hit 2 weeks old. Yowch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637160 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:38:33 +0000 hilsy85 2637160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: magnesium and calcium supplements helped me enormously! Other than that, just making sure his latch was good (which was helped as he got bigger and his mouth grew bigger). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2637067 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:01:54 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2637067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They usually mean a bad latch, so I'd make an appointment with an IBCLC. Otherwise, microwaving a sock filled with rice after each feeding helped me some. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636950 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:25:40 +0000 Iced Tea 2636950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: I had vasospasms really bad. I also have Raynaud's, which predisposes you to them. </p> <p>I took the mineral and vitamin supplement regimen mentioned in that article linked above; it helped a bit but I didn't give it much time, honestly. </p> <p>After a few days on the supplements, I moved to the nifedipine prescription. It did work, miraculously well (you only have to take it for a couple of weeks, and the effects last). It also helped eased my Raynauds for about a year, so I wish I had known about it earlier. The side effects during those two weeks sucked, but it was worth it for me to end the vasospasms.</p> <p>I hope you get through this part quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636807 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:44:07 +0000 agold 2636807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: dodgy latches could be cluster feeding. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636796 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:18:42 +0000 mfa_lady 2636796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: What's your Procardia dosage? My midwife recommended 10mg. I totally feel your pain--I walked around for weeks after E was born with microwaved rice in socks in my bra. Very, very glamorous. I hope you get some relief soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636790 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:13:48 +0000 jaguar 2636790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just starting to really dislike feeding because I'm dreading the pain. And if she takes a while and fusses during the feed, they go hard and white &amp; then it's almost impossible for her to latch and get milk again.. So we go through a cycle of dodgy latches and frustration. </p> <p>Just spend an hour sobbing through a feed over this. I have Procardia here from my bedrest. Wonder if it's worth just taking it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636776 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:59:48 +0000 mfa_lady 2636776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have Raynaud's syndrome and so this was BRUTAL for me with E. The midwifery practice I'm delivering with just hired a new team member from Alaska, and she told me you can take a very low dose of Procardia (a blood pressure medication) to regulate the spasms. Although I'm not normally a big pill-popper, I'm totally going to try it this time because it was completely miserable the first time around. Good luck, mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636733 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:59:23 +0000 Canoli 2636733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice because I had this with both of my sons and is one of the reasons why I stopped nursing when I did with my second. It's just awful! </p> <p>Sending commiseration your way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636731 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:56:34 +0000 Pumuckl 2636731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I believe it was around 8 weeks? So basically the second growth spurt everyone talks about :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636726 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:51:12 +0000 tinyperson 2636726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They're awful! I used heat pads (like magic bags) to help...I hope yours go away and you get some relief soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636722 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:47:49 +0000 Banana330 2636722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this. I would cover my nipple with my hand after feedings, and got the microwavable gelpacks which helped a ot. It did get better and it went away within a few weeks (by 6-8 I think it was gone). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636707 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:19:58 +0000 Corduroy 2636707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry you're having a hard time. I had vasopasm symptoms for about a week with my inverted nipple. Mine happened primarily MOTN during a cold (for CA) spell. I tried to stay covered. The LC I talked to said there was a medication I could try but it went away after about a week.</p> <p> @agold: The color change was obvious for me. I would watch it but then that would mean my nipple was exposed and cold so I would stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636700 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:04:03 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2636700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had them with my first.<br /> I had to wait until her latch was 100% perfect before they went away. Even when it was a good latch and I didn't have pain during the feed they would hurt after.<br /> They're so painful I how they subside soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636662 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:30:09 +0000 agold 2636662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: so sorry you are experiencing this! I just came here to search the same thing!! I'm having th same problem with cold nipples being so very painful. I think my baby has as good of a latch as she can get. I saw a lactation consultant a few weeks ago. How do we keep our nipples warm??? It's not like I can dress them differently. Ha. Ugh. I dont think I have any color change. Is the color change obvious? Maybe I just haven't noticed. </p> <p>@Pumuckl: at what age did your babies mouth get bigger? Maybe that's my issue. </p> <p>@AprilFool: thanks for that suggestion!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636654 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:04:11 +0000 AprilFool 2636654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought these with LO#1 and they seemed to help but am not sure if vasospasms was really the issue</p> <p><a href="http://www.nursingangel.com.au/breast-warmers-1-pair" rel="nofollow">http://www.nursingangel.com.au/breast-warmers-1-pair</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636653 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:04:02 +0000 Pumuckl 2636653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had them pretty bad in the beginning with DS. It hurt bad, keeping my boobs warm when outside was crucial and warm washcloths or heating pads helped after nursing. It lasted for about 1.5-2 months or so and then got better once his mouth was bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636645 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 03:12:46 +0000 Kemma 2636645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say that @runningelley suffered from vasospasms but I'm not sure if she's still active on HB... Here's the link to the KellyMom info on vasospasms, hopefully it will be of some use to you!</p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipple-blanching/#treatment" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipple-blanching/#treatment</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/vasospasms-blah#post-2636639 Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:28:52 +0000 jaguar 2636639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breastfeeding, man. I was so hopeful we'd have a better time this go around! Different, yes. Better... ermmmm, to be determined.</p> <p>So, with G being early, she never mastered the suck/latch thing. We left hospital/special care with shields for feeding and I had to express and top her up for months until she was able to feed herself without it. We used the nipple shield for the full 12 months we breastfed. It was exhausting to say the least!</p> <p>Miss C is two weeks old, and has been feeding like a champ. She latched immediately after birth and has been a good little feeder since - but my boobs haven't been behaving. Milk took a while to come in again, I had whopping engorgement that lasted for a full week, the usual sore nipples from adjusting.</p> <p>Things finally settled and my boobs 'deflated' and feeds stopped hurting quite so much (even though I still need to help her latch properly, so we come on/off until it's comfortable) .. and now I'm getting pains AFTER feeding. I haven't ever experienced anything like it! Once the feed is done, my nipples go white, then purple, then pink.. and as they change, the throbbing pain starts. It's worse with the cold (standing in front of the freezer sets them off) and oh man, my nips are SO sensitive!</p> <p>Anyone have any tips for vasospasms? </p>