I'm new to the breast feeding arena and my nipples are killing me. One is even bleeding -- H pulled away after not latching correctly and I freaked when I saw blood on his face.

His latch is admittedly not the best -- we are working on it -- but he is getting what he needs (enough wet diapers and no weight loss since discharge from hospital). We are meeting with an LC next week and hopefully she'll help, but does anyone have experience and/or advice on how to soothe the bloody nip? Is it ok that he is inevitably ingesting blood?

My milk just came in last night so I'm also hoping this helps with his latch...