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Can I be brutally honest and say it gets worse when they're just dry nursing? perhaps lanolin might help?

@littlejoy: as far as I understand the pregnancy hormones cause the milk to dry up and then the colostrum to come in a short time later. My milk dried up at about 16-17 weeks.

For me, it hurt around the first trimester, the normal time for your nipples to be sore and sensitive.

Then, it started to get bad again around 32 weeks. I don't know what changed for it to start hurting again, but things just got worse from there until I delivered.

good news is that I had a huge chunk of time where it was comfortable!

I nursed my oldest until the day my second was born and my milk never dried up. Sure, my supply went down a bit, but she was by no means dry nursing.

There is a tincture by mother love called "more milk two " that is designed for use while pregnant and is completely safe for your baby. It can help your milk supply if you notice it dwindling.

I'm 16 weeks tomorrow & it hurts pretty bad still. My left side is way worse than my right. I don't want to tandem nurse either so we are putting a plan in place for weaning soon. (LO is 14 months.)

@Rainbow Sprinkles: where can I find that tincture ??

It hasn't been painful for us. Well scratch that, it was painful when zuma had a day of a biting phase but she sropped. But I'm only 18 weeks and she's 7 months.