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Nipple pain in a breastfeeding mother is common but not normal. It often happens when mothers first start breastfeeding and is usually due to a baby not attaching deeply.
Nipple pain in a breastfeeding mother is common but not normal. It often happens when mothers first start breastfeeding and is usually due to a baby not attaching deeply.

Dr. Dara Abiodun
Medical Doctor
Let your nipples air-dry after each feeding. To reduce pain, apply cool compresses to your nipples after breastfeeding. Gel pads can also be used on dry nipples. If your nipples are very sore, placing breast shields inside your bra to prevent contact between clothes and nipples may help.

Ayodeji Olayinka Adeyoriju
Registered Midwife
Pain in d nipple is common in pregnancy. There's really nothing to worry about. But about it tasting somehow, u might need d nipple to be examined.

Dr. Dara Abiodun
Medical Doctor
You're possibly not breastfeeding right. Make your baby isn't feeding on the tip on your nipple. Make sure all the nipple is directed into his/her mouth and touching the areola (The dark spot around the nipple) such that the milk flows directly into his/her mouth.
Most complaints of sore nipples, engorged breast, pain when breastfeeding and eventual mastitis or breast abscess have to do with improper attachment of the baby to the breast. Painful breasts mostly has to do with the baby sucking or chewing on the nipple, painful for the mother and frustrating for the baby.
For a successful and painless breastfeeding session, the whole of the nipple and majority of the areola (dark part) must be in the baby's mouth. Sit comfortably and let baby come to meet your breast and not you slouching to meet the baby. Additionally, always alternate the breasts between feeds. Let one breast empty first before switching to another.
And if you still feel you are not putting baby rightly on the breast, complain at the hospital so as to be directed.