Reading Niamh Campbell’s write-up on nursing revived agonizing recollections for me (‘Like a cheese grater raking across my nipple’: why I maintained making an attempt to nurse for as lengthy, 3 September). Nearly 43 years earlier, I as effectively positioned nursing agonisingly agonizing. Unlike her, I by no means ever had accessibility to a lactation skilled, and the one suggestions I used to be offered by well being and wellness consultants was to make use of a nipple space guard, grit my enamel and be decided. I lasted 4 months previous to switching over to components, and after that begun to bond with my youngster. All these years in a while, there’s nonetheless a light sensation of embarassment that I “failed”.
Barbara Thompson
Sheffield
I can undoubtedly connect with Niamh Campbell’s expertise. I give up breastfeeding when my youngster was 20 weeks outdated. I had the exact same issues, which completely nothing prepares you for. I remained in ache, with damaged, hemorrhaging nipple areas, and wanted to complement with components. I coveted mothers that had milk shifting like pink wine and glad infants. There have been no lactation specialists after that in my neck of the timbers, and in addition had truly there been, I query they would definitely have had the power to help.
Siobhan McGovern
Edinburgh
