Thankfully I have bypassed the phase of new motherhood where all I can think about are my nipples. I mean, seriously people, what’s up with the “it doesn’t hurt if you are doing it right” myth about nursing?! It’s crap. It hurts. It does! For my first kid, it was excruciating for about 5 weeks. I know that was on the extreme side, but I had a really bad time with it. Like a trooper, or perhaps a fearful Berkeley mother who didn’t believe that bottle feeding was an option, I marched onward and breastfed my son for 15 months. With Baby Sis, I was prepared for the pain. It lasted a few days and it did not crush my spirit, for I knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel. A light whereby my baby’s food supply is always ready, heated, and sanitary. And I like that. So onward I went and have logged almost 11 months of using my nipples as milk dispensers. If you told me about this 10 years ago, I would not have believed any of it, by the way.
So before #2 arrived, I bought myself every cream and soothing device available to (wo)man so that I would be prepared for the painful break-in period. Including Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, which today, I am told by Amazon.com, has been recalled. “The product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhea in infants.” You must be kidding.
Anyone else wanting their money back??
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Damn, I was hoping nipple pain wouldn’t be a a problem. I was wigged out already the babies they showed at a breastfeeding class looked like they were making on the boob like it was a burger.
I didn’t purchase Mommy’s Bliss but I do have a tube of Lansinoh which apparently is safe for babies.
Try calling the manufacturer. They may give you some type of refund.
I’m sorry but after two years of nursing (two kids, one year each), Mommy’s Bliss sounds like something both elicit and suspicious. I had good luck with Motherlove nipple cream. Come to think of it, that sounds just as silly.
My midwife brought me pure Lanolin for my nipples or might have died. It hurt bad… but I had a barracuda sucker from the beginning! 17 months later, he still loves to “nu” and who can blame him?
Lanolin definitely works the best. You have to use it several days in a row. But I think most women get nipple pain (or cracking or bleeding) unless their kids have a very light suction. My kids both disfigured my nipples so badly they hardly recuperated between feedings. Nursing hurts. At least for the first month or so.