It Shouldn’t Hurt to Nurse Your Baby: Breastfeeding Solutions for the Six Most Common Causes of Painful Nipples (English Edition)

If you or someone you love is breastfeeding or preparing to breastfeed, this easy to read book will help you to understand that lactation is a natural bodily function that should be comfortable for mother and baby. This book explores six common reasons that breastfeeding might hurt and gives easy solutions to prevent and reverse nipple pain. The six reasons discussed are: latch, tethered oral tissues (tongue tie, lip tie, buccal tie), engorgement, nipple blebs, and nipple vasospasm.

Lisa Paladino CNM, IBCLC has over twenty eight years of experience assisting moms to breastfeed their babies. She has observed that nipple pain is a predominant reason that moms decide to stop feeding their infants at the breast. Women have been falsely led to believe that pain is normal and that they should stick it out without seeking help. In this book, Lisa hopes to reveal that it is not ok for a women to have intense pain and nipple trauma. Let’s shed some light on this issue and bring the out the truth- It doesn’t have to hurt to nurse your baby!