Using a breast pump to draw the nipple out just prior to breastfeeding may also help. If nipples invert, or dent inward, with stimulation, try the interventions mentioned for flat nipples. Nipple eversion devices are available. Occasionally, a mother has one or more severely inverted nipples. If one breast is less affected, your baby can breastfeed on only one breast.
Most women can produce enough milk in one breast to exclusively breastfeed their babies.
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