Relieving Pain Associated With Breastfeeding
After the birth of my first son, I was having problems breastfeeding. First, neither he nor I could really get the hang of it. In addition, I was extremely sore. Each time I heard that familiar newborn cry, I wanted to run the other way.
My breasts felt heavy and full. My poor, once normal nipples were now red and tender from the hourly feedings that my baby demanded. I was lacking sleep and desperate for advice to relieve the pain that I was experiencing. Luckily, I remembered that the nurses in the hospital had told me about cabbage.
I sent my husband on a mission to the grocery store looking for cabbage. I had complained so badly about the pain that he brought home not one, but two huge cabbage heads. I washed it and gently slid it onto my breasts under my nursing tank. The relief was instant. The coolness from the cabbage leaves was refreshing on my skin. It seemed like a miracle cure.
Shortly after my “cabbage remedy,” there was a soft knock on our front door. One of our neighbors had stopped by to offer congratulations on our baby boy. We invited him in and talked with him for a bit. I even felt better. Thank goodness for that cabbage. We said goodbye to our neighbor and walked him to the door.
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