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My wife is on exclusive-breastfeeding for our 5month old 9.1kg baby boy. her nipples have become so sore and painful to breastfeed. what can we do? s
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Breast shields: Try using some breast shields and mom should try massaging her breasts with lanolin.
Answered 8/31/2016
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