My girlfriend wants to get her nipple's peirced, but shes afraid it may damage the nipple so it wont be able to lactate to the baby. Any info?
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Question about nipple peircing and breast feeding.
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She will still be able to lactate. In fact it will come out all 3 holes, but I wouldn't recommend putting the jewelry in the babies mouth.
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In reply to:In fact it will come out all 3 holesThere is no "single" hole where milk comes out of. Actually it is a bunch of separate ducts which come out to the nipple. I'm not sure, but I would think that the piercing hole will scar over and no milk will come out of the piercing hole. Some of the other ducts might get severed in the process of piercing. I don't know what happens to those ducts. I guess they get rerouted perhaps? I'm sure her doctor has dealt with this before, so she should ask.
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The milk came out both sides of my nipple where the jewelry was (that's why I said 'holes') and the front 'hole' of my nipple. I didn't mean there is literally a hole in the front part of a nipple. I would think people understood what I meant by 'holes'. I'm not stupid sdp and I speak from personal experience. I don't respond to a thread if I don't think I know the answer.
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I'm not stupid sdp and I speak from personal experience. I don't respond to a thread if I don't think I know the answer. Sooorrrrry for stepping on your toes. How the hell am I supposed to know if you are talking from experience or .... whatever.I didn't mean there is literally a hole in the front part of a nipple. I would think people understood what I meant by 'holes'.Please don't assume that everyone will understand what you meant. If you say there will be 3 holes (2 from piercing) then they will literally assume that there is "one" hole that the milk naturally comes from. That's why I clarified the fact that there are many holes/ducts that come from the nipple. It's almost like a sieve.
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Sooorrrrry for stepping on your toes. How the hell am I supposed to know if you are talking from experience or .... whatever.
I thought you and I posted in a nipple piercing thread before, but that doesn't matter. I didn't intend for my post to come across nasty or sarcastic. Please don't think it was.
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Please don't assume that everyone will understand what you meant. If you say there will be 3 holes (2 from piercing) then they will literally assume that there is "one" hole that the milk naturally comes from.
I figured it would be more confusing if I said milk will come out of many little holes/ducts. Maybe I should have said 3 areas on the nipple. I will be more clear in the future.
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No problem. It's better to be clear and concise than vague. Too many people take things that are written at face value becasue they don't know any better.
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I breastfed both my girls and wasn't a problem with a piercing hole! The baby should take much of the nipple in the mouth so it is ok. As for the holes your nippleis definately like a sieve when it comes to breast feeding and the milk flies out at all different angles if that makes sense!! :grin: