Ardo Tulips Contact Nipple Shields Size Large (Set of 2)

This is truly a magnificent invention. I am literally using these for the first time as I type this out bc I’m so excited. My baby is 6 days old today and her latch isn’t the best. I have large nipples and she has a tiny mouth. I’ve been trying all the suggestions from the nurses to get a better latch but I think it’s just something that will happen with time. In the meantime my poor nipples are being abused. I do warm and cold packs and use the patches to soothe them as well as nipple butter after every feeding. They’ll start looking better and then we’ll go through a cluster feeding and once again are just painful and raw/cracked. I put the shield on and at first I think she thought it was a cruel joke or a pacifier but she kept at it and as I braced myself for the inevitable pain I heard her swallow and realized she was latched!!! And there was no pain! I’m so happy bc I’ve been looking forward to the bonding that comes with breast feeding my whole pregnancy and it’s been less than fun. Now I can relax with my baby while she feeds to her hearts content. I’m so happy I could cry…everything makes me cry these days so I don’t know if that’s saying much. I will say I’ll recommend these to any breast feeding mama. The storage container is great too and each shield gives 100 uses. I’m gonna stock up.