There’s a lot of reasons for this: In our society, women are taught to keep their breasts covered, and so even when breastfeeding some women are more comfortable covering up (and there is nothing wrong with that (cover or no cover, do what feels comfy for you, mama.) We also live in a society that tends to censor images of nipples if they happen to be on female bodies. Park IY, Kim MR, Jo HH, Lee MK, Kim MJ. Association of the nipple-areola complexes with age, parity, and breastfeeding in Korean premenopausal women. J Hum Lact. 2014;30(4):474-479. doi:10.1177/0890334414549049 Wise, N. J., et al. (2016). Activation of sensory cortex by imagined genital stimulation: An fMRI analysis. Think about your milk flow. Your baby might bite if your milk is flowing too fast or if it isn't flowing fast enough. If you are very engorged, express some milk into a bottle before offering your breast to your baby. If your milk supply is low, try to massage your breast tissue to get the milk flowing. Switch sides once you feel the milk has drained from one breast. keep feeding your baby for as long as they want – keeping breastfeeds short to "rest" your nipples will not ease nipple pain and could affect your milk supply

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After each feeding, put a few drops of breast milk on your nipples. This helps to moisturize your nipple and fight off possible infections. To break the latch, insert your clean finger at the corner of your baby's mouth. You can gently pull the corner of your baby's mouth to break the seal. If you and your partner would like to, you could also incorporate sex toys such as nipple clamps and vibrators, and experiment with different warming lubes, oils and lotions. Bondage is also a great addition to this kind of play, suggests GOTN. Kulski JK, et al. (1981). Composition of breast fluid of a man withgalactorrhea and hyperprolactinaemia. DOI:

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Mayo Clinic: “Breast-feeding tips: What new moms need to know,” “ Infant and toddler health,” “Weaning: Tips for breastfeeding mothers.”