Do nipple piercings affect breastfeeding?

Nipple piercing and breastfeeding

Throughout the centuries, it has been a common practice to have body piercings. Some women ask if it is possible to breastfeed with a pierced nipple?”

The good news is that nipple piercing and breastfeeding can be successful for many women.

Some studies, however, show that for some women, milk ducts can sometimes become obstructed, and this may cause some difficulties for breastfeeding mothers.

It may potentially prevent some milk from coming out of the breast when the baby is feeding, or when breast pumping, but often there is no issue at all.

The most important thing that you can do is to start breastfeeding and see how things go.

Go forward without expecting negative things to happen. If you do have an issue, then seek out skilled support – there’s no reason why breastfeeding can’t continue.

You may also be encouraged to know that it’s possible to breastfeed just from one breast.

Doing so means that even if you experience difficulties on one side because of the nipple piercing, your body can make all the milk that your baby needs on the other breast.

Many women have breastfed for months, just on one side, for various reasons – so that’s always an option.

If you are breastfeeding your baby with a nipple piercing, please remember from a safety point of view, to take the nipple jewelry out while you’re feeding your baby, because of the choking risk to your baby.

So, to reiterate, if you have nipple piercings, yes, it is undoubtedly possible to breastfeed and to do that successfully.