What it's like breastfeeding with a pierced nipple

For many new mums breastfeeding can already be a daunting part of motherhood, but Lacey Haynes faced some unexpected difficulties.

The Londoner had her nipple pierced when she was 17-years-old but hasn’t worn a piercing for 14 years.

But unfortunately those pesky extra holes caused a lot of trouble when she became a mum.

“When the milk first came in the extra holes really undermined the plumbing of that nipple, it leaked like crazy, constantly,” Lacey says in the video posted online.

“I didn’t know if it would ever stop leaking.”

Since then Lacy says it has improved and only leaks when she is feeding on the other breast. But for the first few months she wondered if she’d ever be able to wear a regular top again.

“It was such a mess,” she explains

"There are the holes on either side of the nipple where the piercing had gone through and it would just pour out of that.”

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Her little bub Fox India also had issues and struggles to latch onto the breast for her feed.

“There was so much milk coming out and she couldn’t really control the flow. It was overwhelming for her.”

But some good did come of the situation. Lacy collected the extra milk in special cups and donated it to a local family.

Now she’s sharing her story in the hope other women will feel comfortable talking about their own awkward issues.

“It’s about talking about these things, about your weird teenage nipple piercing. And taking them form shameful and quiet to the public sphere, so we can learn from each other and not feel awkward and uncomfortable.”

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