Does Nipple piercing effect breast feeding?
• Yes and no. The piercing does cause some of the milk ducts in the nipple to reroute or close but since a majority of the duct are in fact located in the areola the piercing should not effect breast feeding. • I would like to stress that if the piercing is not well healed or well not be by the time of birth, remove them to reduce the chances of infection and other problems during breast feeding. Not only because why create a problem if you don’t have to but because you don’t want to create a situation where you are unable to breast feed. • Lastly you should consider changing to a Barbell or other jewelry that is easy to remove. Having a 14g 5/9 ring in a new born’s mouth seems not only intrusive but dangerous. • For more information go to The Nipple Piercing Page.
