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NOT NESSISARY! if anything, treat them even nicer with some ointment like lansinoh. so long as baby has a good latch nipple pain should be minimal. ask for a lactation consultant to come see you in the hospital.

I don't know if it helps or not since this is my first pregnancy, but my mom told me that rubbing your nipples with a towel starting a few weeks before you deliver will help toughen up your nipples. She said she did it and it worked really well. Not sure if I'm going to try it or not. Good luck!

you dont want to toughen them up your nipples should NOT get sore if the baby latches on right if the baby doesn't latch on right then thats the reason that they get sore

In Ecuador, where I live, they tell you to "prepare your breasts" for breastfeeding by pinching and rolling the areola (sp?) each day and trying to express a little colostrum. This is during the whole thrid trimester. I didn't do it with my first and didn't get sore nipples. I didn't do it with my second and did get sore nipples (and knew what I was doing at the time, too). Who knows if it actually works?

My mother in law told me the same thing. Take a terry cloth towel and rub your nipples with it starting a few weeks before your due date. I ahve also heard that as long as the baby is latching on correctly, there should be no pain at all.

Thanks!