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purple nipples!
December 18 2007 at 5:38 AM Woolly Sheep (Login dandelion1)
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so i've used the brava about 30 times, each time trying to start a cycle but something would happen that would interupt it. so i've re-started for like the fifth time and am more determined than ever to finish a 20 week cycle. very first day: purple nipples. so purple its scary. I am not using more suction either. I was on vacation and could not use th brava as planned and so i did grow yours massages for about 3 days only. then i used brava and in the morning there was a lot of liquid in the domes from my nipples, probably like 10 drops per breast. i am trying to use less suction (which is somewhat difficult as there is no more tackyness to the domes) to avoid the liquid to no avail. the purple also lasts several hours, i think yesterday it lasted 12. help!i dont want to re-start yet another cylce...
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 6:06 AM
the last post from me, not 'wolly sheep', dont know what happened there...weird.
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Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 8:18 AM
I once noticed in the shower that one nipple was purple and the other was half purple - I poked about with them and they returned to normal - have a fiddle!
Have you been pregnant before? Have you got palpable lobes? One of the men using suction found something like this, I get quite a lot of cloudy looking sweat drops (yuck!) but definitely not lactating.
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Cutie Pie
(Login cutie.pie) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 8:29 AM
Better be careful. Some women complain of permanently desensitised nipples after using Brava.
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livinonaprayer
(no login) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 1:50 PM
I've not had purple nipples or any type of liquid. The only thing I notice is when I first take off the domes, my nipples and whole areola are swollen and don't have much feeling (almost numb) but are normal colored. Within an hour, they are no longer puffy but several hours later the nipples are much more sensitive. This is my second cycle (started after Thanksgiving) and after my first cycle which was 11 weeks long and ended in June, my nipples were back to being the same as before I started Brava, so there was no permanent change. The permanent change I had was my breasts were slightly more filled out and less deflated looking after 2 pregnancies and breast feeding. My bras also fit better. It was not a noticeable difference to the average person but obvious to me and my husband who see me braless. Personally, I am a cautious person and am too afraid to try manual airlock or suction. I stick with the sportbox because it has been tested for the amount of pressure applied and I am afraid that I might cause damage or stretch marks by using manual suction. There are many women who are experienced with it and have had success. I would say it's a personal choice. I think the women with the manual suction may get more swelling and quicker swelling than those of us using just the smartbox or sportbox but I am happy with the full "C" swelling I get with the box and would prefer just to try to maintain most of that over this cycle. I would be worried that huge swelling that doesn't maintain may lead to stretch marks but I have no proof of this - just my uneducated opinion.
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ManyQuestions
(Login ManyQuestions) What are the cloudy drops? December 18 2007, 2:35 PM
"One of the men using suction found something like this, I get quite a lot of cloudy looking sweat drops (yuck!) but definitely not lactating."
Does anyone know what these cloudy looking drops coming from our nipples as a result of suction are? Not regular sweat, and not milk, --what is going on? Are the nipples getting activated and going partway into lactation, but perhaps without some necessary hormone?
Thanks,
ManyQuestions
dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 3:14 PM
ok , so it might not be lactation (i've never had children so i just assumed after doing 'grow yours' that anything coming out of my nipple would be lactation), but it is definitly a cloudy subtance....not of any particular colour, its like a cloudy waterdrop. if i dont clean my domes right away it can cake to the sides or turn a slight yellow and then after a few days it smells (ok, i went on vaca, used the brava twice and then put it away for four days and only took it out of my bag when i got home and thats when it smelled - washed it right away and the smell is gone). i think the 'grow yours' massages i did beforehand is the cause as I did not do the grow yours right before doing the brava in the past and this did not happen, so i dont recommend it. I will just keep on using the brava and hope it goes away after a week. and if not...well...i'll deal with it then
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Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 6:17 PM
Sounds like sweat to me, just wash them domes and the skin after each session and don't worry about it.
I never worried about loss of nipple sensitivity as mine weren't very sensitive to start. If anything the actual nipple is slightly larger, more senstive and more erect. I also have huge white swollen areoli when I remove the domes but it's gone in about 20 minutes.
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ManyQuestions
(Login ManyQuestions) Is it just sweat? December 18 2007, 8:48 PM
The first 50 or more times I applied suction there was no liquid of any type coming from my nipples. Then the nipples became soaking wet after only 15 minutes of suction, and each nipple produced many drops of additional liquid as well. Something must be going on other than the production of ordinary sweat.
ManyQuestions
December 18 2007 at 5:38 AM Woolly Sheep (Login dandelion1)
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so i've used the brava about 30 times, each time trying to start a cycle but something would happen that would interupt it. so i've re-started for like the fifth time and am more determined than ever to finish a 20 week cycle. very first day: purple nipples. so purple its scary. I am not using more suction either. I was on vacation and could not use th brava as planned and so i did grow yours massages for about 3 days only. then i used brava and in the morning there was a lot of liquid in the domes from my nipples, probably like 10 drops per breast. i am trying to use less suction (which is somewhat difficult as there is no more tackyness to the domes) to avoid the liquid to no avail. the purple also lasts several hours, i think yesterday it lasted 12. help!i dont want to re-start yet another cylce...
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 6:06 AM
the last post from me, not 'wolly sheep', dont know what happened there...weird.
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Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 8:18 AM
I once noticed in the shower that one nipple was purple and the other was half purple - I poked about with them and they returned to normal - have a fiddle!
Have you been pregnant before? Have you got palpable lobes? One of the men using suction found something like this, I get quite a lot of cloudy looking sweat drops (yuck!) but definitely not lactating.
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Cutie Pie
(Login cutie.pie) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 8:29 AM
Better be careful. Some women complain of permanently desensitised nipples after using Brava.
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livinonaprayer
(no login) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 1:50 PM
I've not had purple nipples or any type of liquid. The only thing I notice is when I first take off the domes, my nipples and whole areola are swollen and don't have much feeling (almost numb) but are normal colored. Within an hour, they are no longer puffy but several hours later the nipples are much more sensitive. This is my second cycle (started after Thanksgiving) and after my first cycle which was 11 weeks long and ended in June, my nipples were back to being the same as before I started Brava, so there was no permanent change. The permanent change I had was my breasts were slightly more filled out and less deflated looking after 2 pregnancies and breast feeding. My bras also fit better. It was not a noticeable difference to the average person but obvious to me and my husband who see me braless. Personally, I am a cautious person and am too afraid to try manual airlock or suction. I stick with the sportbox because it has been tested for the amount of pressure applied and I am afraid that I might cause damage or stretch marks by using manual suction. There are many women who are experienced with it and have had success. I would say it's a personal choice. I think the women with the manual suction may get more swelling and quicker swelling than those of us using just the smartbox or sportbox but I am happy with the full "C" swelling I get with the box and would prefer just to try to maintain most of that over this cycle. I would be worried that huge swelling that doesn't maintain may lead to stretch marks but I have no proof of this - just my uneducated opinion.
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ManyQuestions
(Login ManyQuestions) What are the cloudy drops? December 18 2007, 2:35 PM
"One of the men using suction found something like this, I get quite a lot of cloudy looking sweat drops (yuck!) but definitely not lactating."
Does anyone know what these cloudy looking drops coming from our nipples as a result of suction are? Not regular sweat, and not milk, --what is going on? Are the nipples getting activated and going partway into lactation, but perhaps without some necessary hormone?
Thanks,
ManyQuestions
dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 3:14 PM
ok , so it might not be lactation (i've never had children so i just assumed after doing 'grow yours' that anything coming out of my nipple would be lactation), but it is definitly a cloudy subtance....not of any particular colour, its like a cloudy waterdrop. if i dont clean my domes right away it can cake to the sides or turn a slight yellow and then after a few days it smells (ok, i went on vaca, used the brava twice and then put it away for four days and only took it out of my bag when i got home and thats when it smelled - washed it right away and the smell is gone). i think the 'grow yours' massages i did beforehand is the cause as I did not do the grow yours right before doing the brava in the past and this did not happen, so i dont recommend it. I will just keep on using the brava and hope it goes away after a week. and if not...well...i'll deal with it then
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Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: purple nipples! December 18 2007, 6:17 PM
Sounds like sweat to me, just wash them domes and the skin after each session and don't worry about it.
I never worried about loss of nipple sensitivity as mine weren't very sensitive to start. If anything the actual nipple is slightly larger, more senstive and more erect. I also have huge white swollen areoli when I remove the domes but it's gone in about 20 minutes.
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ManyQuestions
(Login ManyQuestions) Is it just sweat? December 18 2007, 8:48 PM
The first 50 or more times I applied suction there was no liquid of any type coming from my nipples. Then the nipples became soaking wet after only 15 minutes of suction, and each nipple produced many drops of additional liquid as well. Something must be going on other than the production of ordinary sweat.
ManyQuestions