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Poor breastfeeding technique can cause pain, sore on nipple – Specialist
Dr Dixie Constantini, an Obstetrician Gynaecologist of Women’s Health Obstetrics and Gynaecology, has asked women to be mindful of how they breast feed their babies.
According to her, bad positioning of a baby during breastfeeding or poor breastfeeding
technique could result in painful, sore and cracked nipples.
She said, “When a nipple is damaged, it could make breastfeeding uncomfortable for lactating mothers and might further reduce milk supply to babies that could make them to lose weight with time and not grow as expected.”
In an interview with The Spectator, Dr Constantini advised mothers with damaged nipples to seek help from doctors or midwives, who would prescribe appropriate creams or ointments for them to use.
Her advice followed frequent complaints of lactating mothers about sore nipples which made breastfeeding painful and a task for mothers, and also uncomfortable for babies to suckle as expected.
She said that it was important to always offer a baby the less painful breast first after which the painful one is also given and asked that little drops of breast milk be left on the nipple after each session to dry up.
The Obstetrician Gynaecologist disclosed that there were many ways to breastfeed and it was important to change a breastfeeding technique or try new breastfeeding positions if what a mother initially used was not helpful.
“Position your baby during breastfeeding in such a way that the painful part of your nipple is nearer the corner of its lip but before doing so, place a warm towel on your breast. This stimulates the release of breast milk,” she said.
Dr Constantini again advised breastfeeding mothers to ensure that their nipples were either exposed to enough fresh air daily or use nipple shield when necessary.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Tema
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
