I had burning sensation in one side of my right breast after feeding

A. Hello Mum, It is known as nipple vasospasm. Nipple vasospasm is a narrowing of blood vessels in the nipple. It can be triggered by a baby breastfeeding in a shallow latch and can cause burning, stabbing or itching pain in the nipples after a breastfeed. ... Treatment involves avoiding the triggers of nipple vasospasm and some medications may help. For breastfeeding mothers, the main cause of nipple vasospasm is likely to be a poor latch. Achieve a Deep Latch When latching your baby on, hold him in close against your body, with his ear, shoulder, and hip in a straight line. Align baby’s nose with your nipple. Pull back on your breast tissue to make it easier for him to latch on. Tickle baby’s lips with nipple and wait for baby to open wide(like a yawn). Then latch him on, assuring that baby has bypassed the nipple and is far back on the areola. The resulting latch should be off-center — deeper on the bottom (more breast taken in on the chin side than the nose side). Baby’s nose should be touching (but not buried in) the breast, and his lips should be flared out like “fish lips”. Rule out thrush or a bacterial infection—check with your health professional that you don’t have any other causes of burning pain and sore nipples. Keep warm; breastfeed in a warm room and cover the nipple as soon as a breastfeed ends. Don’t leave nipples to air dry as they will get colder that way. Keep breastpads dry, some mothers use woollen or fleecy breastpads for warmth. Try to avoid sudden temperature changes. Gentle massage. Try massaging the nipples with warm oil after a breastfeed to stop a nipple vasospasm