Things I have learnt (the hard way) about breastfeeding...

[Kaska]

Thank for that thread!!!I have similar problem with my breastfeeding and felt very down yesterday when my GP told me to stop breastfeeding!!!He made me feel like I am lunatic or something that I still carry on...

[newcomer]

I had similar problems to Saffron - and the doctor also misdiagnosed with thrush, which was a nightmare as the thrish cream made baby newcomer sick (even when I was very careful to wash it all off before a feed). Baby newcomer is also a ferocious feeder, which made the pain/blamched nipples worse. On days when it was bad, I found it helpful to take a couple of parecetomol. Without the painkillers, I'd tense up at the pain at the start of a feed, which would make baby 'chomp down' even harder and it became a vicious cycle! I think the pain stopped when baby newcomer was about 4 months old.