Oh no hun that's terrible ! No one is born with that knowledge so don't even think for a minute you should have just known what to do, when and how. I was only a little opposite to you. I thought I was doing everything right in the hospital ! Not one midwife or LC came to see me or check if I actually was even holding DD correctly let alone if she was latching. I went to a 3 hr breast feeding class through the hospital before I had DD so I thought that's was everything I needed to know ? I also didn't know how often to feed? By the third day when my nipples became so sore and cracked I told a midwife that I didn't think DD was latching properly because now I was really sore and she grabbed DD and my boob and pushed us together like she was playing the cymbals !

It's hard when there is such little focus placed on guiding new mums on how to BF, milk supply, correct latching etc. You're not alone and you certainly can vent about it. On the upside look at you now...Good that you're one of the lucky one's to be able to BF successfully.