Ouch, that sounds painful! Many mums find they experience an initial tenderness when their baby attaches and begins to feed, but it should pass, which it sounds like yours does. Continuing pain (throughout the feed) indicates incorrect attachment, or some sort of other issue (damaged nipples) but if it hurts at the beginning and then eases, well that sounds pretty standard Like Rhi I used to take a deep breath and roll my shoulders, which would be all tense, and work through it.
Yep it happened with DD too, I used to feel so tense at the start of a feed because I knew what was coming but would just make myself start counting and breathing deep and it would taper off quite quickly. I posted about it here as we had everything right, just this pain, and I think someone said it could be like the initial 'draw through' pain or something like that. I can't find that thread so I can't even remember when it stopped, but it must have!
Still happening here, just getting better the last few days I think??
You can express a bit first to trigger let down and hope she doesn't need to suck as strongly, but might not work.
I do deep breathing and toe wiggling.
Like Rhi I used to take a deep breath and roll my shoulders, which would be all tense, and work through it.
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