Think I mentioned in an earlier thread to you that my DS2 had a severe tongue tie which we had snipped when he was 5 days old. In our case he appeared to attach properly, but I had shocking nipple pain the moment he went on the boob. It would ease as he fed, sort of, but was intensely toe curling at the start of each feed. DS2 couldn't extend his tongue - that was why bfing was painful for me. I was cracked and bleeding ... it wasn't fun at all. But he obviously couldn't draw the milk in properly, as would a bub without tongue tie. Still ... he always managed to have a good feed.

I can't honestly say I noticed any of the "symptoms" you've described as DS2 didn't show any of those signs. No clicking, no air gulping and he stacked on the beef. We knew from the minute he was examined post birth that he had a bad tongue tie, and I was told if bfing was "abominable" we should have it snipped. In his case, if we lifted his tongue up a little we could clearly see it was attached to the bottom of his mouth. The snip was done in less than 30 seconds and as he didn't cry and/or bleed, it was painless and bloodless. We too, had an immediate improvement in bfing and to this day we've never looked back.

I truly hope you get some help from an LC or doctor - you're doing a good job to keep it up when it's obviously causing you so much pain