Ren - that's great! oh the ups and downs and not yet 6 weeks!!! Taking it one day at a time (hell, one feed at a time) is the best way to go. You WILL get there, like Janie said.

Heaven, I don't know if you've tried this but I had a similar problem with my R side - 'perfect' technique according to 3 LCs but it still hurt like you-know-what - and ended up using a nipple shield for about 7 weeks (a loooong time I know). It came good once he got bigger. Still don't really know what the problem was - but the important point is that it did get better and we're still bfing.