Just a quick run down of my situation.
My DD2 is 6 weeks old today, I have been expressing since she was 2 weeks and giving her the bottle as I had major issues with cracked nipples and constant pain when feeding. After seeing a LC, she told me the attachment was great and DD was doing fine, however it was still painful.
Anyway, I had decided to stop expressing, 1 feed every 2 weeks - taking me in to the middle of September, then putting DD on formula. But I have since thought I would try the nipple shield - but just need a few questions answered:

1. Do I need to make sure she is attached the SAME way as putting her straight onto my nipple or do I just make sure she has a wide mouth and gets a mouthful of the shield?

2. Does it take longer to feed using a shield?

Any other things I should know about using a shield would be GREATLY appreciated and helpful, I would really love to try to and feed her.

However, I feel a little guilty because I expressed solidly with DD1 for 3 1/2 months then she was on formula, I just feel like a should have given it more of a go with her but I had a 3rd degree tear and was dealing with that (3 months recovery) so the breastfeeding was really getting me down.

Anyway, please help!
Cheers,