My DD is 6 days old and I've suffered really badly with bleeding/cracked nipples to the point where I'm crying through every feed and hating the fact I have to feed her. This morning I decided to take a break, to save my mental health and bond with DD and give my nipples some healing time. I've been exclusively pumping for a the day but need some help/advice. Should I try and go back to breastfeeding in a few days? If I decide to exclusively pump all the time, does anyone have any tips? Any help would be appreciated I'm sad I can't hack breastfeeding and don't know what to do, I never thought it would be this hard....
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