To say I'd rather give birth again than establish breastfeeding?

[Constructionbook]

Just that really. Birth yes painful and hard work but it's over pretty quick. Breastfeeding is a slow kind of torture. What feels like endless nights trying to deep latch baby on to shredded nipples and the hormonal rollercoaster that comes with it. Why is it so hard?

[mrss1983]

Definitely not being unreasonable. I had an awful labour resulting in an emergency c section. BF was also excruciating. Not only the nipper pain but also the contractions it brought on, 3 weeks after Birth!

[oblada]

Deliverdaniel - just curious on this not judging: do you have any links on this research showing low milk supply is relatively common? (Other than the link you've posted) that is definitely not my understanding at the moment but happy to stand corrected.
I would tend to agree with minifingerz that slogans like fed is best or breastfeeding is best actually (for various reasons) continue to undermine bf. Not saying that it's the purpose of it just the effect.

[noeffingidea]

I don't think you can really win with promoting breastfeeding, because it's such an individual and personal matter. What works for one person doesn't work for another.
Quite a few posters commented that Elephants advice was great, whereas to me it just underlined some of the reasons I didn't like breastfeeding. If I had read that before having a baby it would have put me off even trying.
As another example, a lot of women who have breastfed say they find it 'convenient' and formula feeding to be a lot of 'faff'. I found it to be completely opposite.
I just think it's important to remember that all women and all babies are individuals and everyone will have different experiences and perceptions.