Hi. I would really appreciate some help with bf please. My dd is 7 weeks old and currently exclusively bf. It has never been easy and I have been to countless bf clinics and told to work on my latch etc. Which I have done - I've tried loads of different positions, tried "posting" my nipple into her mouth, asked her to open her mouth really wide. I also took her to a cranial osteopath but that hasn't helped a great deal. DD was then diagnosed with tongue tie which was divided last Friday. However, the consultant who did the procedure told me that it may not help as she has a "blunt" tongue. He said it was difficult to explain but the shape of her tongue made it more difficult for her to breatfeed. It appears not to have helped much and I am still in pain. Sometimes the actual breastfeeding isn't painful until the end when she slips off a bit but my nipples go white afterwards and are very painful. I am worried that I might do permanent damage to my nipples if I continue feeding like this. I have tried to give her bottles of both expressed breast milk and formula but she's not really too keen. I am desperate as I really don't know what to do now. I think I am about ready to give up but obviously I can't until she takes a bottle.
Does anyone have any advice on blanched nipples/how to stop it and how to encourage my dd to take a bottle? I am prepared to continue to express.
Sorry it's so long!