My baby was 4 1/2 weeks early so had a nice 2 week stint in neonatal. Started breastfeeding from the start and offered expressed milk by bottle from around 10 days to top up feeds and help weight gain. Feeding was never sore at the hospital.
Got home and had 2 bouts of mastitis in early days. Now dealing with ongoing sore nippples and at my wits end. Left seems to be worse. Skin all appears normal, no cracks etc but feel tender between feeds. During feeds almost feels like baby is grating/sharp pain on sides of nipples. No pain in breasts. Baby gaining weight and lots of full nappies. HV and breastfeeding advisor have both watched feeds and said latch looks ok but careful about comfort sucking as doesnt always appear to be swallowing at end of feeds. Nipples sometimes mildly flattened/lipstick. have tried different holds and find rugby ball most comfy.
Am expressing at night (dad gives expressed milk by bottle)and no grating pain, just the tenderness still.
Feel its all going wrong and getting so sore :( Any thoughts? Could this still be latch? Thrush seems to be a common thread on here?
Any advice would be very welcome :)