My daughter is 7 days old, and so far I have breast fed her. I stayed in our midwife-led unit until she would feed from me - she's very happy to feed from a bottle with a breast teat. Feeding her is still very painful. She won't latch on at all without nipple shields. It hurts in my breast while she is feeding. It really hurts. Hand-expressing and the breast pump does not hurt. She seems to go a long time between feeds - every 4 hours, which seems a long time.
I really would like to BF her, but it really hurts. I've got cushions and a triangular cushion which really helps with positioning her, but although it helps getting her into position, something still isn't right.