Hi, my friend has just had her first baby a week ago and is about to give up breastfeeding because she's in so much pain. She knows I'm on here asking for help.
Feeding was going fine until two days ago, when it suddenly started hurting.
Baby doesn't seem to open her mouth wide enough to get a proper latch. She's tried tickling her bottom lip/chin as per Kellymom's page, but baby just opens a little bit and snaps shut. Baby seems impatient. DF is also finding it hard to unlatch, as baby refuses to let go.
Baby was gaining weight fine in hospital, but hasn't been weighed since they left. Nappies are fine, wet and dirty.
Nipples are bloody and split. DF is in tears near constantly. She doesn't want to give up but doesn't know how to go on. She describes feeding as torture 
I have suggested feeding on early hunger cues rather than waiting for squirming, and getting breast shells. She's ordered them from the pharmacy and is picking them up in the morning, but she still needs to get through tonight. She has Lansinoh and has been putting breastmilk on her nipples after the feeds and letting air get at them.
Has anyone got any advice? Could it be tongue-tie? She wasn't checked for it, as far as DF knows. She's also not in the UK and there is very little support post-natal. I am in another country altogether, so can only help from afar.