Help! My baby is 4 weeks and I really want to stick with the breastfeeding but it's excruciating! My nipples a raw (but not cracked or bleeding) and after each feed a get a deep pain in my breasts that is so intense I want to rip them off :'(
MW and HV checked the latch and positions and everyone has said it's good. Dr gave me a course of antibiotics suspecting mastitis but it had no effect (and pain is in both sides) then gave me a course of antifungal medication for both me and baby but that also has had no effect. There are no signs of Thrush in him or on my nipples.
I'm at my wits end! I really want to continue breastfeeding but I can't cope with the pain. I'm alternating ibuprofen and paracetamol every 2 hours day and night to try to cope which can't be good for me. Am seeing the Dr again tomorrow but thought I'd see if anyone else has had anything like this?