Have been breastfeeding DS for the last 9mo. The dirst 12 hours or so he was chewing my nipples (I was on such good painkillers i had no idea the latch was too shallow) and it seems to have damaged the right side. It was excruciating for the first 10-12 weeks, particularly at letdown and shooting pains after feeding. Subsequently the pain mostly went away, but 3 weeks ago I had a blocked duct (bleb) and the pain has just got worse and worse - searing pain in the nipple the whole time while feeding, feeling burnt afterwards, shooting pains along the lobes. I have seen the GP and taken flucloxacillin for 10 days, no perceptible difference (other than diarrhoea).
I can't feed any more on that side, I ended up crying with the pain several times today (I am not a crier).
What do I do? Pump that side, feed exclusively other side, for the next year or so? Give up? 