My daughter is 3 weeks old and I have been exclusively bf her. Because of the way my friends have discussed breastfeeding in the past and there move up the bottle I thought it was completely normal for it to be painful.
I can only describe what I’m experiencing as passing glass through my nipples. She has an almost nonexistent bottom lip and bites hard on my nipple during some feeds. My nipples go white a wedge shaped😩!!!
I went to the feeding consultant on Friday who said it was the latch and a poor suck from the baby. She’s bitting to compensate. She put on loads of weight but is feeding every hour on the hour for 20 mins a time. She just gets exhausted. She doesn’t have tongue tie.
To make matters worse I went down with Mastitis on Monday and have been on antibiotics since Wednesday. I have been pumping but not clearing it. I’m at my wits end because she gets so angry when feeding. Punching and crying.
Any advice appreciated!!! Help!!!
Anxious first time mother.