Should I give breastfeeding one last try

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I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant with 4th (and probably last) baby and would like to give breastfeeding one last try with this baby but Ive had zero success with all previous babies. I'm very much a 'fed is best' mindset, and not sure if I should even bother trying breastfeeding this time. DD1- struggled for 8 weeks through bad latch due to tongue tie, supply issues, PND, tried to get help from midwives, health visitors, local breastfeeding support group but it just never worked out.
DS1- He also had a slight tongue tie and I struggled to get a good latch and was in incredible pain every time that I tried to feed him that it became distressing for him and me.
DD2- Tried again as she had no tongue tie but by the third time I tried to feed her while still in hospital i literally had blood blisters on my nipple's and the pain took me back to DS and it put me off completely.
I've tried all the different positions for breastfeeding and have been told countless times that being small breasted doesn't matter but I just don't know what I've been doing wrong each time

This insistence that breastfeeding “correctly” is pain-free really doesn’t help because it just isn’t true.

I also swear by nipple shields.

my baby fed like no other and piled on the pounds. Latch checked by everyone imagine and declared perfect. Yes I saw a precious, well-respected IBCLC or whatever lactation consultant.

but my nipples were cracked and covered over in bloody scabs because my boobs were so full with milk and baby’s mouth so tiny.

nipple shields helped me get through the pain and helped my nipples heal so that it didn’t hurt anymore. so there we are.

I found nipple shields the only solution for the pain in my cracked nipples.

Personally I wouldn’t bother.

This thread is nearly a year old!! Presumably the OP is now sorted either way!