Terrified of breast feeding / pumping
With my first breast feeding was so painful that I was clenched up in tears every time and they told me her latch was good so it wasn’t that. I think my nipples are just extremely sensitive. The only thing that helped was a nipple shield. But sadly I was very young and had no support so I ended up just using formula.
I’m due in a couple months now and I want to try to breastfeed for real this time but if anything the sensitivity of my nipples has only increased. I even orgasm from my partner licking them / sucking them/ playing with them, which also makes me feel like what if I’m weirded out by my baby sucking on them although I know it’s a different feeling. Either way, I am scared for the pain since it wasn’t a latch issue I think it’s just a me issue. I am still gonna try, but is it possible that breastfeeding just hurts for me for whatever reason?
If it’s too painful I’ll try the shield and then I’ll exclusively pump if I have to. Formula is too damn expensive lol. I really want this to work out 😭😭😭
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