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Totally following. Nervous about this too!!

No and yes. DS2 "knew" what to do but his latch was terrible. Too much pain for me so I quit after a week.

Yes, physically. I had no pain whatsoever second time around. I think it was a combo of my nipples being used to it and me knowing what to do. I do find it a lot more difficult to focus on nursing with LO1 around though so many times I feel like LO2 is not getting enough. Dealing with LO1 is by far my biggest breastfeeding challenge this time around.

MUCH easier. I had a terrible time with LO1, excruciating pain, tongue tie, cracked/damaged nipples. It didn't get better until he was 3.5 months. He was also a frequent/comfort/long nurser until about 6-8 months, so I was constantly battling the problems.

With LO2, not a single problem! Zero! She just turned 1 and we are now slowly weaning. She is also not a boob baby. She never nursed for more than 10 minutes at a time, so it has also been more freeing.

Yes, sooo much better. The initial hurdle of establishing a good latch, the level/time of pain, etc was way easier. I got a couple blocked ducts and one round of mastitis with LO1 but none so far with LO2 at 9 months.

Not pregnant with#2 yet but hopeful that it's possible breast feeding or pumping is better the 2nd time around.

SO much easier. DD1 had a posterior tongue tie and an upper lip tie, that went undiagnosed and untreated until 6 months. So, I cracked and bled, she bit me, arched, flailed, screamed and hated nursing. My supply tanked. It was awful. I did everything I could, multiple IBCLC appointments, having her ties revised, taking all the tinctures, eating all the foods, etc., and dried up at 8.5 months despite all of that.

DD2--a breeze, except for loving nursing so much that I was subject to multiple marathon cluster feeds at the start, which were exhausting! She's still going strong at 10.5 months old. I was terrified I wouldn't have a good enough milk supply, and I have had zero issues--in fact, I have a deep freezer full of extra milk and she hasn't ever taken a bottle.

yes yes and yes!!! with my first was terrible...cracked nipples, bleeding two round of mastitis. I gave up. With my second I thought that I would give it a try but I would not ruin again the first months of my baby's life because I wanted to breastfeed. Either it would work or I would just give him formula. I met before giving birth with an amazing LC she taught me so much about different positions, latch and she suggested the following things to help preventing all the problems I had with my first :
-switch position at every feed,
- use a boppy pillow to help you hold your baby
- RELAX
- use Silverette cups to naturally prevent soreness and infections
- use the right size shields if you are pumping
- don't stress too much you are already a great mum for trying!!!!
result: I nursed for a year!!!!! and plan on nursing my next little one for even longer!