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The first 6 weeks was hell. Within 6 hours of LO's birth, my nipples were already cracked and bleeding (turned out LO's tongue was tied and wasn't latching properly). Colostrum didn't come until 2 days later, milk didn't come until 4 days after, I got mastitis, and I wanted to die.

But after all that, BF became a breeze.

Without jinxing myself, we have had almost no issues. No thrush, no mastitis, no engorgement, no supply issues, no confusion and we are almost at 10 months. I was so prepared for so much trouble and it never came. We are VERY lucky

I'm 10 weeks in and I've overall had a good experience with it. The first few weeks were an adjustment and I was lucky to never experience much pain so it's been pretty easy.

We're very lucky that we had no issues at all. Perfect latch, no supply problems, milk came in right away. A little tenderness at the beginning, but I never even busted out the lanisoh. Our only real problem was how frequently he nursed...cluster feeding, but all day every day.

I am so jealous of all of you who have had good experiences!! All I can say is tha I hope everything I went through this time will help make next time an easier experience. But yay for all of you!

I had a good experience, too!
It wasn't always easy and there was definitely a lot to learn. Once I dropped holding myself to a textbook/LC standard everything naturally fell into place. I put so much pressure on myself in the beginning, beat myself up over everything, if I could go back in time I would tell myself to chill out, haha, after the first few months we got into a great groove and I loved our breastfeeding relationship.

I've had a great experience! The first few weeks were a bit painful, but LO had a perfect latch from the get-go, has always eaten efficiently, and we've had no signs of thrush or mastitis. It's been textbook so far.

For the most part it's been very positive. It was crazy easy in the beginning - DS picked it up just like that and has always been a great eater. At 3.5 months we got thrush though and it took many months to kill it, and my breasts are still continuously itchy which is really irritating - but tolerable.

That being said it's been 10 months and I am torn - I look forward to stopping but I love the connection. Sometimes I feel DS only loves me for my milk - because on the weekends he's with DH all the time and only with me for feedings - so I worry about what might happen if we quit.

The first two months were pure hell. We battled every single problem imaginable: thrush (for six straight weeks), mastitis, latch issues, cracked/bleeding nipples, you name it, we had it. I seriously cried and wanted to give up every other hour.

Somehow though, we made it and now, at 10 months, we're still going strong Everything became super easy after the two month mark, but I've noticed that with each stage, there's a new problem. For example, now L is obsessed with playing with my nipples. When she's BF-ing off one, she has to play with the other. And she ALWAYS needs her hand down my shirt, even if we're out in public.

My daughter was in the nicu and would not breastfeed for her first 5 days. I was able to pump and start my supply just fine, thankfully. On that fifth day, she finally latched and started nursing, and that moment remains one of the most powerful of my entire life. We had almost zero trouble after that, and she still frequently nurses at 15 months. It's one of the greatest things I've ever done.

we had a rough start, until 8 weeks. she had a bad latch on one side, horribly cracked nipples, over supply and forceful let down, blocked ducts, mastitis and thrush!

for whatever reason, one day it all just fell into place. she's 13 weeks old now and it's been smooth sailing for the most part since 8 weeks! I'll be so sad when it's over