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I'm incredibly lucky in that baby latched on in the hospital and it's been going well ever since (she's 6 weeks on Sunday). I picked 2-3 because the first couple of weeks were a little trying with the cracked and bleeding nipples and engorgement.

Honestly we had every problem possible from latch issues to over supply to fast let down to extreme fussiness at the breast along with the normal engorgement and soreness. I voted six weeks but it was more like three months for me

I want to say eight weeks at which time Miss A had had both her tongue and lip tie clipped and nursing definitely got manageable for the long term but even at four months we were still having trouble (mainly due to teething!).

Now that A is almost eight months old I would say nursing is pain free ninety percent of the time.

With DD, we got it from the first latch. She did amazingly.

With DS (and the second kid), we kind of got the hang of it by 3 weeks, after sore bloody nipples, mastitis, and a poor latch. But, it never ever got better and by 3 months we stopped (supply issues, not a great latch, little weight gain). I was super disappointed.

It took me at least 3 months. We had every single problem imaginable - bad latch, milk came in late, low supply, thrush (for 8 wks straight), mastitis (twice) - and it wasn't until L was 3 or 4 months old that I really felt like we *finally* got the hang of it. I really took it day by day (some days, feeding by feeding) and just made it my goal to get through one more day.

Now we're going strong at 15 months

6 weeks! & now 9 months later (gah!), we're still happily at it

I feel like we had the hang of it pretty instantly, but there was still some discomfort for a week or so.

Interesting.... following!

LO was about 10 weeks when it finally stopped hurting. He had a bad latch even though I saw an LC several times. I honestly think he had (and still has) a very small mouth that doesn't open like a crocodile, so it was hard for him to get the boob in properly.