I'm pretty sure I'm right about this but my DH thought I should "ask (my) bees" to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

several weeks ago I started having an intense pain in my left nipple. Like...toe-curling, biting back a yell every time he latched on, or even when it was touched, by anything. My breast-feeding goal went from 1 year to 8 months, and I debated feeding him from just the right and EP the left (because at least then he wouldn't see/feel me tense up whenever he fed).

He wasn't biting me, so at the time I thought it might be thrush, even though I was exhibiting no other symptoms (nor was he). It was recommended that I try taking Grapefruit Seed Extract.

So I ordered it (because I couldn't find it at the store), but within 2-3 days the pain was gone. Just vanished. My girls were good as new.

Then yesterday I noticed my nipple was sore again. Just the one. Same toe-curling pain, even when it's just a shirt touching it. Then, before bed last night, I realized it was almost exactly a month after it happened the first time, which leads me to believe it it's related to either ovulation or...well I don't know about my period, since I haven't yet had a pp period, I never got boob pain or any sort before my period would start (pre-preg) and I have an IUD. I had this sort of pain right before I got my BFP, though...I actually took a test last month because the pain was specific and the same.

So I'm going with the assumption that it's related to my cycle, although I'm not sure which part, exactly.

Do you think I'm right? How has your cycle changed post-partum?