So a lot of people say the first couple of days until milk comes in, the nipples are painful as hell, trying to supply a hungry baby with not much milk.

Mine came in about 5 days ago, and since the very beginning one nipple has been so painful throughout the entire feeding, I've had to actually take him off that breast and put him back on the other. I'm pretty sure it's not his latch, because the other breast does just fine with him, whether or not it's the first one offered. Just so much as him taking it into his mouth (we're both still newbies, it takes a few tries/minutes to get a good latch going) makes the burning lightning-sharp pain enough for me to take it away. At night, when DH is asleep and can't distract me from the pain, I end up in tears on the couch with a hungry whimpering kid who doesn't understand why I yell out when he's trying to eat.

I've seen a lactation specialist, and she's given me latch pointers and diagnosed the pain as 'nipple gaps'. At least, that's the direct translation from Dutch. I'm a wreck here, I always dread the next feeding and am always anxious when trying to latch him onto that breast, which makes things even more difficult. I /can't/ calm myself down, relaxing isn't possible until/unless it's one of those rare feedings where the pain is at a bearable level. I do have both medicated cream (for an infection Danny has in his mouth) and salve that's supposed to help the nipples heal, but I don't notice any change.

Will the pain EVER go away? ;_;

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