Those are very true, my aunt has flat nipples and they came out more than what it and she gave up breastfeeding but we have the resources today so mothers can breastfeed. Get a nipple shield, it works wonders.

@peaceinfall, the nurses told me I have flat nipples, and no matter how much I tried to make them erect, they wouldn't go enough for him to get a grip on it. The one nurse said that pumping might help shape them, but it also may not work

I had a long battle with my daughter trying to get her to latch to breastfeed because I have inverted nipples (nipples on the inside) and I had to pull them out with every feeding after she finally got to latch after having issues for almost two months of not drinking from my breast. But I kept at it and she finally latches, I just need work. And more milk now, she's two months a half. Ill hen you were in the hospital, did they say you don't have the right shaped nipples?

thanks @ashalay88 I'm glad I'm producing too. I wasn't for the first day, and I started to worry cuz we think that my little guy has the same allergy to formula that his daddy did as an infant.

I had the same issues with my nipples!! I tried pumping, and got nothing. Come to find out I wasn't producing milk! Sooo glad you are!

We had the same problem and are doing the same thing!