Sounds like blocked ducts.

@babyjay574, I cried in the beginning too. Try a Hot compress on the boobs to help the hard painful spots and genital massage. Try putting coconut oil on the nipples to help with the pain and work on latching, an incorrect latch hurts like an M-effer.

If you are concerned talk to a lactation consultant about your daughters latching. Like I said it's only for the first weeks then it'll be better. I just stopped breastfeeding my daughter at 13 months old and will start in June with my baby boy on the way

it is painful I don't even want anything rubbing on my nipples when she sucks on the nipple I just want to cry it's so painful when she first sucks on it @mommabeardurso @kmally

Exactly what @mommabeardurso said. It's not always like that, only when your milk first comes in, and the fact that you're pumping is actually making you produce more. I would hold off pumping until at least 6-12 weeks and just continue to feed on demand. If it's super painful, a hot shower and hand express.

Aw this will be the time when your milk just came in. You might be producing so much milk because you pump. The more you pump and feed the more milk you'll be making. Try to self express instead of using the pump at least for now. You'll feel much better in a couple of weeks. The begging is the hardest. I use to cry every time my daughter was hungry 😊 it gets easier and it's so worth it. Good luck hon. If you have any questions feel free to message me I'll try to help as much as I can

she's 5 days old @kmally

I do that but they are still so hard it really hurts @mamabee

Or may work better when pumping. @babyjay574

@babyjay574, try massaging them really hard to get all the hard spots out of them while breastfeeding.

How old is she?