Just out of curiosity, does breastfeeding hurt as bad the second time as it does the first? Planning to breastfeed my son just as I did my daughter. She had been fully weaned since one as about 8 weeks pregnant with this one. My nipples are already itching like crazy and feel dense like they are full of milk. They don't exactly leak on their own but gentle pressure produces clear droplets.
With my daughter pumping rarely did any good. For some reason my body knew the difference between baby and pump and I couldn't let down for the pump. Hand expressing was easier but I still got the same amount. I luckily never had a clogged duct.
@badadvicemom with my daughter she had a great latch from the very beginning but it still hurt I think because the colostrum was so thick at first and caused some tearing coming out. It wasn't unbearable though.
Mine have been leaking already. 😫🙈