No bleeding or cracks or anything. It only hurts while she's feeding. The longer she's on the more it hurts. I try ajusting her position and latch, but it doesn't help. It wouldn't be so bad if she weren't feeding for 20-30 min
It may be that I am not used to her being on the breast without the sheild. I'm taking it slow. If it starts to hurt to much I can always put the sheild back on. She still can't latch onto the left side at all without it. Though the inverted nipple is slowly coming out, so maybe soon.
We use the cradle, cross cradle, or football hold. Depends on her mood. Although on the left it has to be football. She does seem to like feeding while laying only on the one side. I did try to feed laying down lastnight but it didn't work. She just got frustrated and worked up, so I used the football hold, which calmed her, but that is when it hurt too. We're not as good woth the football hold on the right side and I am wondering if maybe the latch was off in a way I couldn't see because of the position.