is nipple pain normal with breastfeeding
Is it normal to feel pain during or after nursing? If your baby is latched on properly, you may have 30 to 60 seconds of pain (from the nipple and areola being pulled into your baby's mouth), then the pain should ease. But if you continue to feel pain, stop feeding momentarily and reposition your baby on your breast.
A poor latch. Nipple pain caused by a poor latch is usually immediate and often subsides during feeding. It is also extremely common. Getting the right latch should start right from a baby's first feeding. A new mom should ask her caregiver to place her baby on her stomach as soon as she's born.