Painful memories of the struggle to breastfeed | Letters

Readers share the difficulties they had with breastfeeding in response to an article by Niamh CampbellReading Niamh Campbell’s article on breastfeeding brought back painful memories for me (‘Like a cheese grater raking across my nipple’: why I kept trying to breastfeed for so long, 3 September). Nearly 43 years ago, I too found breastfeeding agonisingly painful. Unlike her, I never had access to a lactation consultant, and the only advice I was offered by health professionals w