Breastfeeding counsellor Helen Hancock says some women suffer unnecessarily due to a lack of support Breastfeeding WorldBreastfeedingWeek
The pain shoots from your nipple up your back, travelling across your shoulders, down to your toes "which curl, and you close your eyes to bear it".
While experts say there are many contributing factors, education and support are seen as crucial and are being highlighted as part of this year's World Breastfeeding Week. "Creating supportive environments for breastfeeding mums makes continuing to breastfeed more likely."Ms Hancock said she felt very isolated and alone when she was trying to breastfeed, and that the support she was initially offered was not helpful.
"This is something that we should be taught about, how our bodies work, what the challenges can be, in our education system from an early age," she said.Breastfeeding: Mums put off by public disgust - study "That peer support is essential and such an important stepping stone, but it focuses mainly on helping normalise or motivate around breastfeeding."
"But I have had women come in to me and the pain she is experiencing has stopped within 30 seconds because I have shown her another position that she hadn't been shown before," she added.
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