Hi! My name is Joy Anderson and I am a IBCLC in Private Practice in Perth, Western Australia. I am also a Breastfeeding Counsellor with the Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia. :-) I have a 43 year old client with a 5 day old (first) baby, who is experiencing painful feeding. The baby's attachment looks OK and her nipples are not sore or traumatized. The pain seems to be under the areolar area, at the base of the nipple. It only hurts when the baby compresses the breast with each suck, and feels like a bruise. Although her milk has only just come in and her breasts are quite firm, she reports that this pain has been unchanged since the birth. The mother also has suffered for many years with Raynaud's syndrome, including pain in the breasts and nipples even before pregnancy. Could this have anything to do with adhesions under the nipple, or the connective tissue in there? Has anyone else had experience with this as it is a bit of a puzzle to me?