If the pain is indeed sensitivity as the nipple is drawn back into the mouth, I found with my first baby, who didn't open her mouth as wide as I would have liked her to, that if I just used my finger, after she had latched, to push more of my breast into her mouth, we could nurse comfortably.
Jeanne
LLLLeader in WI, USA
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