It makes sense to me in a linear way that recovering from major abdominal 
surgery would heighten pain sensitivity or perception of pain because the 
normal nerve stimulation patterns have been altered. It would follow that 
because the mother's body, in whatever position she has chosen for 
breastfeeding,  is forced to redirect nerve impulses, the body would react 
in ways to which she might not be accustomed. If she is multiparous (with 
breastfeeding experience) but is breastfeeding for the first time following 
cesarean delivery she might perceive greater or different discomfort or 
pain.

Christine Staricka, IBCLC
Bakersfield, CA

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