Please vote in poll on breastfeeding!

I need some input for a post I'm working on and would love if you could answer the poll over there on the right. I'm trying to get a sense of whether people had a rough time breastfeeding or not and whether it was resolved by the two week mark or not. Please vote and if you want to add any comments or details or if you have posted on your rough start with breastfeeding, decision to quit or to keep going, or how smoothly things went, then please add a link to your post in the comments as well.

Thank you for your input!

Please note: The poll is now closed. You can view the results in my follow-up post and read the comments below.

Comments

[Ashley]

I voted- it took about 2 weeks for everything to work out- my nipples were SO sensitive, on fire, burning, tears in my eyes at EVERY latch. But, everything looked fine-- nipples appeared fine, baby's mouth was perfect, good latch... slowly, the pain decreased. I never thought about stopping-- but I'm afraid of that new nursing pain even though were 12 months along now. I wonder when baby # two comes along... will there be that awful pain again?!

[Melodie]

I voted that within 2 weeks everything was going fine. I almost wanted to vote that everything went perfectly from day one, but I did have sore and cracked nipples due to some positoning problems. But I didn't think we were having any problems until my midwife told me I shouldn't have cracked or sore nipples if everything was perfect. That breastfeeding shouldn't hurt at all if you are doing it right. Oh what an eye opener that was! I nursed my first babyuntil she was three and I am currently bf'ing baby #2 who is a toddler, with whom I didn't have any problems.
I am very aware and grateful that I was so lucky in my breastfeeding experiences. I think it is important to stay open and aware that every woman's experience is different and that whatever choices she makes she makes with love.

[When to give up on breastfeedi]

[...] and my story, you can read the stories of Lindsay, Maria, Dani, Katrina, Beth, Tara, Christina and many others that replied to my poll. You can go to message boards like the kellymom message boards and scour the newborn forum to see [...]

[phdinparenting]

Thank you all for the overwhelming number of votes, comments, and stories. I just posted a follow-up post (along with information on why I did this poll) here: http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/03/08/when-to-give-up-on-breastfeeding/

Please check it out!