I made it almost one week bf'ing with no shield. I used one with Ava and wanted to try to go without one this time. Just gave in and it was AMAZING. So much less pain. Ahhhh...
No point to this post except my exuberance over comfortable nursing .
I had to use one with DS due to some latch issues, but luckily it was only for about 2 months and then we transitioned off it. I will definitely use one again if we need it because it saved us from going the bottle route.
Re: Nipple shield