I owe SO much to the Thompson Method!! I managed to fight tooth and nail to breastfeed my son (now 3) until he was 14 months old, but it was never without pain. When I found the Thompson Method during my second pregnancy, I was so excited to tackle breastfeeding again armed with more knowledge and an actual game plan. Unfortunately the journey with my daughter started out much the same. She latched on easily but the latch was SO incredibly painful, and my nipples were sore and bleeding within a day. I threw myself headfirst into this method and spent hours a day devouring all the course materials and trying anything and everything. I did several rescue sessions with Rachael Austin and those helped immensely, along with constant support from the online community. Somewhere around 6 weeks everything finally started to click into place and the pain gradually subsided, until it was gone! We have now been exclusively breastfeeding for 10.5 months and the early weeks of struggle are thankfully a distant memory. There aren't words for how grateful I am to this method and this community for giving me the gift of a beautiful breastfeeding journey with my daughter!