Whitney Port emotional over painful breastfeeding experience

Former reality TV star Whitney Port is struggling to breastfeed her newborn son, likening nursing to having her nipples sliced with glass.
The former The Hills star and her husband Tim Rosenman welcomed Sonny Sanford last month (Jul17) and Whitney made the decision to try to breastfeed the infant despite knowing it “doesn’t really come easy to most people”.
She explains she had a good experience when Sonny was first born, but a couple days later she was left in extreme pain.
“I thought I was doing really well and the nurses said that the latch was good, but after about 24 to 48 hours of doing it, it just started to get so incredibly painful,” she says in a video for her YouTube series I Love My Baby, But…. “And we came home and I just hit a breaking point and said, ‘I can’t do this. It feels as though someone is slicing my nipples with glass’.”
Whitney subsequently decided to start pumping to relieve herself from the pain and sought the advice of a lactation consultant, who informed her Sonny might be tongue-tied, which would cause him to suck harder. The diagnosis was later confirmed and the baby boy had his mouth clipped to correct the issue. However, it didn’t help Whitney with the pain.
“I feel like a lot of people are going to tell me to just have patience and try to do it ’cause it’s only been a week,” she continues as she starts to grow emotional. “But I just don’t know if it’s something that is going to get better or not. So that’s what I feel anxious about. Like, how much longer am I willing to try it before I just give up on it and just pump and give him the bottles and be OK with it…?”
And she is being critical of herself for worrying about what others will think about the decisions she makes as a mum.
“I think I’m a pretty strong person and I go with my gut and I don’t really compare myself to other people or to what other people are doing,” Whitney shares. “And now I’m doing exactly that.”
However, she is grateful for all the support she has received: “We mothers have to be there for each other,” she writes on Instagram. “I sincerely believe this community is what has given me the confidence to feel I am not doing anything wrong.”