Ive never breast fed but my sister had mastitis after breast feeling and i had my ba under the muscle and her pain used to make her cry and my pain didnt, obviously everyone has different pain thresholds but the way she described her pain was nothing compared to mine, it was more discomfort and a horrible tight feeling then actual pain! the feeling made me cry once but it was mainly due to feeling like i couldnt do anything rather then the pain making me cry! it was nowhere near what i expected hun. 7 weeks on i have no pain, the occasional twinge if i sleep too long on my side but thats it! xx