Welcome to the motherhood community.
I remember when my youngest daughter was breastfeeding, mom would sometimes tell me how much it hurt and show me the cracks that formed. I can only imagine how much it must hurt. That's why such a strong bond is created between mother and child and just as you say, you feel happy, despite the pain, when you see them so small and with that look of love.
Excellent illustrations, do you do them by hand and then digitize and color them, what program do you use?
I see you have little time on Hive, one of my recommendations is that you be active interacting with the other members of the community, commenting on other moms' posts and exchanging points of view.
thank you very much for reading my publication, the application I use is paint tool sai, thank you for appreciating my illustrations, breastfeeding can be very painful at the beginning.