Breastfeeding rhythm?

Has anyone else been told their baby doesn’t feed efficiently or doesn’t have a good breastfeeding rhythm and then managed to continue feeding at the breast? I’ve witnessed him do the “correct” suck, suck, swallow, pause rhythm on occasion but most of the time he’s very disorganised, sleepy and turns to non nutritive suckling. Lactation consultant initially put me on triple feeding plan but after a week she said he just wasn’t getting it and advised that he probably never would, she theorised this is bc he was born via section and against my wishes/ for reasons out of my control did not receive skin to skin for first hour. It’s killing me as he gets a lot of comfort from feeding at the breast and the milk is there but after him suckling for a while he gets sleepy so I bottle feed and then have to pump to empty my breasts. After all that is done there is usually only an hour or so before the process starts all over again. Have any of you had this in the beginning but had it “click” for baby later on or shall I exclusively pump? Are there any changes you think I could make to help baby? I think I’ve tried every position possible.

Thanks in advance, signed a desperate to make this work mother ❤️