I wish I had known that a long pushing stage in a rotten position would further damage my already dodgy pelvis and lead to 18 months of more pain.

I wish I had given myself a break and not been so determined to breastfeed that I allowed midwife after midwife to shove DD's head on to my boob for up to 90 minutes each time and understood that an odd bottle here and there was probably not going to be the end of the world and that it would have been much better for my sanity AND bonding than allowing my boobs to be manhandled by strangers. And I wish I had known that it would be better to just try a little bit and often than try for a hideously long time every time and to get so het up about the situation that my milk didn't even come in until Day 7.