that's really good news Persephone, i'm glad for you.

my dd fed two hourly so i hear you loud and clear.

my baby's father was invaluable during breastfeeds, we went to a "partners" ABA session when heavily pregnant, so he heard, from people other than me, what he could do to be VERY useful, when we were feeding.

things like
- getting me drinks and snacks (ones i could handle one handed)
- doing nappy changes (she needed changing before and after feeds)
- telling me positive thoughts about breastfeeding (which was invaluable during the first four months, before it all settled down)
- finding my dry breastpads (in the first eight months)
- verbalising what a gift, me feeding our DD was - reminding me why we chose bf-ing in the first place (for her health present and future).

ABA presented the father's job to be cheersquad and physical support (fetching needed stuff e.g food, clothing) and i am so glad he heard this info and stepped up.

Many times in first four months, i was so sleep deprived and my breasts hurt for no obvious reason, so giving up was mighty tempting, so i REALLY needed the cheersquad thing from him.

it was stuff i would have found hard to ask him to do myself, so i was very grateful he heard the info at the ABA partners session.

i have no idea how solo mums do it, i REALLY needed the support to establish breastfeeding.

Our r'ship was going downhill fast, but for the sake of our child, he kept up the bf-ing verbal and physical support stuff.

For your questions about expressing, i would ring the ABA helpline and get someone to puppywalk you through some ideas/ways of doing it. If you're feeding every two hours (and i did them 24/7) - personally, i was too sleep deprived, to even organise doing something like that.

1800 686 2 686 is the aba helpline number

or PM Barb Glare on this forum, she often drops into this forum to lend a helpful hand (she's an aba counsellor).