Yeah Ikwym..... we had very helpful midwives in hospital HOWEVER got very conflicting BF advice from day 1..... DD had her first feed about an hour after birth and a MW was there watching and helping a little bit while DD got on.... (I wanted to do the breast crawl but i had to be stitched up and that took aaaages and it was distracting me so that didnt happen ) anyway, she then slept for about 3hrs from memory and then woke up hungry. I called a MW in for every feed but I had to because I had no idea what I was doing and also DD would not get on and attach (flat nipples), weak suck etc etc (long story).... we had so many problems from day 1. Which lasted for weeks..... I sometimes wonder if I'd had the help of an LC immediately from day 1, would our problems have been as bad as they were for weeks and weeks?? Not sure....
I asked to see the hospital LC but they said they didn't have one in the hospital at that time I needed one badly. I didn't see one until DD was 2wks old at our house which was too late in terms of needing the help sooner, i needed to see one sooner! But thankfully with persistence we kept going and help of the LC!!!!

I agree, hospitals are too busy to have the time to spend with each new mum (or any mum for that matter) to help support them with initiating BF'ing journey.
Hospitals need more LC's and more 'specialised' BF nurses.

My plan for baby #2..... I have a LC I am going to call when I have baby #2, she does home visits and I'm going to get her to come and see me in hospital on day one! Watch us feeding and then see her again 2 or 3 days later to check on us again..... I want more specialised care and I'm prepared to pay for it.