Congrats Aries! I feed my twins for the first few months, although I also supplemented with formula. It was hard, but I found feeing my son just as confusing sometimes I did consultations at our hospital with a lactation consulatant when I was pregnant which I found helpful. She gave me ideas of positions, and we practised using dolls - which was funny but gave me an idea of how to hold the actual babies. She also came and saw me while I was in hospital and then called me every few weeks at home.

If you are going to buy or hire a pump, I definately recommend a double one if you can. I only had a single and it was very time consuming, especially when my girls were feeding every 3 hours, and I had my 3 year old DS at home too. Your local multiple birth association should be able to help you out, or even most chemist hire them.

My 2 were born at the local hospital but due to no space in the special care nursery were transfered to a hospital about an hour away. To begin with they were also tube fed. I stayed at my sister's house which was about 20/30 minutes away from the hospital, and the nurses sent me home at night to sleep. Depending on what time I left hospital, I would either feed them or express there at about 10.30-11pm, then set my alarm at home to wake up and express during the night.

The thing I found the hardest during our hospital stay is every nurse had an opinion about how the babies should be fed - whether it was one at time, both together etc. You have to be quite strong and not let them force their opinions on you. I ended up with some nasty cracked nipples due to one nurse insisting it didn't hurt when I said one was attached properly. It was much better when we were transfered back to our local hospital, and I was more comfortable with the nurses. Hopefully delivering at 37 wks will mean no special care nursery for you! I delivered at 35 and we had a stay of 3 weeks - my 2 were tenny tiny

In the end, time was the factor that ended breastfeeding for me. My girls actually fed really well, much better than their big brother! I just found having to look after him as well as them, with no real outside help just meant there wasn't enough hours in the day! I was super sad when I stopped, much more than I ever thought I would be, but was proud I had fed them at all. I think the fact that you want to feed them is a great start, as most people would probably think it isn't possible with 2.

Good luck for the coming weeks!