Hey Aries - as I said, I hand expressed colostrum for about 4 weeks before I gave birth and it never so much as gave me a niggle. I know in some women it has brought it on but definitely no sign of it for me. And it was absolutely a godsend for me to have that supply there.
We fed ebm for probably about the first four or five weeks, gradually moving onto the breast more and more. We initially started with finger feeds when my nipples were too sore to bf which took freaking ages per feed. Plus having to express beforehand (and boobies were too sore for a pump so had to hand express for a few days too) meant that feeds took forever. We started to use Medela Calma bottles after about a week or so and they are supposed to be as close to the action of suckling from the breast as you can get, as in babies actually have to suck to get milk. As I began breastfeeding again, we used a combination of bf plus ebm and even though the girls were bottle/finger fed from about 5 days, we never experienced any nipple confusion. Now, for sure, we find breastfeeding works best as the girls seem to settle far far better on the breast than any other form of bottle and DH is on hand to change nappies while I am the dairy cow. That works really well for us, though I am sure others will have found other things that work for them better.
One thing that really daunted me with twins was coping with night feeds by myself and I did get really stressed about this, but honestly, don't. For about the last three months, I will feed and change one girl, get he back into bed then get the other up, rather than try and juggle two hungry babies at night. Sometimes the wheels do fall off when they both wake together but that is when DH has to get up. You will be just fine and keep the questions coming :)
