i started off thinking i had to have a routine, the guilt of not having one stressed me out. Then i tried not having a routine, just being guided by my baby - who would cry loudly LAAAAAAAAA when she wanted a feed - later i discovered that Baby Talk dvd, where it tells you that LAAAAAAAAAA means "feed me". my baby didn't do any of the other babytalk sounds, but she knew the most important one ha ha.

at the start, bf-ing is very frequent. every time baby sucks, this is stimulating your milk ducts, so building up your supply. i reckon this is nature's way of making sure it all goes ok.

babies know when they're thirsty
babies know when they've had enough (they start mucking around)

when i thought i was feeding "on demand", i got to a stage, where i started feeling a bit resentful (not this again!)
but then i changed the words, to "feeding by request" and that made me feel happier. I changed my mindset - i KNOW this is going to happen every two hours, so i will plan my life around that, and make sure i have stuff, at arm's reach, that i can do, WHILST i am feeding. I will ask the midwife to teach me how to feed lying down, so i can lie down for some feeds. I am very tired so maybe it's actually a good thing that every two hours, my baby's request, MAKES me stop rushing around, and rest. My baby looks the picture of health, she loves to feed, so my milk is doing wonderful things for her, (that made me feel needed and like i was accomplishing something).

later on, i realised my bub wasn't getting sick as often, or as badly as other bubs her age.
later on, i realised i wasn't using baby panadol very much, because she used the boob as comfort in many pain situations
later on, i realised i didn't have to lug around so much stuff when we went out

i found so many positives, that really outweighed the heaps of bf-ing at the start.

we had a rocky delivery, so i think the hours on the couch, gazing at her drinking, helped us bond - when i thought that would never happen initially.

breastfeeding is SO differnt to FF.
i think it's human nature, to compare, if you've had one kind of experience before.
but it really is a different thing.