Natty, seriously, I was so traumatised, I just couldn't even put him near my bare chest after a while. I don't regret my decision to make him a formula baby, after all, DH loved the fact that he got to bond with DS from the very beginning and DS is close to both of us now, which we both love. So I love the fact that I could see my DH feeding our DS and enjoying the closeness that is usually reserved just for mother and child. I think he would like it too on the second one to be able to share in that special bond of feeding your child and seeing the content look upon their face once they have finished. I did have nipple shields, but someone advised me against it (so many midwives changing shifts, I really can't remember who it was) but I was getting so much conflicting advice in the hospital, ie, one would come in when I was asking for assistance to put him on, and she would say, ok, show me what you are doing, so I show her what the last midwife showed me, and she was like, noo.. you are doing it all wrong.. do it THIS way... time after time it happened, with different midwives, and I just couldn't take it!!! It made me so stressed out, I was crying uncontrollably in hospital and thinking, why the hell can't someone just take this baby away, I'm not supposed to be able to do this (which I thought would naturally lead to PND.. and might have, if I had not put him on formula). The second I made the decision to put him on formula, my whole body just relaxed, and I felt like I just made the best decision for DS....