I agree with PP in that there are a lot of factors with establishing bf that we don't even realise until it's too late sometimes. I think drugs can play a role (I have seen the youtube video of the breastcrawl and it was really interesting) I have also read that breastcrawl can be tried at anytime within a few days of birth to help with latching etc...

AFM I've only birthed once, laboured for 17+ hrs and then a c/section. DS had nasal flaring (which is common becuase of the lack of 'squeezing') and was in NICU for 12+ hrs. I wasn't able to hold him and had a shot of pethadine during the night. My lack of knowledge meant that in his first 24 hrs he probably only fed 4 times. He was a sleepy baby but I didn't know it wasn't a good thing. My milk didn't come into until day 5 and we had issues feeding for at least 12 weeks. I persisted and googled lot's to help with attachment and managed to make it through that time and fed DS until he was just over 2.5 yrs. each journey is difficult and we had a tin of formula JIC but, for me, I already felt I had failed to bring him into the world properly and really needed to do bf.