Thanks guys. Hoobley, the nipplette thingybobby sounds interesting. Shall look into it closer to the time.

Barb, yes it was a bit of a rough ride and I heard just about everything in the hospital from flat nipples /jaundiced baby/lazy eater/only wants enough to take the edge of her hunger. I guess my nipples do look flat to me so that seems credible.

One more question if I may, what's the deal with getting back to birth weight? The hospital freaked because she had lost 12% by Day 3 and given the dramas we were having with BF, they threatened not to discharge me unless I gave her a bottle. I know that babies often take two weeks to get back to their birth weight and that is considered quite normal. It took my DD three weeks (and that was with FF). If the same happens again, what would you recommend? How long would it be reasonable to hold out for if I wanted to keep going with BF without being paranoid that I was harming my baby?