OK, am starting to plan for baby no.2 after having a near-nightmare experience with BF my DD (now 3 months old). I am now FF DD so this is not about trying to re-establish BF with her. It was a long and guilt-ridden path to FF after two months of expressing and I am happy with the decision I made but would like to gather as much info as possible for next time.

I was told with DD that I had flat nipples and that's what was one of the reasons it was difficult to BF. Apart from using a manual pump to make my nipples more perky, is there anything in particular I should do next time? Do babies just get used to their mum having flat nipples and suck harder etc.?