With DS, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I *had* to breastfeed. TBH I don't know how I managed to get through all the feeding, expressing, topping up over and over again.

With DD, I thought well it's either gonna work or it's not and I will do what I can to make it work, but if it doesn't that's ok too. In some ways, I think my experience feeding DS helped me realise alot of what it is supposed to be like so with DD I knew what to look out for and to not focus so much about the number on the scales (or those silly charts!).

The main thing I did this time though was that I put her on the boob right from the start and put her on every.single.time she looked at me or squawked. She may not have needed a feed but the skin to skin and nipple stimulation really helped my supply kick in. Yep, it was hard at home with DS (still is at times) as I spent a lot of time feeding DD in the early weeks. I made sure I sat and fed with him while he played or read books to him and kept talking to him. The constant feeding has paid off and we're breastfeeding successfully. Often, I still look at her while she's feeding and can't believe that it's actually working this time