I think this thread is saying SO much just going by the number of replies. Its just terrible that there are people out there with such horrible experiences.

I had an emergency caeser, and when they did the epidural, they did it wrong and had to do it again. They told me that I would have some mild headaches afterwards. MILD?????!!! Are you kidding me?? My headaches started full on (unfortunately) the same day my milk came in. Basically, every time I sat upright, I felt like my neck wouldn't be able to support my head and felt like it weighed a tonne, and the pain was excrutiating. On top of that, Cooper wouldn't latch onto my left nipple and I was constantly having to look down, trying to get him to latch on, whilst I had this horrible pain. This went on for 2 weeks...And do you know what? I never once thought of putting him on formula.

I say each to their own and all, but I hear friends of mine say about their babies, 'oh, he didn't want my boobs' and 'I just didn't want to go through the hassle of it all' so their babies go on formula, and I just say nothing, because I still say each to their own, but I am happy to say, that through it all, I perservered and we got through it. I just feel really disappointed to hear mothers attitudes because there is an easier option - they take it.

I went to antenatal classes and they talk so much about how good b/milk is, but they DON"T tell you what to expect with breast feeding, and like so many people I know, about what to do if your milk starts to dry up! In my mothers group, there are 3 mums whose milk dried up, another got mastitis, and only I was left breastfeeding. What does that say!! The ones whose milk dried up, well, they were really disappointed, but didn't know what to do until it was too late.

I think there is a lot that needs to be done to better inform pregnant women. Motherhood alone is very confusing, there should be a lot more information given to pregnant women about what to expect.