I found that the midwives just didn't have the time to have one-on-one time with me to ensure that I was BF properly. The last night I was in hospital I was looking for a midwife to help me and they were all in delivery and they had a staff member from a different ward looking after the desk!!!

I believe to overcome any BF issues early on you need the education and support and in my experience I was definately lacking the support. Even when I got home I was told to ring the community nurse regarding a visit. They rang me back when my son was 4 months old to book in the visit! By this time I had given up with the BF and a screaming son and taken up the bottle. I didn't need them 4 months down the track, I needed them straight away.