Just touching base. My LC came to weigh Ava today and she's put on some more weight!! She is now 3.79 LC now wants me to exclusively BF so no more expressing or top ups of EBM!!! Yeah!!! We have come along way in just a week.

I still feel nervous like it could all go pear-shaped again so quickly like it did however I just have to keep on doing what i've been doing and that's... correct attachment, let baby feed when giving the queues, don't let baby sleep longer than 4hrs (she's a sleepy baby), and make sure I alternate breasts!

My nipple is still soooo painful and sore on one side but it's healing..... just goes to show how damaged the poor thing was!!
I hope this thread can help others to overcome their BF problems by reading about mine and realising they too can persist through any BF problems to overcome them. It's very challenging but already I'm learning how rewarding it can be. Yesterday DD came off the breast and fell asleep and I looked at her mouth and she had some milk dribbling down her chin, it was so cute!!! It was in that moment, that I realised.... I am feeding my daughter with my body, my milk. How special that is.

Thank you girls for your support in this thread - it sure has helped !!!!!