Hi There,

Yes, I used a nipple shield for 2 months with my son. He had incredible trouble latching on in the early days and if it weren't for the shields he would have been on the bottle. He is now 4 months old and still succesfully breastfeeding without the nipple shields. You will hear that using the shields MAY have an affect on your supply. This was never the case for me and I have always had an abundent supply. They are not designed for long term use, but my thoughts are that if it helps you to breastfeed, then use them for as long as you need to. The brand I used are called MEDELA and they have a website Medela - #1 Choice of Hospitals and Mothers and you can buy them from most chemists. The medela brand are very thin silicon and to be honest, I couldn't tell the difference when he fed on them or off them so you still get great nipple stimulation (to tell your boobs to make more milk etc).

Good luck and as I said, I'm still going strong after 4 months of feeding and 2 of those were on shields.