Hi Jennie. Good on you for sticking with it and good to hear the medication is starting to work. Have you had a chance to ring the ABA - it is a free service and they have great counsellors 24 hrs a day - great just to have a chat to tey are all mums who have been there and know how you feel.

A couple of things I know helped me:

Firstly if breastfeeding is what you want to do and it was all going well before recently than ditch the bottles completely

RELAX! Especially when bub is fussing at the breast, relax - bub can sense your tension and frustration too. Try deep breathing, visualisations anything to help you destress and keep the letdown going

When she starts to fuss take her off the boob and walk and pat, sing whatever calms you both down. Maybe jump in the bath together and try breastfeeding in there. When she is settled or if you think she might try again then offer the other side with the faster flow

Has she got any white spots on her tongue or in her mouth - could she have thrush in her mouth - I know my DD would go through stages of pulling on and off when she had thrush.

Drink lots of water and ditto on what the other person said about caffine.

Have you tried a chiropractor that specialises in babies. Made a massive different with my DD! Both with sleeping and feeding

Also it's good to keep in mind that just because a bub takes a bottle doesn't mean that they are still hungry. I read a great article the other day about the reasons bubs seem to settle after a bottle feed but I can't for the life of me remember the details... anyone else read it????

Be patient and hang in there. six months from now you will look back at this slice of time and be so proud of yourself for hanging in there and everytime you can quickly and easily feed your baby - night or day whereever you are without needing to worry about bottles you will be so pleased you hung in there.

You are an awesome mum and keep telling yourself you are doing a good job and my favourite line - "this too will pass" it was my mantra for the the first few months of my babies lives and still comes in very handy today :-)