what about feeding them the EBM through a pipette? (the little tube with a squeezy thing at the end, hope i am using the right word for them).

i found private LC's and ABA counsellors, alot more knowledgeable that hospy LC's. The lactation clinic at the local labour hospital here, only helps mothers and new bubs, up to when bubs are 10 weeks old - so when a friend of mine had issues when bubs was older than 10 weeks, she wasn't eligible for help from them. I found with breastfeeding, and we did it for years, when you need help with bf-ing, it's not on a schedule, things happen when they happen.

barb glare on this forum, is another wonderful resource, she gave you great advice yesterday, why not ask her about this too?

bf-ing advice is very time sensitive, when you need help, you need it NOW, so it's good to have a bank of reliable sources, your GO TO people.

i joined my local ABA, (learnt so much by going to the local group during my pregnancy, just listening to the other mum's experiences), went to a ABA seminar, had my midwife visit me frequently for first six weeks of my child's life (so good to have that consistency, one person advising me for first 6 weeks), the ABA phone helpline, a private lactation consultant (twice), and many times posting on ABA website, here at BB, La Leche League, Kellymom.

Everyone will be different
the resources around you
the resources you source and can access
what suits you best

I would be asking ABA about nipple confusion (e.g the bottle and the breast) and get advice about how to get premmies to suck.

Whoever is helping you with the twins, needs to be "on board" too, so whatever you learn and decide to do, your support person needs to know too, so they can carry out your plans. Consistency is important.

They also need to know how important they support is. Many times bf-ing mums have doubts, wonder if they can do it, and having moral support, having support people bring them a sandwich they can eat with one hand, water, whatever you need at the time, people facilitating you being able to breastfeed, can make so much difference. My X did this (when he was home) and it made an enormous difference. Talked in a positive way about the bf-ing, how healthy bilby was, what a great thing it was - sometimes i felt down and really needed to hear this stuff, to keep me going.