I am a proud FF

When DD was born 5 weeks early, I had to have an emergency c-section as she presented footling breech after my waters broke (no contracts, midwives just did an internal to check if I was dilated!). They had minuted to get her out as the cord prolapsed. DD had to go to SCN and I didn't see her for 24hrs

I expressed to give her milk via her feeding tube and after a few days I did try and BF her. She latched on correctly and had a great go of it but often she would get tired and slip off and suck only on the nipple part.

DD was in SCN we me expressing whilst at home and the nurses topping up with formula when there wasn't enough milk to feed her. Towards the end of the 2 weeks I went back to hospital to be with her for 24hrs before I took her home. It became very clearly that I had no where enough milk for her and had to mix feed.
Jim was a footling breech too.

We went to hospital by ambulance, had emergency caesar under GA, somehow I managed to BF him but he needed top ups, and some shifts some staff wouldn't give us a top up. I was on antibiotics for a long period, had a bladder infection, tried pumping, fenugreek, different techniques. Sometimes I'd get it down to that he'd have only a third of the daily amount of formula for his age. Many, many days I'd be BF for hours and hours on end, and he'd still need a top up at the end of the day, at midnight or 1am and I would be so tired.

I'll be back later to edit and add more.