Prior to having my baby, everything I read about breastfeeding was about how hard it was. There are multiple stories of problems attaching, cracked and bleeding nipples etc but not many positive stories. So I thought I would share mine.

My baby was born 3.5 weeks ago. He was born after a 17 hour labor with fetal distress and an epidural, we had limited skin to skin contact (about 5-10 minutes) before he was taken to special care with breathing problems. Despite this, from the first day he attached no problem - there was no pain and my nipples have no sign of being cracked. It didn't hurt at all when my milk came in, just a bit tighter for a day or so.

So, to everyone worried about potential breastfeeding problems (as I did) remember that it is not hard for everyone and you might be one of the lucky ones.