Hi girls!!

I'm still here!! I have been trying so hard to find the time to get online each day but every time I read through the posts and start to type, I literally have to feed again or attend to Ava. It's really hard finding the time to sit on BB nowadays and I knew that would happen anyway!

Ava is down at the moment after a nice big feed so I have some "me" time for the first time today YAY!! It's been VERY full on for us the last week..... just as I thought my BFing was going well, my nipples were just getting worse and worse and I started dreading each feed time so I started a thread in the BF section on BB 3 days ago and contacted a Lactation Consultant in my area and she saw me yesterday. She came to my house and showed me correct attachment (we've been doing it sooo wrong thanks to the MW's in hospital showing me differently!) and my nipples are on the slow road to recovery..... the pain has been a 10! Now it's about a 7 when she attaches.
Ava has still not regained enough weight to be at her birth weight and only weighs 3560g (birth weight 3660) so we are working hard to get her back to her weight and above.
I was expressing up until today to boost my milk supply as it had dropped from only feeding 4hrly and from ineffective attachment i think. Poor Ava has been so hungry and not getting quite enough

It's been a tough week but we are slowly getting there and I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel with this BF. It sure has been hard but I am so determined to get it right.
The LC (lactation consultant) rings me twice a day and is seeing me again Thurs. If i had my time over again I would have had her visit me in hospital on day 2! Rather than wait 2 weeks but never mind.... better to get help now then never. I was nearly ready to give up and go to FF three days ago but I don't want to go down that path.....I am persisting through this pain and will get there!

Ava has been very unsettled during the days and hardly sleeps so it's been really hard finding any time to do anything other than hold her, rock her, and try to put her down. It's hard and can take up to 2hrs after her feed to get her to sleep and by the time she is down she is almost ready to feed again!!

I am now going to read through the last few pages to catch up!!! Just wanted to let you all know how Ava and I are going.

Hope you're all going well and not too tired (yeah right!!) and all getting plenty of support with your newborns.

Ava is just over 2 weeks old!! Can't believe it!!