Hi,

Thought I'd join in the thread as there seems to be some really helpful discussions and support happening so far between the March mummies.

I'm 27 and first-time mum to Ella who was born 19th March after a very long labour, after a rocky first two weeks I'm starting to feel a little bit more relaxed about being a mum and am starting to be easier on myself that I'm doing an ok job.

I struggled with BF as I now know I have flat nipples and Ella was shredding my nipples to the point where I couldn't feed off one and was in tears with every feed. I started using nipple shields though when she was 1 week old and have not looked back and the M&CH nurse said that there was nothing to suggest that they decrease milk supply and to keep using as long as I want to BF - huge relief. Now we're just trying to figure out the sleeping part!!!