Ally - have you tried pear juice? After both my births the physio told me it's the best thing for bfing women as the powders and things rely on lots of fluid to work and bfing mums tend to be a little on the dehydrated side. I have found it works really well and even drink it when not bfing! You can buy it in tins - Goulburn Valley. Also drink heaps of water.

Tegan, sorry to hear that you are still struggling. I hope the doc helps when you get there. If they say he's just unsettled push the issue and say that you are sure there is more to it. Many docs will prescribe Zantac to see if it helps even if they are not sure that it is definitely reflux. With regard to expressing, as Emma said, the mini-electric or electric pumps are much easier. Also you can try leaning forward, massaging your breast while you do it, smell your baby or look at a photo (or both), make sure you are relaxed and comfortable and think of Charlie smiling! Hope some of this helps.

Emma, sorry about your supply. Do what you have to do and don't feel guilty. If you are keen to persist with bfing, maybe try to attach Gaby again. A baby sucking will stimulate supply more than expressing. Now that she is bigger she might attach more easily. HTHs. If things don't work out with bfing at least you know you've done it for this long and given Gaby a great start in life. You can be proud of that.

Kathryn, yes, we are still dummy free and will stay that way now. Yay!! Life is much easier without the hassle of falling out dummies and having to wean them off later. How are you going with the cloth nappies? It must be a lot of extra work. I feel like I should do it but there is no way I could manage it with 2 in nappies I'm sure. Do you have only Ashton in nappies? What is your reason for using them?

Last night was mixed. Tom had one 4 hour stint between feeds but only short gaps at the start of the night and early this morning. I ended up taking him to bed about 4:30 and then he slept until after Jack woke up at 6:45 (which is late for Jack now the sun is up so early).

The storm with hail and all has just passed over here. It was pretty heavy, lucky I got back from the shops before it hit. It took 3 hours to get to the shops, park, go to medicare, mbf, the bank and 2 shops! Tom needed a feed while we were there and both boys needed nappy changes. It's amazing how long things take with 2 boys. Luckily they were both really well behaved again.

Must go, time to eat again!! Oh drat, both boys just woke up