Hello to all you amazing girls! We did it! Yay!

I gave birth to Jacob Lucas on Tuesday the 19th April, 2011. He was 7lb 13oz (3.5kgs) length was 54cm and head circ was 37cm. It was a vaginal delivery, but needed the vacuum as he was a "tight fit" said the Ob, ended up with a second degree tear.

ezymay, I was mega teary yesterday, today has been a bit better. Wish there was an off switch! I wonder, how long does it normaly last?

Jacob is a pretty easy baby I think, but I have nothing to compare him to. Was having major issues with breastfeeding whilst in hossy, which was making me very upset, and resulted in me staying in for an extra day. My flow is really limited (no leakages either) so he gives up easily. But things have started improving really slowly over the last couple of days and he is now feeding on both sides. Minor miracles! But now my nipples are really painful, especially today. I can express ok with the machine on the lowest setting but when Jacob latches on I cry out in pain. Is anyone else having these issues, and if so is there anything I can do?? What are nipple shields? Starting to dread feeding time which is not ideal

Can't wait to see who else joins us!