OK - was completely intent on having water birth, active birth, no artificial pain relief.... All I will say is that I'm really glad that we went to NCT classes and were able to make some sort of informed decisions when things didn't go to plan!
The only thing that did go OK was bf - ds had 20mins feed within 40mins. Again, I think that the NCT classes helped. I think that we had an advantage in that ds was 10lb 5 oz - which made him quite strong from the beginning (including being able to move his head off my shoulder for a couple of seconds on day 1 (then clunk!))
Ds had very determined thoughts about what was acceptable in terms of locations to sleep (my arms) and feed (approx every 2 - 2.5hrs) etc etc I had assumed that, by 2 months+ I would start to be able to arrange some time to do things. Ds was determined that this wasn't going to be the case. When with me during the day, it wasn't until 9 months that he started having a midday nap in his cot
Bf generally - it gets easier to some extent, in that you both know what you're doing. However, as soon as there are distractions, the head tends to turn (without letting go), then there is often a dramatic turn of the head and you end up having to mop milk off the sofa/carpet/fireplace....
Anyway, bf to 22months - went down to 2 x per day at the end. It does get easy to be discrete - didn't find the 'specialised' bf clothes any good from this point of view compred with a baggy Tshirt or similar style top.