To be pretty bloody proud of myself

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And of DS? He is 4 weeks old and we have just had our first 24 hours exclusively breast feeding. No expressed milk, no formula - just good old boob!!

I am so happy I had to share! It has been a LONG hard slog involving many midwives, infant nutritionists, breast feeding support teams etc. but I think we might finally be getting there! GO US!

Here's to the next 24 hours...

Well done!!

Yay. Good for you.

That is a massive achievement. Well done!

Yes you should be very proud of yourself, that is wonderful and well done you for persevering as in many cases that is what it is all about. Well done you, and keep posting as would love to know how you get on. X

Well done!

(And can I say, it's so nice reading a happy thread, it spreads the Christmas cheer a little!)

:o congratulations!

Now excuse me while I glaze over with the thought of a squishy newborn to feed....

Merry christmas!

well done!

Well done!

Congratulations! And here's to many exclusive booby days to come

Well done

Well done, it's a wonderful thing to be able to do for both you & baby. particularly as it didn't come easily. I always remember a fellow new mum on the maternity ward needing to keep ringing the bell for assistance & the bottle fed baby mums seemingly feeding & putting their babies down easily & thinking that if dd1 hadn't latched on so well I might well have not had the perseverance to carry on.

Well done you and DS for persevering :o

I'm expecting DC2 in 11 Weeks hoping to BF (didn't have the courage or support to try last time) glad to hear of a positive story and I'm encouraged by the fact that a bumpy start and a few bottles won't mean it can't be done, thank you!!

Well done you! And well done to DS! Heres to many more bf days ahead. I particularly liked those moments when my children needed a feed just as the washing up needed doing

Well done you for sticking in, breastfeeding is wonderful when you both get the hang of it, you should be v proud

Well done to the both of you.
My ds is 18 weeks old and we've had a rough time (reflux hell) but we are still here and still breastfeeding.
Its hard work but worth it, hope you two can carry on the good work.

Good for you! Took me 12 weeks to get the hang of BF!

:) Merry christmas. In a few weeks you'll wonder why it was so difficult. Very well done x

Aw, you guys! .

We are going out this afternoon, so that will be the next test. Trying to decide whether to bring a bottle of expressed milk with just in case. Undecided.

Well done, and congratulations!! BF'ing is hard, and your perseverance and dedication is honourable! Well done DS too, long may the booby days reign!

Aww, I miss those little newborn days! Give him a little squeeze and I hope you enjoy his first Christmas .

Well done! You should be proud, I found it really hard!

Well done, good job. Me and dd1 were crap at bf, but thankfully dd2 is a dream to bf. well done to you both, I found it do hard first time around, I couldn't get the hang of it at all.

Well done you xxxxxxx

peanut I thought that too about giving him a bottle in the early days and was about to give up when I spoke to someone from my local bf support team. They assured me it was possible to get him back and gave me the confidence I needed to persevere.

Don't know whether this would be appropriate for everyone, but we were really struggling - bear in mind he had only latched on once or twice ever. We used nipple shields to get him used to the idea because it felt like a bottle in his mouth so he knew to suck. It worked a treat and now we are gradually phasing them out.

Thanks again all you lovely ladies and merry Christmas xxx

well done!