I won’t use the word hun 
but if I could hug each and every poster who responded to an earlier thread I posted (under a name change) I would.
I wanted to exclusively breast feed but had some issues with getting started, contradictory advice from midwives in the hospital, quite forceful “support” where midwives were ramming poor DS onto my breast while he was hysterical and then expressing surprise and consternation when he wouldn’t latch on. I struggled with flat nipples, him favouring a particular side, not knowing if he was getting enough, him not gaining his weight back quick enough, introducing formula top ups and getting breast feeding to “click” for us both.
And if it wasn’t for MN I would have genuinely given up.
As it is I’ve had some great advice, tips and encouragement and it’s made all the difference. We are now down to two formula top ups per day and are going to continue to phase it out and he’s gaining weight really well.
I love that I can soothe him and comfort him with breastfeeding and I’m finding it so much easier now, I barely think about it when I’m popping him on rather than stressing and not knowing how to position him etc
It’s a shame I didn’t have a lot of RL support initially - when he wasn’t gaining weight the health visitors pushed me to switch to formula completely and although I have nothing against formula I had tried so hard with BF I didn’t want to give it up so quickly - but posters on here really filled that gap and directed me to some really useful resources.
lll see if I can find the original thread and link it Incase anyone is looking for similar support.
So anyway, these are the late night ramblings of a sleep deprived but happy first time mum who just wanted to say, despite the best of vipers rep, mumsnet can be a real life saver!