There's no way to post this without pissing some people off, so I apologise in advance, but I think it's fair to say it too!
In our case, bfing really was the easiest thing. I was strict about feeding with a good latch and applied Lansinoh after every feed. We fed on demand, anywhere we needed to. We had a bednest and it made night feeding easy - in fact DH's sleep was hardly disturbed for the first 6 months (mine, however...). DD had a grade IV lip tie and a posterior tongue tie which were treated much later, but we got to grips with good positions and luckily it didn't stop us.
DD was a flat out bottle refuser (also cups, spoons, syringes... nothing but boob). That was pretty hard but DH coped when I went back to training one night a week. We fed until she was 2 and then gradually stopped.
The best thing you can do if you want to breastfeed is read up, find out about bf support groups in advance, and just decide to do it. If you're lucky with a baby who can latch, a good supply of milk, and no allergies etc - then it will work. If things don't go so well, you will have tried, and you'll move on to the next best decision for you and your baby, and you'll still have a happy healthy baby whatever feeding choice you end up with. Milk is only the sole source of nutrition for 6 months - do the best you can, but there's a whole load of other decisions which will have more impact on your child's future in the long run.
It is important to know the facts and to acknowledge that it's not always easy, but sometimes on MN I think we lose sight of the fact that it can be easy for some people, it's not always a stress and a battle, and if you arm yourself with information, you can get the help you need, when you need it.
I know an amazing mother who has 3 young children. One of them has unbelievable allergies. She was told when he was a few months old that he may have to be tube fed for the rest of his life and that he may be life limited. He's now a thriving 3 year old and she couldn't bf or give him any of the available formula milks without causing him agonizing pain - she read up on alternatives (GAPS for those who are interested), and eventually his digestive system healed and he can now eat a whole range of foods. What she had to go through to feed him each day was almost unbelievable. That's always put the formula/bf debate into perspective for me - we all have our preferred options, but if we get a healthy child out of it, we're bloody lucky!