Fired up with enthusiasm by a bf-ing class earlier this week and knowing I have a planned C-section I wanted to have a try at hand-expressing in case thanks to the op etc I find it hard to feed.
I didn't want to get milk out in any quantities, just wanted to have a practice at the technique. But I only got 1 teeny tiny droplet out of one side and nothing at all out of the other! I tried massaging etc for a good 10 mins but eventually gave up as I was getting so disheartened.
Logically I know that this is difficult if you have not used your breasts this way in your entire 30 years, but I can't help worrying now that I am not going to be able to bf. Having mad hormonal thoughts about my nipples just not 'working'. 
Not helped by hearing y'day from two friends (one still very pregnant and one who just gave birth last week) that they both managed to get proper drops out by hand-expressing before baby came/has arrived.
Has anyone else experienced this but been able to successfully bf?
I am hoping that adding a sucking motion as well as the squeezing will help when it actually comes to it, but if the baby can't actually be put on me right away for any reason I'll still need to stick with the hand-expressing thing.