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I watched this DVD as a first year student after my breast feeding lecture and it was so fantastic, I learnt so much and have been able to advocate the DVD to expectant mums and be confident giving breastfeeding advice to mums after birth.

My boy/girl twins are 32 weeks, born 8 weeks early so 24 weeks corrected age. Before I had them I'd read up on breastfeeding and thought I'd just take it as it happened and not pressure myself. Once my twins arrived and were in Neonatal I really wanted to do it though because it became apparent to me that it was better for them than formula. They told me the babies would be nil by mouth until I expressed some milk - I asked the midwife to help herself as I was undergoing 3 blood transfusions and was at risk of a hysterecomy at 27, and with a canula in each hand could not do it myself. They said to me in Neonatal that my boy would get priority of my milk if there wasn't enough and asked me to give consent for my girl to have formula if she needed it - I therefore started dual pumping immediately because they'd made it obvious to me by saying this how beneficial it was. I started off dual pumping every 2-3 hours which was really tough when visiting the hospital every day to see my babies, and recovering from a complicated c-section (I didn't need the hysterectomy at finish, but had a drain & balloon until my womb stopped bleeding and started to contract - something the expressing helped with).

I tried to breastfeed the babies he support wasn't there for me at all. There were lactation consultants on the wards, but it was tough to get hold of them on Neonatal, I only saw them once, and they said I was doing everything right he babies needed to get stronger and learn how to suck because they were born too early to have the reflex. Despite being at the hopsital for 8-10 hours most days I only usually got the opportunity to put them to the breast once each day, sometimes not even that because they'd be fed every 3-4 hours, the nurses needed to know what they'd taken, they had a nasal gastric tube, they got tired feeding from a cup etc. A nurse said to me off record that the babies would be in hopsital at least another 3 weeks if I pursued breastfeeding and I'd just had enough. I was told by some nurses that I could try again when at home, whilst others said to me that once I introduced a bottle that would be it. Due to sheer exhaustion and desparate to get them home I said the babies could be put on bottles of my expressed milk. The babies came home when they were a month old.

I still thought I'd be able to breastfeed them once at home, and asked my doctor for support. The health visitor rang me and said that it would never happen - the babies were born too early to suck and now they'd learnt to suck a teat they'd not learn to breastfeed - I was heartbroken. Due to the birth experience of being separated from my babies for over 24 hours and the time in Neonatal when I'd not get to hold them some days, or care for them, breastfeeding was my last shot at a 'newborn bond' that I felt I'd not been able to have. I wish I'd not listened to her, but I decided that I had to stick at bottle feeding and not cause us all frustration of keep trying to breastfeed. The health visitor also said that between 6-8 weeks my milk supply would dry up because my body would know the difference between a machine and a baby, and to drop a night feed to start drying it up. Thankfully I didn't listen to her on that. 7 months on I've just finished dual pumping to bottle feed my twins. I have a stock in the freezer so they'll receive the benefit a little longer.

I feel really proud of my body because having inverted nipples, babies born 8 weeks early & under serious stress to be able to know I've done all I can to give them a good start makes me feel great.

YOUR DVD SHOULD BE MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE AND GIVEN TO NEONATAL STAFF TOO - I'M SO SORRY IT WON'T BE FUNDED BY THE DoH ANYMORE (and I wish I'd seen it before I had my twins and I may have battled more for support and been able to feed them myself).

I am 14 weeks pregnant and had already decided that I would at least like to give breastfeeding a go but as this is my first pregnancy, I have been panicking about it already. Having watched this dvd, I can see that breast milk is probably THE most important start you can give to your child and there is an incredible amount of support out there to help you do it properly. I will be passing the dvd on to my partner to watch (whether he likes it or not!!!) and also to anyone else not so lucky to receive it for themselves.

I thought the dvd was outstanding! It included a lot of information which I didn't know before like your rights when returning to work as a breastfeeding mother.

However, I felt that the dvd missed out a really important aspect - how to breastfeed lying down. Due to the fact that I knew how to do this from a breastfeeding workshop I'd done 16 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child (yes, I know, very long gap between my children *smile*) I can honestly say that I didn't suffer from sleepless nights because I could feed my child lying down. When he didn't want any more milk he'd simply move his face away from the breast. His father knew how to latch my son on to my breast and managed to do that for us a few times when I was completely out of it at night.

It would be nice to see a tutorial on how to do this for those who don't know how.

I have just watched the DVD and it has given me more confidence to make the decision that I am going to breast feed my new baby when I have it in a few months. I found that the DVD answered a lot of the questions that have been going round in my mind. Thank you.

I think the Dvd is great. After having a really hard time breast feeding my first child. I am now pregnant again, I want to breast feed again but am feeling really nervous, so watching this has given me some really good tips to help me in the future. My only criticism is that I would have like to see one of the stories be about feeding mulitiple babies, as this time I am having twins & it would be really nice to have had that covered in this Dvd too.

What a fantastic resource! I found the DVD very moving and emotional.It captures that intimate relationship and bond you have with your baby when breastfeeding so well. The only sad thing is that this was given to me recently and my baby is currently 9 months! Fortunately I am still breastfeeding. This DVD would have been so valuable if I had recieved it when pregnant and would have saved an awful lot of worrying and anxiety about a range of issues. However I will be sharing it with all my friends especially those who are expecting!! It is the best piece of breastfeeding advice/guidance I have ever seen. Thank you!

Brilliant....really easy to following. Informative. Will put any new mum to be at ease. Wish I had all this information when I had my children. Well done