I had every intention of diving head first into breastfeeding but when the babe made her appearance we found she had a good sized hemangioma on her upper lip making latching quite difficult. Following the Thompson Method, I got my golden hours but when she did try to latch, due to a 27 hour labor plus epidural she was tired and a bit lazy about it. Thankfully, due to this program, I was fully prepared. I expected the tiredness due to having the epidural and started collecting colostrum at 36 weeks being lucky enough to have lots stored up ready for action. I immediately made the mindset adjustment to not put too much pressure on myself thanks to the previous comments from admins I'd seen on other people's posts reminding so many moms how amazing we're doing even when things aren't going just as we imagined or hoped. So I dove head first into pumping, got ourselves set up with appropriate bottles/nipples based upon Dr. Robyn's recommendations and kept letting her try to latch before feeds. Never knowing if it would work out for us or not. Knowing the epidural would take a few days to work it's way out of her system plus the lip issue, I let her guide me and followed my instincts on how to handle. At 3 days old both my milk came in and we got a beautiful latch and she nursed following the recommendations of each breast with a rest and digest period in between. I was floored and so thankful. Regardless of what breastfeeding path gets travelled Dr. Robyn and team are supportive and prepared to arm moms with knowledge to make the right decisions for ourselves and our babes. Thankful I found this program full of support and resources and never could've imagined how empowered it would make me feel.