I tried to nurse my first baby for 5 weeks, triple feeding that whole time and then eventually exclusively pumping and bottle feeding him for the rest do his first 8 months. I was so disappointed and sad that nursing didn’t work out. With my second baby, I knew I wanted to try to nurse again but needed help to make sure that happened. I purchased The Thompson Method course during my third trimester of my second pregnancy and started watching the videos before my son arrived. We still had some struggles but got off to a much better start, and this baby has ended up nursing for a whole year now! I think one of the things that made us successful this time was protecting the first three hours after birth (and really the first several weeks) for skin-to-skin and practice nursing time. I’m so grateful for this course!