My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

Well, actually, it just makes the kids stare when I am breastfeeding, but you know what I mean. .
When you decide to have a kiddo, and then you decide how the food delivery is going to work, there are some things that nobody tells you. The Nugget and I were super duper lucky to give birth in a very pro-breastfeeding hospital that helped us avoid supplementation from day one. Even with that, there were hurdles at home. If we hadn't had the support postpartum and a lot of encouragement from pro breastfeeding family and friends, I don't know how far we would have gotten. We were just very lucky.
Stuff we now know:
1) Buy some nursing bras and sleep nursing bras before you go into labor. Do not buy the medela nursing bra. It sucks and is not at all supportive. Buy the Bravado Bliss and your boobs will thank you. They don't pay me to say that. it is just plain true.
2) Lily Padz...they are amazing, but be warned if you are in a heat wave. the little drops that leak out that get held in by the lily padz will go sour. quickly. grody.
3) Get the off brand lanolin from the pharmacy. A little goes a very long way.
4) Go ahead and use the pacifier. Your nipples will thank you.
5) Fill a sock with rice, microwave it for 30 seconds and use it to warm your engorged boobs before a feeding.
6) Never go anywhere without a shirt to change into, and something to soak up the excess.
7) covering up while she is latching and eating is a lot harder than it seems it should or would be. I have to dive under there with her and then she quickly gets super hot which is no bueno. No matter how cavalier you expect to be about breastfeeding in public, the social pressure to hide even with the cover in place, is pretty intense. Good thing you lose almost all sense of modesty the first three days.

I still haven't figured out how I will even have enough of a stockpile built up to send The Nugget to day care in 8 weeks. I am hoping I figure that out very soooon.