I think those nurses forget that at that moment they are working for us, and aren't our mothers.

that's just crap. you do what is best for Your child. no one should be forced to breastfeed

With my second son I had such a bad infection I had red lines throughout my breast my nipples were cracked and bleeding and my boobs were rock hard and I ran 102 fever and had my other son that just turn 2 at the time everyone around me made me feel so bad cause I stopped I remember calling the nurse telling her how much pain I was in she like "may I ask why you aren't willing to breast feed anymore?" I literally started crying and at the hospital I just wanted to have few hours of sleep because not only did I just give birth I had to go home to take care my 2 year old and my new born when I was to go home so I just wanted some rest the nurses told me I wasn't allowed to put my son in the Nursery because I had to breast feed I started crying so much I feel like they push it on us and it's not right it our choice and all my cousins and my brothers and sisters and weren't breast fed and we are all smart and healthy

I think you're supposed to start wearing them to bed at 37 weeks at least that's when I'm going to start. @Kimberlyyyy

I've never heard of them @kate_magalina, I know the shields would have worked if I had produced enough. I'll have to look into shells.

@Kimberlyyyy, have you tried nipple shells? It's supposed to help make your nipple stick out the "right" way.

Exactly. I chose to supplement my daughter for the same reason, and after talking to a lactation consultant it turns out that I didn't physically have milk ducts. It doesn't make us less of a mother. What would have made us less of a mother would have been choosing to starve them just so we could try to breastfeed because "breast is best". No. My child eating is best.

It's nobody's place to judge whatsoever

I had invented nipples, my son wouldn't latch on (even with nipple shields), I wasn't producing && he was born a 5 pound baby and lost 10oz within the first 3 days of life. I saw the lactation nurse twice and nothing helped. I even pumped. so on day 3 of life I started supplementing. As I've learned from experience, it doesn't really matter as much as you're feeding your child && you're doing what you can to keep them healthy.