Breastfeeding..

Sounds like you're doing the right things, Kandice... if you get any more trouble, the La Leche League (your midwife or plunket can give you a number for them) are meant to be great... advice is all good, but sometimes we also need someone to just come and look and see what's going on, rather than us trying to describe it and them describing what to do, etc. 

About the hiccups, Thompson's Gripe Water (from the supermarket) is meant to help them.  Ella went through a phase of hiccupping so much it was hard to get her back to sleep after night feeds... Gripe Water didn't seem to help her (but I've heard others say it helped them, and hey - it's cheap!), but the good news is, they seem to grow out of it pretty quickly. 

Just on a teaspoon I think?

Cooper has inherited my knack for hicups too. I just have to look at a fizzy drink and I start!!

Sounds like you are doing a really great job Kandice. Caprece still chokes on the milk and can sometimes get a bit worked out so i do what nikki said, I pull her off and put a flannel over my boob and sit her up and burp her. When the milk has stopped flowing out so fast I latch her back on.

Be careful with Cabbage leaves as they can secrease your milk supply.

If you are ever really stuck I am happy to bring caprece round and help out

hang in there kandice, these things do take a little time to get sorted, it's all so new to everyone. we used gripe water with charli and gave it to her in a syringe. you can get them from chemists for next to nothing.

did you give la leche league a call? they are awesome!