When Ella was 5 days old, I called one of my best friends’ mum from my bed in tears. She was a volunteer for La Leche League*, and despite me asking for (and getting) help with latching Ella every few hours in hospital and every day at home, something wasn’t working. My nipples were so…

Greetings Villagers. I am so pleased that we have arrived at this topic. I wanted us to be fully in the flow of these weeks before we approached it, but then on day 1, as we all introduced ourselves, it quickly became the topic of conversation. Zoe wrote ‘I really lack the language to talk…