I'm a first time mom and would love to breastfeed since I'm a stay at home wife, I'm looking for any tips and advice from moms who have/are breast feeding, or even those who are also wanting to but haven't yet. Everything helps!

A couple questions I do have are:

Do I need to buy the disposable bags, or can I pump directly into bottles and store in fridge for when baby is being baby sat?

Is there anything I should be doing now (20weeks) to help promote breast feeding when baby is here?

What are things I need to watch out for when breast feeding?

What nipple creams etc do you recommend?

Will they teach me the basics at the hospital? What about how to use my pump properly and a pumping schedule?