I can't add much in the way of advice that hasn't already been posted, but I would like to share a couple of stories.
1. My first child was breastfed until the age of 6 months, but had trouble latching for the first 2 weeks. My wife was always worried that she was slowly starving him and thought about quitting many times. It would take my son a long time to latch and would become upset, and eventually tire before finishing. My wife's nipples were chaffed and sometimes bleeding, but something wouldn't allow my wife to quit. Eventually everything turned out fine, and my son became a champion feeder. One of the problems was my wife's nipples were flat, so latching was more difficult. That eventually changed over the course of the feedings.
2. During the hospital stay for our last child, a lactation consultant visited my wife just before she was discharged. My wife explained her plan of nursing exclusively for the first month, and then mixing a bottle of formula during the night to allow her some extra sleep (she sometimes has problems with insomnia). The lactation consultant tried to convince my wife to abort that plan because formula feeding could cause problems, etc., etc... So, based on what I have been reading in these posts, it seems some professionals are conditioned to push breastfeeding only at all costs. Perhaps they are paid to do it, I don't know. My wife and I grew up in the "formula is best" days and were both bottle fed, and we're still alive and kicking.
I guess my point of these stories is: 1. stick with it! (as it appears you have), and 2. don't let anyone make you feel bad about choosing to use formula.
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Formula is perfectly healthy-hell, I was fed condensed milk mixed with karo syrup...I had no health problems outside of normal childhood illnesses.
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Hey...2 ingredients in the recipe for my favorite cookies!