Planning on Breastfeeding... do i still need to buy bottles etc?

[pollyanna]

Hey Renstar,
How ya going gf? I see you have plenty of feedback already and mine dosent seem a lot different either. As this is baby number 3 for me and my wonderful lil sis has just had baby number 1 I have experience at both ends of the spectrum.
I have just renewed my aba membership too. So many reasons why. There bras are great as far as sizing and pricing. They have a great range of pumps and parts that are discounted for aba members. The phone support line and of course the mag.
So you can hire a medela lactaset from most local pharmacies( i worked in pharmacies for over ten years;they usually require a deposit and are considerably dearer then aba),and of course at aba the hire rate is 50%off for members.
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purchased the medela swing for my sister and as a first time mum she loved it. She said very quiet,easy to use,lightweight and fast. Having watched her express i would definetley agree. Can't wait to use it now that she is no longer bf. You will probably pay around 260-300 retail, but a great investment.
I am planning to buy two bottles. I like the new mam ones they are also shaped like mothers breast(but my other babes had no problem with dummy/teat/nipple confusion) and they are BPA free.(you might want to read up on that) The bottles that come with the medela swing arent bpa free or a good shape,so they wont be used. Essentially the drift i got about bpa is that the polycarbonate plastic used in SOME bottles MAY leach chemicals into the heated baby milk.
As for the formula;still sitting on the fence with that one. I think for my sanity i will probably keep a couple of s26 gold box packs(like a little juice box-ready made) in the pantry. As I'm back in the domain of single mumdom i just want to try and anticipate problems rather than driving around at midnight with two cranky kids and a screaming baby with me at my witts end trying to find a chemist open. I will though try and get my supply up quickly so i can try and get an adequate store in the freezer,so add breast milk storage bags to that list. That way if i need to do a top up, or have a break or if my 11 year old wants to feed his lil bro then thats cool too. I imagine this post is quite lengthy but i hope it helps.
Love
Pauline