I was FF and no I don't think it influenced me in any way..
I Bf all of my kids all for varying times.. I learnt more about the benefits of Bf as I went along and decided for myself what I wanted to do
Although in saying that. I didn't want to BF at all when I was pg with my eldest. My Dh asked me to please try it and see what I thought of it. He listened at our Antenatal classes and at the hosp after I had him and really helped me to learn and enjoy Bfeeding.
I was breast fed for 12 months. Every woman in my family breastfed their babies for at least twelve months. A close cousin was involved with ABA from when I was quite young. I consider myself very lucky to have had this kind of support and I'm glad that it influenced me to have the expectation in myself to breastfeed for at least 12 months... nearly two year on and we're still breastfeeding
My sister was FF (Mum had trouble BF and nurses just started FF, olden days!) and I was BF til I self weaned at 2. My sister and I both plan on BF, if possible.
My mum couldn't BF and it broke her heart, she wanted to be able to feel that closeness with her babies but her milk just dried up. In a way its influenced me to give it a go, and my mum is really happy about that.
Mum BF me for 3 months, then onto formula.
She BF my next sister for 6 months, and my youngest sister she BF for 14 months.
It didn't really influence my decision in any way.
My MIL BF DH for 12 months and then each sister for about 6 months.
I was BF for 3 months then onto formula because Mum was told her milk wasn't sustaining me so thinking that her milk was "no good" Mum FF my 3 younger siblings. Mum had little support, her own mum having passed when Mum was 15 and whilst she had her grandmother - Nanna Elsie had her own ideas about how things were done. My paternal grandmother was no help at all - always putting Mum down
I believe Mum did the best she could with the 'help' available to her at the time.
Mum's experiences did influence me... I wanted to dispell the myths (read utter BS) that Mum had been told back in the day... I was very aware of not making Mum feel like crap though for believing the BS back in the day but also trying to show her that what she had been told was BS and that with the right support she may have had more sucess.
When we were pg, I read BF into on BB like nothing else - like other posters, I have a stubbornness that has helped greatly!
When DD was born, I told them she was not to have ANY bottles and was to be either tube fed EBM or breastfed from me. She did have some formula when she was first born as I had GD and her sugars were low. I hadn't had time to express colostrum - I really wasn't expecting to have to be induced 6 weeks early due to PE... I had planned though to express colostrum from 38 weeks as I knew her sugars would likely be low due to my GD and that was when I was going to build my stock but the onset of PE threw me a bit.
I have joined ABA and become involved in anyway I can with my local group - and the support of BB is amazing.
My family respect and support my BFing and I hope to be the change in our families feeding habits.
MiL fed DP's older sister until 2.5years when she self weaned and DP until 13months when he refused breastmilk and favoured solids.
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so thinking that her milk was "no good" Mum FF my 3 younger siblings. Mum had little support, her own mum having passed when Mum was 15 and whilst she had her grandmother - Nanna Elsie had her own ideas about how things were done. My paternal grandmother was no help at all - always putting Mum down
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