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.