Would like to BF and bottle feed baby from EBM from word go - how do I do it?

[Liz]

Liz, thanks for mentioning the "sleepy hormones" - I forgot about that one! Interestingly, studies have shown that parents of bf babies actually get more sleep than ff babies, even though bf babies often feed more often! The sleepy hormones which put both mum and bub straight back to sleep after (or during!!) a feed are probably a big part of this.

The nurses were always happy to see me drifting off while feeding Kayla in the NICU, they knew we were having a good feed LOL.

[MantaRay]

Ah, I miss that LOL! I could sure use some sleepy bfing hormones to put me back to sleep in the middle of the night sometimes!

[kawazuki]

i did this for teh first 6 weeks.
i used teh avent system, you can buy a kit which is pump bottles and sterliser for about $150 all up saves you about 100 bucks it was great.

i loved the pump easy to use easy to clean. bottles are good and a variety of teats so they always suit the baby.

[Jennifer13]

I had the same plan as you did, farmgirl, before my DD was born, and for exactly the same reasons (although I never read Gina Ford...).

But I found that DP would get home and take care of the whole evening, bath, cuddle, bed routine and give me a break then. I also found that my DD was such a great bfer and got so very efficient at it that I was hardly up at all during the night and was back asleep within 45 mins of getting up. She always fell asleep at the breast and I never had the pacing the floor kind of unsettled behaviour I was expecting. So in the end, because I actually got plenty of sleep, we didn't bother to go with the expressing for a bf thing. I did express when DD dropped a feed or I needed to relieve engorgement, so I had bottles to give to anyone babysitting her.

I think you'd be best off waiting to see how you go and then deciding whether it will work for you or not.