Hi! I was FF from birth, my mum had such a terrible time with my brother she didnt want me going anywhere near her boobs! LOL I was also soy FF as I couldnt keep the other stuff down and I turned out just fine. No allegies, no asthma perfectly healthy thank you very much
Thank you for your replies girls, I'd really like more feed back on this....
I'm not considering choosing FF from birth for myself, I'm just getting an understanding. My personal choice is for bubs to get colostrom and see what happens from there, I stressed myself out so badly for Blake not being able to breastfeed due to an early birth, I tried relactating and failed which sent me into a spiral of PND which lasted up until 2 months ago when I weaned myself off some pretty potent AD's. So, mu approach this time is to take it as it comes. I'm no "desperate" to BF...but I'd much prefer too IYKWIM?
both my sis and i were Ff from birth , no issues with us .
i had pnd with ds's pregnancy and i had/have major touch issues so the thought of anyone near my boobs really freaked me out , i told everyone i was going to bottle feed, that choice made me feel excited and liberated that i didnt have the pressure on me to BF.
his birth didnt really go well so i thought id owed it to him to bf . he had poor attachment along with post c sec comps , i just wished someone would say "just use the bottke , he'll be fine"
but i had a huge supply of milk so i learnt how to express. even after 5 days in hosp , he still did not attach .so we hired a pump and i bottle fed him ebm for about 5 mths , i tried and tried to get him to lactch , and at 2 months it worked , but i prefered bottle feeding , at about 7 mths my ebm journey ended , and i was relieved it was over . he went on to formula and we were all happy , he did get sick alot during the 6 mths he was on formula, but now hes as strong as an ox .
i would have been happy to ff from birth if i knew what was in store . as i suffered sooo badly with pnd that 1st year, but i lived and learnt from it . and i have learnt as a mum to listen to YOUR heart , BF may be best but FF is second best and thats OK if you ask me .
It was always an option but became nessescary because I went straight into Adult Special Care Unit and couldn't even hold her, let alone feed her. I never had any engorgement, no sore breasts, no leaking, no milk, nothing.
The only problem we had is that we had to change formulas becuase poor Palmer had MAJOR problems with constipation.
I was in MBU for 3 weeks with PND and know that things would have been worse if I had breastfed becuase I wasn't happy with the concept in the first place.
It is a very personal decision and yes, while Palmer has had a cold I don't think it is in any way related to her being fully FF. She is a normal, strong and healthy girl so far.
I didn't get milk with any of my babies. I tried BF the 1st but he screamed constantly and refused the breast so I put him on formula at a few days old. I decided to FF the other 2 after that experience. I had no issues at all with formula.
DS has been FF from 5 days old he only had 2 days of breast milk and hes not had a cold or any kind of sickness yet but i did give him the colostrum so i think that helped i suppose its up to u wat u do
My mum & I had similar experiences with BFing the first 2 times. We both struggled with no support for a few weeks, then gave up before we were ready.
3rd time around mum put my sister straight on FF. She didn't want to stress & struggle the same way she'd already done twice.
I persisted & got it to work the 3rd time though. I felt like I had to because I had to make up for the time I missed with my girls. Scared of the horrible PND coming back. It still did, but not for long, & there were a million other reasons...BFing is what kept me going!
We are all happy & healthy enough. My sister & oldest DD suffered asthma (DD still does), but it is genetic in our families. DD2 suffers from eczema, but that is also genetic, so not sure if either are linked in anyway to the lack of BM.
The main thing for me was guilt. Only because I tried so hard to get it right & failed.
I'm glad I found this thread. Thanks everyone for sharing their experiences.
I've still got a few months to wait before the whole BF dilemma is real but at the moment the thought grosses me out. I've told DP I will try but I don't expect it to work. If its best for the baby and its free -- it sounds like its the logical thing to do. But I just don't want to. Did anyone else have these feelings?
The thought of BF never really sat well with me for several reasons.
I gave it a go because I felt pressured to and by the time I came home from hospital after 2 days, I KNEW I HATED IT.
So I stopped.
I had plenty of milk, bubs attached fine (although he did like to chew and was a very hungry baby) but the thought of him attached to me 24/7 for 6 months, made me want to run and hide.
I gave him one BF when we got home, cause everyone said it will be much nicer when you are in your own bed, but, NUH, not for me.
Formula has its drawbacks and I am not going to kid myself and say its as good as BF, but I am a happy mumma and my baby is wonderful and completly normal and healthy.
Dont know what I would do for the next bub, but for sure, I wont feel guilty if I do decide to FF
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