Out of necessity I had to with my last baby as I only had colostrum for the first day and then nothing at all - ever, so it wasn't immediately after his birth, but by the end of the second day we were using it while I still tried to get my milk in. We never had any issues health wise with him. he is a really robust little boy and apart from one bout of gastro that lasted about 3 days and the minor ear infection, tonsilitis and cold he has just recovered from (who HASN'T had a cold or the flu this year though already? Our entire family went down with it at once) he has never been sick. We've had no other detrimental effects either, and apart from the cost of it, and the PITA of having to make bottless etc it's not been an issue. Personally though if I had any other choice I would have taken it, as getting the colostrum is so very important IMO. I would much rather not use it at all, but I played the hand I was dealt. If I was that way inclined to know I would not want to BF, I would still do it for the first few weeks as I do think it helps in the post partum period immensely - not just from a feeding perspective, but also for your own sake and making sure that the afterbirth pains from feeding help contract the uterus etc.
I will just move this to the formula feeding area too to ensure utmost support for you
I tried unsuccessfully to BF my first...I cried and cried and the first 2 weeks were hell for me...tramatic emergency c/s plus no milk at all. I felt like I had failed my child and was more consumed about trying to BF him then love him
Second time round (DS2) I decided from point dot that I was not doing that to my baby and wanted to be able to bond with him straight away rather then be emotionaly twisted in myself...so he was exclusively FF...im glad he did cause he did not like me holding him and cried all the time.....later on it was discovered that he has autism and explained alot for me. So I was super glad that I didnt put the added pressure or trying to BF on top of a non touching baby IFYKWIM.
I have no regret's..... all my children have been nurished in different way's to the each other and they have all responded the same....they became healthy normal children who are happy and alert.
All in all though you have to do what you consider right for you, baby and family. Dont listen to negetive words from others...they arent the one's walking in your shoes every day
Bella was FF from day 2 as I didnt even get any milk - no colstrum no nothing so I had no choice! Bella is a healthy and happy and alert baby girl! I have had my issues with FF'ing (my own emotional issues) but Bella has had no ill efectd from Formula and she is in the 97th percetile for all her stats - she is off the charts for her height.
If you want to FF from birth - then thats what you do! We all have to do whats best for us and our bubs!
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?
I FF DD from birth. I had a pretty bad experience with DS and the thought of attempting to BF DD when she was born just filled me with absolute dread.
It worked out well for us, except she couldn't tolerate cows milk formula, and eventually we switched to goats milk formula. I think we have worked out that its the added iron in the cows milk formula, not the actual cows milk, cos she is fine with cheese and yoghurt. Goats milk formula doesnt' have any iron in it.
She had a hard time attaching to the bottle teat too, and had to learn how to suck correctly - it took months, so I'm glad I didn't attempt it because it would have been a whole other hell for me!! (it took 20 minutes in the hospital to get her to latch onto a bottle!!)
She is a perfectly healthy little monster too Hardly ever gets sick.
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