Formula at young age?

[~Belinda~]

Thanks Kellxx, we are enjoying every minute. Feeding is only a small part of the rest of their lives in my eyes, no drama at all FF her!

Hope you are well xx

[prama]

Bindy, glad all is going great w your FF. you sound so happy!
I'm still at crossroads. We're going to see an LC Barb recommended as my final resort.

I did something really stupid the other day, I've been using nipple shields for the last 4 weeks and I thought I could bf w/o them. so i took it out at the end of the feed, and let Lakshman feed without it for a minute. It made my nipple much much worse. Im in lots of pain, I get pains all the time not just during feeds. Im now just expressing the right breast, it's too painful. I tried to put him back with a shield yesterday, I thought it would have healed after 2 days but no......

I know, there's so much focus BF, those who go on FF feel like they've failed..... it's not the end of the world...

[~Belinda~]

Thanks Prama, best of luck with BF'ing. There's no way I could of continued after a couple of weeks with Madeleine and I certainly have never felt like a failure, no way! Good luck with everything hun

[prama]

Bindy - I'm mostly FF now. I only BF once in the morning, my supply is getting low too. the pain was getting too much. It's started to affect me, Early Childhood nurse thinks I have PND so I'm going to go see someone. BF-ing once a day at least makes me feel i havent completely failed.....

[~Belinda~]

Oh that's awful...I hope you get help for your PND. See...I didn't want to continue because I was pretty teary at every feed and it just wasn't worth getting upset about. Feeding your baby is only a small part of what lies ahead of them for the rest of their lives, you have not failed in any way.

[prama]

Thanks Bindy.. I'm FF more and more, I think doing it gradually is working for me.
I've had good support to switch to FF from GPs and Early Childhood Nurse. As they say, and they are right, my health is more important to my beautiful baby than just breast milk.
Thanks so much for your support and understanding.

[~Belinda~]

No worried Prama, always here if you need to chat