Hello again

Have the previous posts been deleted?? I meant to reply yesterday but got busy and didn't get a chance to until now.

Interesting debate about bF ladies...Karen, I totally can see where you are coming from. I worked so hard to breastfeed DD right from the start. I endured bleeding nipples (due to attachment issues), suffered through severe acne for the first 3.5 months after DD's birth (all gone now thank God!) where I had to choose between going on medication to clear the acne or BF, and now I'm working full-time but had to spend ALL of my breaks in the sick room expressing for DD. A lot of mothers I know in my situation would have given up already due to lifestyle choices, but I haven't because I fully understand and appreciate the benefits of BM.

HOWEVER, most of my relatives and friends are FF, and like you, I downplay the fact that I'm BF for fear that they think that I'm rubbing it in their faces. All but one friend did not try very hard to BF - they see FF as easier - and so i am questioned all the time as to why I'm still BF. And you know what? I HATE it. Why should I have to justify MY choice to BF when I'm not so much allowed to even mention them FF for fear I might upset them?? It p*sses me off so badly.

Oh, I also do a lot of things they don't approve off, such as co-sleeping, and wearing DD, so to them I'm the hippie mum

Maz, my MIL says that to me all the time!!! if DD is unsettled after a feed, she says DD is not full from my BM and that she needs a bottle.