how did you decide?

[sophiecouldwe]

Due to one thing or another I have decided to bottle feed but I keep being told that I should wait and decide until he comes along and not make such a big decision now. but in my eyes i want to know how i'm going to feed and be prepared for that BEFORE he comes not onces hes here. just have a few questions for you...
-how and what made you decide?
-did you wait until your baby was here?
thanks girls xxxx

 

[Pyrrhic]

I never decided before I had my LO. I didn't feel the need to choose one way or the other, and wanted to see how I felt after the birth.

I did make sure I had a couple of bottles and formula in the house just in case though. My LO was born over Christmas though, when no shops were open and I didn't want to get caught out.

 

[1st_baby]

I decided to BF before my LO was born but I also made sure to have some bottles of formula handy incase something happened ..and once he was born and we had problems with latching I combined fed him

 

[leedsforever]

I decided to bf before hand but that didnt go to plan!

 

[Vickie]

I was always more comfortable with FF and had decided early on that that was what I was going to do.

 

[jackiea85]

I had planned to bf but coz I had a haemorrhage things didn't go to plan. I had bottles in the house but no formula milk so we had to go to mothercare on the way home from hospital! Next time I would prob keep a couple of cartons in the house as a back up, even tho I plan to bf next time x

 

[jen1604]

I decided not to BF before she was born and I didnt change my mind afterwards either.
For me I just was really sure that I didnt want to right from the beginning.
I was the same as you,I wanted to make my decision and be prepared so I had all my bottles,steriliser and such before hand.
One thing to be prepared for is that midwifes in the hospital might try and convince you to 'give it a go'.Also dont let anyone make you feel guilty.Its your body,your choice xxx

 

[PixieKitty]

I was stupid and thought no matter what I'd be breastfeeding, unfortunatly that didn't happen and I hadn't bought any formula (luckily I knew I'd be expressing sometimes so bought a pack of bottles) and we had to steal some from the hospital when we had problems. You might make the decision either way now, but just in case I'd get some bottles and formula in you can always use it to top up at night if you DO breastfeed, or if you BF and don't use it, give it to a friend that FFs?

 

[alio]

i decided to booby feed before he was born but i hated it so switched. xx

 

[shampain]

I wanted to breastfeed...and i did...for two weeks, then one tuesday night i ended up sending my partner to tesco for bottles,milk and sterillising fluid. Breastfeeding just wasnt for me in the end.

 

[charliebear]

I decided to try BF for at least a couple of weeks, but I had everything I needed for FF. Good job I had things in as we ended up FF due to me having a haemorrhage.

 

[ryder]

I decided to formula feed before she was born... although I did try and bf after she was born... For lots of reasons it didnt work out and I switched to formula anyways. We were both much happier.

 

[sophiecouldwe]

I decided not to BF before she was born and I didnt change my mind afterwards either.
For me I just was really sure that I didnt want to right from the beginning.
I was the same as you,I wanted to make my decision and be prepared so I had all my bottles,steriliser and such before hand.
One thing to be prepared for is that midwifes in the hospital might try and convince you to 'give it a go'.Also dont let anyone make you feel guilty.Its your body,your choice xxx

thankyou so much for all your comments. espesially worried about midwifes in hospital once ive decided. but like you said my body my choice xxx

 

[reallytinyamy]

befor eI had Chloe there was nothing to decide- BF was natural tome and that was that- I did it exclusively for a few days and in that time got so depressed I didnt want to be near Chloe never mind feed her- I continued for 10 days and I was a mess. I started to top up with formula but mentally I couldnt cope with BFing and at about 3-4 weeks she was mostly FF with one BF a day but she never took much

 

[leeanne]

I decided before my first two babies that I would breastfeed. For my third, I was going to breastfeed for a couple of weeks, but due to a stressful C-section I decided on the spot that I would FF.

 

[JennTheMomma]

I didn't get a choice. I couldn't breastfeed because I did not have any milk production at all. Its very rare to not make milk, and I was unfortunatly one of them.

 

[AC81]

I decided before I was even pregnant that I'd breastfeed, and was sooo bloody stubborn about it that I didn't even buy any formula before Erin was born (I didn't want the temptation of giving in). However a few days in I got a cracked nipple and couldn't feed her properly on one side while it was healing... so there was an emergency dash for formula and trying to work out how to use a sterilizer I'd never even opened at 5am with a screaming hungry baby... I did however continue to breastfeed for 4 months and have only just stopped and moved to formula feeding which I'm really enjoying.

Like the others have said I would definitely buy some bottles and formula as a back up and if you're really unsure, wait until baby is born and see how you feel.

 

[candeur]

I didn't want to bf, the only reason I doubted myself was because I was made to feel a bit guilty for it by my OH and other people.
When Seren was born I felt a little different and I did try, but she wouldn't even latch on so I didn't think twice or feel bad about going to the bottle.
I was worried about what the midwives would say but I had a really nice student midwife who didn't give me any trouble at all when I asked for a bottle, but I think that was luck. Either way don't feel guilty, prepare yourself if you are thinking about bottle feeding, get steriliser, formula, bottles etc, and you never know you may be like me and want to give BF a try once your baby is here.
Seren is absolutely thriving and very healthy on formula!

 

[sparkswillfly]

I had in my mind that I wanted to breastfeed but I bought all the bottle feeding equipment just in case. I think its best to keep an open mind about things because you dont know how you feel when they come out.

 

[xXDonnaXx]

I have never thought of breast feeding. I don't know why but it just aint for me. Obviously I have never tried it, but I never wanted to. Just the thought of my boobs out put me off - I hate my boobs so I'd feel extremely uncomfortable feeding her whilst people are around. So bottle feeding was what I was always going to do.