NuKe
mummy to 2 gorgeous girls
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Thanks everyone - I was planning on avoiding the subject for as long as possible as I don't want to get into a debate with the midwife. The thing I'm most worried about is that I'm quite young and my friend had a baby recently and she was forced to try to breastfeed and her daughter wouldn't take to it and then the hospital staff made her feel like a complete failure and she phoned me in tears.
I just don't want to experience anything like that :s Even though I'm young, I do have my own mind and I don't want to be talked down to or looked down upon - I certainly don't look down on people who breastfeed! If anything I admire them for doing something that I can't
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Who says you can't? The vast majority of women CAN breastfeed successfully. Personally I think every woman should at least try it, I only managed 5 days and I still regret giving Poppy second best after I stopped. But if you don't want to, I say just don't say anything and do what you want.