What do you like and dislike about breast feeding?

[ryder]

I'm going to mention one more thing here. Yes, you do bond with your baby while breastfeeding but you do as well with bottle feeding.

But, bonding just isn't about feeding. It's what you do with your children from babyhood and up.

Your children are not going to remember at 20 the method you fed them. They will, however, remember the times that you spent with them.

Totally agree with ya leanne!

 

[Carley]

I'm looking forward to doing something for my baby no one else can do, giving my baby the best start to life.

 

[Donna79x]

Seriously, Ryder, when your LO arrives, there is nothing in this world that can come close to looking down at your little one at your breast. It is just, well there aren't words.
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Wont be happening... sorry girls. Just isn't for me, and ive cared for enough babies/newborns to be able to say that knowing I can back it up. Babies are demanding but in all the years i've cared for newborns and babies, i've never had to deal with anything like what any of the breastfeeding mothers here have gone through and talk about. Having that experience I guess just leaves me with the lack of patience and perserverance to even want to try I guess.

Some people just arnt comfortable with it, there are a few women on here who have said the same thing and have more then one baby of their own. I just feel that being uncomfortable doing something and having to commit that much time to something that makes you miserable is unecessary, when you could actually be enjoying your baby, for some women breastfeeding is the enjoyment (which is great), for me, its not.

Same goes for me Ryder.... I will be bottle feeding x

 

[tinytoes]

I love the fact I'm giving my baby the best start possible - most healthy.
like others i love the look on his face when the milk comes through and he rolls his eyes and looks to be in heaven.
I love the fact it's teh one thing (almost) guaranteed to calm him.
I love the fact I dont have to steralize and fuss with formula.
I love the fact my human baby is getting human milk and not milk designed for a baby cow.
I love that my baby rejects a bottle now so boobie is clearly more yummy!
I love the fact I'm virtually back to my pre pregnancy weight already despite still adoring cake.

I USED to hate not knowing how much milk he got. But I now realise it's not important. What is important is that baby seems satisfied and he's gaining weight.
I dislike not being able to lie on my belly by night (I'd so missed this while pregnant) as my boobs are too full!! I wake to a big wet patch.

For me breastfeeding isnt hard work. It's once every 2 or 3 hours. Maybe more often than formula fed babies but that's because formula is hard for baby to digest and bungs them up for longer. Doesnt sound too nice to me.

 

[marley2580]

I would never say that women who bottle feed do not bond with their babies, of course they do, BUT there is scientific evidence that proves that the hormones released during breastfeeding makes the bonding quicker and easier. I had quite a traumatic birth and I really didn't bond with Kaya at first, I really believe that it was breast feeding her that helped me to build the bond that I now have, and that if I had given her a bottle I really would have struggled with it - that's me personally, not saying that's the case for everyone.

 

[Tezzy]

good luck with your bottle feeding Ryder!

youre gonna be a fab mummy!