I didn't choose to FF. I really wanted to BF, but LO was born with an infection which meant he was too poorly to eat at first. He went from 7lb 6oz (birth weight) to 6lb 8oz in just 2 days. We were readmitted into hospital for FF top-ups and to establish BF, and this is when the infection was discovered. He ended up having 48 hours of IV antibiotics, which made feeding even more difficult.
He eventually refused to latch on to the breast at all, and feeding times became very stressful for both of us.
I eventually exclusivly expressed for 6 weeks, until sheer frustration and exhaustion made me go to FF.
I personally feel I was let down by the breastfeeding specialists who never spent any time with me, never showed me techniques of how to hold him etc and basically told me that 'He will get it eventually' (quite when he would get it, they never did say, but as he was losing weight at a phenomenal speed, I decided that I couldn't wait for him to 'get it')