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breast feeding
Hi ladies,
When i had my daughter i tried and tried to breast feed but had a bad experience in hospital(young nurse tried to help was very snappy i ended up black and blue and in tears emily woulnt take to it)
well this time i have said i want to try again but the closer it gets im thinking other wise think deep down im doing it cause i didnt with emily and i feel bad.
really dont know what to do its getting to me a bit
emma 27+5 xxxxxxxxxxxxx
When i had my daughter i tried and tried to breast feed but had a bad experience in hospital(young nurse tried to help was very snappy i ended up black and blue and in tears emily woulnt take to it)
well this time i have said i want to try again but the closer it gets im thinking other wise think deep down im doing it cause i didnt with emily and i feel bad.
really dont know what to do its getting to me a bit
emma 27+5 xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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thanks for that i may do the same wasnt sure if you could part breast feed and botle feed that makes me feel loads better.
thankyou so much
emma 27+5xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Also - if you give top up feeds you may find that your own milk supply goes down (your body doesn't know about the formula feeds, and thinks it is producing enough) so make sure you express any excess as soon as your baby has finished (you can then give that at the next feed). As long as you are properly "empty" each time, your body should start to produce more and more milk. Well in theory!
Either way - don't worry about it because the baby certainly wont. Just take it easy and see what happens!
My daughter is now 7 and taller than average and has only ever been ill three times in her life. She is healthy and is very clever so formula milk did her no harm.
My husband would like me to try breastfeeding this time and I may try it but only if I feel comfortable to do so. If I dont then I wont do it.
Do what you want to do, your baby will be fine with whichever way you decide to feed it.
xxx
I don't think it is always 'natural' for some women, no matter how much people may say that to you. I felt like a complete failure having to top up with formula with my first lo and am still worried now that I will have the same problems again but I'm not going to give myself such a hard time about it. I will do my best to bf but I'm not going to let my baby suffer if I'm not producing enough milk.
Also check out this video on breastfeeding, it has given me loads of useful tips to hopefully make it a bit easier this time http://www.mybirth.tv/video-play.cfm?id=112
Good luck xx