bf vs bottle

[mrs.star80]

curious of how many moms "chose" to not breastfeed and why! I see less and less moms bf, literally never nursed even in the hospital. Not bashing but jst curious why. Babies in the first week dont even need much, only about a tsp of colostrum every 2 hours instead of 4 oz of milk they dont need. Do these babies get sick easy or are much fussier?

BTW not talking about moms with serious medical conditions

[mrs.star80]

bumpeety bump bump bump

[SarahMerritt_22]

No Idea im a bfing mama nearing the 11month mark! 

[nikitaboom]

DUM DUM DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!! **climatic music plays***

[mrs.star80]

congrats im still @ 1 1/2 month, with my 3rd child i weaned my other 2 at about 13 months

Quoting SarahMerritt_22:

No Idea im a bfing mama nearing the 11month mark! 

[mrs.star80]

I'm nursing so much that 2 weeks after birth I lost 20 lbs. not sure how much I have lost since then but my clothes are getting looser

[lilysmommy330]

I bf for about two weeks, then nothing... I just started drying up.  I tried to pump, and id literally bleed.It was so upsetting and I still feel so disappointed that I couldn't.  I will def try again next time, and I feel more confident that it will work next time.

[mrs.star80]

woah! why where u bleeding? sounds very painful

Quoting lilysmommy330:

I bf for about two weeks, then nothing... I just started drying up.  I tried to pump, and id literally bleed.It was so upsetting and I still feel so disappointed that I couldn't.  I will def try again next time, and I feel more confident that it will work next time.

[mommaboudreaux]

I wanted to BF so bad.  My son had latching on problems from the beginning and would only latch on with a shield.  There was no LC here in my town to help me :(  I also got traumatized and scared into FF when DS was 3 days old because, he had jaundice and the nurse told me that his levels were so high that he could have brain damage or die.  NOT what I needed to hear.  I was already worried enough about him.  When I have my next one, I am DETERMINED to BF.

[ryleesmommy2009]

i ff my daughter and i honestly do regret it now i wish i would have known more on bf but i didn't and by the time i did know the benefits of it, it was to late i was already dried up but i know i am def bf my next hopefully i won't have any complications to where i can't but i'm really hoping that i can i am now more wise in the situation and really want to but i don't look at ppl dif for how they decide to feed there children thats there choice not anyone else's and you  don't know there story it could have been that they just couldn't bf complications and what not i'm not trying to start a big debate over one or the other just saying my opinion

[mrs.star80]

unless u cant, pumping is a good way to keep a good milk flow, a
nd worse come to worse you can invest in a good pump and give breast milk via bottle. drinking lots of water and homade soups helps the milk flow to. spending even 400 dollars on a good pump is cheater then buying formula for a whole year and the baby can get good nourishment. just in case you have another

Quoting mommaboudreaux:

I wanted to BF so bad.  My son had latching on problems from the beginning and would only latch on with a shield.  There was no LC here in my town to help me :(  I also got traumatized and scared into FF when DS was 3 days old because, he had jaundice and the nurse told me that his levels were so high that he could have brain damage or die.  NOT what I needed to hear.  I was already worried enough about him.  When I have my next one, I am DETERMINED to BF.