Dannzibelle
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Breast Or Bottle? What Did You Do?
Posted: 12-03-07 09:26am
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This is just out of interest really to see
how many people did what and why they
chose to do it.
i'm breastfeeding.
I chose to breastfeed because it was
logical, breasts make milk and babies need
milk. Also the benifits for both myself
and Mika and also because forula is so
expensive i didn't see the point of
spending so much money if i had my own
supply for free.
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mamaTT
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Posted: 12-03-07 09:34am
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I bottle feed. It is expensive, but I
felt it was the right choice for us. I
only had a few weeks off and then I had to
return to work. So, I didn't want to have
problems with her rejecting the bottle and
not eating for the sitters. Plus, it
allows her daddy to take some of the early
morning feedings so I can sleep.
I also had some complications the night
she was born and never got a chance to
even try to breastfeed. It was about
14-16 hours after she was born before I
got to see her again.
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mommy_2_dallas0813
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Posted: 12-03-07 09:46am
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I bottle feed.
I chose that because I had no milk supply
whatsoever until he was well over 2 weeks
old..so I had no choice really.
My next one I will breastfeed though
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Mommy35
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Posted: 12-03-07 09:53am
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I breast fed Jaylon for the first 3
months. I would have continued longer,
but I had to go back to work and I had no
luck pumping, so we switched to formula at
that time.
I had no choice but pump when Brianna was
born, because she was a premie and
couldn't nurse. By the time she was able
to nurse, she was so used to the bottle
she wanted nothing to do with the boob.
LOL.
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Becky
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Posted: 12-03-07 10:19am
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I bottle fed layla cause i had really bad
postnatal depression and i felt no
connection to her. When I was pregnant i
fully intended to breastfeed though and
bought the pump, bras, nursing tops etc-
everything I needed and it was all wasted
With logan i bottle fed because felt i
needed an easy way that would give me lots
of help. i couldn't imagine breastfeeding
and looking after a 10 month old too.
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michelle1981
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Posted: 12-03-07 10:22am
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I breastfed all three.
I love the bond and the time shared just
breastfeeding.
I'm still breastfeeding Jersey, but also
supplimenting with formula.
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jenniek
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Posted: 12-03-07 11:06am
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I breastfed for the first 4 months and
then I had to switch to the bottle because
of school and work. I would have loved to
continue longer but it just was not
possible.
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Shanyan
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Posted: 12-03-07 12:00pm
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I bottle fed both my kids. I have super
sensitive breasts so when I was pregnant I
decided that bottle feeding would be
better because there was no way that I
could ever imagine a baby latching on to
them for so many hours a day..lol I knew
that it would be really tough for me and I
didn't want to "not" enjoy feeding my
baby. I know that some of you may say that
I didn't even try so how would I
know.....but my hubby can't even go near
them with his mouth....lol
Plus I am not the greatest eater and at
least with formula I knew that my babies
were getting the proper nutrition.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 12-03-07 12:13pm
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I breastfed both of my kids as long as
they would let me. I loved it (except for
at the very beginning). It was such a
special time, and one I will never get to
have again.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 12-03-07 13:26pm
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i'm breastfeeding eadie. she's 4 months
now (dec 6th) and we both love it. she
doesn't like bottles. i just never
considered bottle feeding. i guess it
just seems natural that i breastfeed her
because that's what nature gave me boobs
for. it was hard at the beginning and
sometimes it still is, (she's teething
now) but for us it's worth it.
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rosejackson
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Posted: 12-03-07 14:13pm
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i bottlefed. wasnt my ideal choice, but i
was too tired straight after birth so my
mum fed him his first bottle. then after
that, william was just not interested in
breast
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Posted: 12-03-07 20:48pm
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I breastfeed for 2 weeks. I stopped b/c I
had enough. I physically and mentally
couldn't do it anymore and in the back of
my mind I knew Jesse wanted me to quit.
It didn't help not to have much support.
I plan on breastfeeding again for longer
hopefully. I really hope he supports me
this time. Ava will think it's funny.
She's obsessed with my boobs. She calls
them tee tees.
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Posted: 12-03-07 21:08pm
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im bottle feeding kristen because i felt
like it was the best choice for us all
i could sleep and travis could feed her.
plus with all of the stuff that happened
with her breatheing and being in NICU in
the hospital it was hard for me to deal
with. when the lactation consultant came
to talk to me about pumping for her so
they could feed her i decided id rather
have her be bottle fed. i was pretty upset
and pumping was the last thing i wanted to
do.
kristen does great with formula. its more
expensive but its the route we chose for
our own reasons.
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Hollyberries
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Posted: 12-03-07 21:13pm
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I bottle fed Chyanne. Because i had to
return to work 3 weeks after i had her. I
had no choice. I didn't have family help,
and i was doing everthing on my own. I
signed up for WIC, and i got my formula
for free. It was just the right choice for
us.
I plan on bottle feeding Sophia too. I get
a few more weeks off this time, but again
it's the right choice for me, and our
family. I am not on WIC this time, and i
don't know if we will. We are going to try
it on our own, but if things get to tough
we will sign up. I don't want to, but i
guess if we do, we do.
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Posted: 12-03-07 21:30pm
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I breastfed Kaylee for about the first
month or so, maybe a little longer, I
can't remember exactly. But I stopped
because I was exhausted, physically &
mentally. It was starting to get really
frustrating that Kaylee would only sleep
15-20 minutes at a time so one night I
gave her a bottle of formula just so I
could get an hour or so of sleep &
planned on still breastfeeding the next
day. The next day rolled around & she
didn't want anything to do with the boob.
I regret giving up so soon still to this
day. With our next baby I definitely plan
on sticking it out & breastfeeding at
least until the baby is one. That was my
plan with Kaylee too. A big part of it
also was that I didn't have a whole lot of
support for breastfeeding. No one in my
family had ever done it, Shane's family I
felt they resented me for it because they
couldn't feed Kaylee & I know Shane
wasn't too keen on the idea of me
breastfeeding in public, so that made it
even harder to want to keep doing it.
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onmyway_0x
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Posted: 12-03-07 22:03pm
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I breast fed for the first 2 months... It
got to be too much for me.
I was exhausted and she was getting very
frustrated with me most of the time.. Plus
she only liked the left boob , so i had
very lopsided breasts.
I kept at it , but then I started to pump
and bottled feed her that for another
month and then I went back to work. She
eats liek a cow , alkways has and frankly,
I just could not keep up with her, It was
then that I decided to switch completely
to formula... I still feel guilty about
it.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 12-04-07 01:38am
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I bottlefed, Breast feeding just didnt
feel right to me (tried for the first 2
days) plus i wasnt the best eatter and i
KNOW that.. im one of the pickiest eatters
ever so yeah, i thought Reese was better
off on forumla, Shawn agreed with me so
thats what we did. Forumla wasnt too
expensive for us.. at first it costed us
20 bucks a month, but as he grew it got
more and more expensive, it got to a high
of 80$ a month (we used no name) it was
the same as Simaclac Advantage or w/e its
called.. and it must have been good stuff
cause Reese grew fast, never got sick, and
is a big boy
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Posted: 12-04-07 08:30am
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i'm a formula feeder, i'm just not
comfortable with breastfeeding. plus i
have major food issues (when not
pregnant), so i probably couldn't have
kept my supply up anyway.
personally i didn't find formula to be
that expensive. of course the extra money
would have been nice each month, but we
only spent $40/month in the beginning and
were down to under $20 the last few months
(with no assistance).
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ladylee70
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Posted: 12-04-07 11:45am
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I breastfed Nathan for 10 weeks and
stopped because I had a lump in my breast
(ended up being a benign cyst). Also, I
was going back to work full time and it
would have been so difficult to pump at
work. People who can pump and work full
time are the most dedicated people.
I am still breastfeeding Brian but
supplement with a bottle when I am at work
two days a week. I did give Brian a bottle
right from the start on a few occasions
but at first the bottle was my breastmilk.
I chose primarily breastfeeding for Brian
because of the many benefits associated
with breastfeeding. Since Brian was so
sick at the beginning, I wanted to
increase his immune system as much as I
could (not to say if you had a sick child
and don't breastfeed, you don't care -
this is what worked for me). He has been
pretty healthy. When I stopped nursing
Nathan, he got sick with RSV about a month
later. That is when he was placed in an in
home daycare full time as well. He may
have still gotten sick if I was still
nursing him, but that will always be on my
mind. He was sick with respiratory
infections off and on until the age of
three.
Now I am emotionally struggling because I
may have to stop breastfeeding Brian. I
have severe anxiety (had it all my life)
and am at the point I may need meds again.
Wonderful postpartum issues. Brian is
almost five months old and DOES NOT take a
bottle when I am around. The weening
process will be horrible!! Feeding at
night is just so easy right now!! We
co-sleep and I can't imagine getting up in
the middle of the night to make a bottle.
Then again, at least he will probably
sleep a little more. He no longer sleeps
through the night
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Posted: 12-04-07 12:17pm
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I'm going to try breastfeeding, because
the experts say that it's healthier and I
agree it probably is. I will try pumping
at work during my breaks, and hopefully
that will work as long as I can make it
to. I will try to do some feeding with
breastmilk from a bottle for the first
couple weeks as well as actual
breastfeeding just to get him used to a
bottle too.
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