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Q: Breast Feeding Questions

asked by: neeko177 on December 4th, 2005

Experienced User

Okay.. So everybody keeps asking me are you going to breast fee dor bottle feed your baby.. I am only 5 months and it is my first.. The idea of breastfeeding just doenst appeal to me.. I am young.. I am just turned 18.. And dont want to have to pull my boob outta my shirt all the time or go in private to feed my baby..It would be much more conveniant for me to just have abottle I could give anytime... My bf wants me to breastfeed.. I know nothing about this really...

If I chose to breast feed cuz I just use a breast pump and give my baby bottles?

If I cant just always do that, could I breast feed and then switch to formula? When could I do this? I dont wanna breastfeed too long.

Are my breasts always going to hurt?

Right now my breasts seem very..Dry I guess u could say.. And nipples almost seem like they are cracking and a while back I had wat looked like a blister there, which then started bleeding, what could that be??

Ne thing else I should know? Any opinions

Replies(6)

neeko177

replied on December 6th, 2005

Experienced User

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fatfamily02

replied on December 6th, 2005

Extremely eHealthy

I breast fed all my children. I was 19 with my first, and knew nothing, had a lot of pain, and ended up getting very bad infection. My second and third my nipples were hardened up and not so much pain, by the third I could turn my milk off on que.

I have heard something about squeezing them now to make them ready for breast feeding--i would look it up on the internet if I were you.

You can breast and bottle feed, but some baby's after going to bottle really dont care so much for nipple anymore. Some it works with just fine to do both.

I would suggest atleast 3 months of breastfeeding--that is what I did--then you take one feeding off at a time, once every three days--or something like that until you wean them all the way to the bottle.

Breast pump hurt me more than breastfeeding--but others might not have such a hard time.

To me there is nothing like the bond with child when breastfeeding--

Jackie27

replied on December 6th, 2005

Experienced User

Breast feeding has never appealed to me either, my husband told me that they will pressure me at the hospital to do it but i'm not going to. My brother and I both were on formula and I turned out fine. When your an adult you can't separate the breastfed people from the fomula people. I'm going to give formula because i'm not comfortable breastfeeding. Some woman have the need/urge to some woman don't I don't think it's bad to not want to do it. Do some research on it if your iffy about it.

Hope that helps a little

fatfamily02

replied on December 6th, 2005

Extremely eHealthy

I agree, a lot of women just choose not to, and that is okay too. For me, it was very important. And they will pressure you to do it, at the hospital--very true.

poohbear101

replied on December 6th, 2005

Experienced User

This is my first too, but i'm going to try and do both breast and bottle feed. Like you said I don't want to be out in public and have to worry about breastfeeding baby so i'm just going to pump for that. I think as long as the baby is getting the nutrients from the milk it doesn't really matter how it's fed, but then theres nothing wrong with the formula either, its just a lot cheaper this way.

hollie686

replied on December 6th, 2005

Experienced User

I prefer to breastfeed. With my first though it wasn't so easy. I had her the day before my 18th birthday. She just did not want to latch on. By the time she was two weeks old, I had her on formula. With my second, I bf her til she was 6 months old. I also bf my third. There are advantages & disadvantages with both breastfeeding & formula. If you bf, it will help to contract uterus, you will lose your baby weight faster, & it is more nutritious. But with formula, you won't suffer cracked, sore nipples & you can whip out a bottle anywhere. It just depends on the individual. I would @ least try when your baby is born. If its not for you, then that is okay too.

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