Breastfeeding or bottle feeding and why?

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What are you thinking of doing any why? No judgement to any mums, I’m personally looking at bottle feeding breast milk. Just curious to see what others are thinking!

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I’m planning on breastfeeding and bottle feeding with breast milk.

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I breastfed my first as it's free and quick and great for baby. Luckily I had no issues with supply or anything to do so.

If I had supply issues or anything of the sort I wouldn't have had a second thought and given formula as fed is always best. Xx

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I breast fed the first three weeks easier than formula but my milk dried and now we're doing formula 😢

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This is my second, and I’ll breastfeed for as long as practical. I battled a bad match, thrush, and post partum depression last time. It was a rough 7 month journey. I’m not going to torture myself this time. If it goes smoothly, I’ll continue.

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I tried breastfeeding but my daughter wouldn’t latch and my supply suffered. I tried to pump, but I wasn’t getting much sleep because of it even though my daughter slept well. My mental health was starting to suffer. We switched fully to formula, and I don’t regret it in the slightest! I’m much happier and baby gets fed and a happy mama!

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I plan on breastfeeding because it's free and healthiest for baby 😊 I also plan on pumping so baby can be fed by others if needed. But I will feed formula if necessary, no judgement here

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I do both. I breastfeed when I'm home, but also work 3 days a week. My 3 month old son gets bottles of my milk at daycare as well as 1 bottle (my husband feeds him) at 10:30 pm so I can get to bed earlier. I think it is the best of both worlds.

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I breastfed my first but wound up bottle feeding her mostly with my milk Bc she was a shitty latcher. My second baby I nursed for 2 years because she was a much better breast fed baby. It was just easier with her.

I pumped while I worked, it sucked, but it was worth it for me

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I plan to breastfeed because of the health benefits for baby, but if my milk doesn’t come in or if he won’t latch I am not going to best myself up and will switch to formula

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I voted breastfeeding but bottle feeding is fine too.

I prefer breastfeeding at night because I don’t need to leave my bedroom. We wake up, he eats, we lay down and go back to sleep. No getting up and making my way downstairs to the kitchen to prepare a bottle.

Now I also pump so that if we go somewhere that is not an easy place to breastfeed my son is able to eat.

My daughter who is now 3, switched to formula around 3-4 months old, and while at the time it was a great option for us, it was very expensive. I told myself that with my next child I would try to maintain breastfeeding as long as possible to avoid the cost and the constant need to go out and buy more when running low.