What’s your opinion I’m formula feeding vs breast feeding?

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What is your opinion I’m either or, and why? 
A friend of mine and I had a conversation about how she believes that formula feeding is the absolute best for children because of all the extra additives and the fact that it can’t really be contaminated by the things WE ourselves eat. (I. E. Fast food/junk food, caffeine, drinking ect.) 
I believe that you should do whatever you are most comfortable with, but feel personally like breast might be best at least right away at first. Obviously there are many many reasons why a decent amount of people can’t breast feed their own child. (Like foster babies, women who can’t produce their own milk ect) 
So what’s your opinion, and why?

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Feed your kid, however is best for you

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I fully believe breast milk is best. That is not to say if you can’t breastfeed then you failed. It’s just a fact. Breastmilk changes due to whatever baby needs...fat content, extra antibodies when they’re sick, etc. Formula can be contaminated with other things and additives are not necessarily good.
This is NOT to bash moms who formula feed. I formula fed my first and breastfed and supplemented with formula with my 2nd.

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As everyone else has said, breast milk adapts to your child’s needs. 
Early on in my pregnancy I figured I’d formula feed as I’d heard lots of people say how difficult bf was and didn’t think it’d be for me. My husband was keen for me to breastfeed as he firmly believed breast is best so i said I’d give it a go. During a life after birth class the midwife discussed feeding and mentioned the benefits - it adapts to baby’s needs, associated with reduced obesity in adulthood etc. I decided I wanted to do it to give my baby the best start. It’s been a huge motivator in keeping going when it got tough and I’m so glad I stuck at it.

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Breast milk is 100 best. 
If formula was so great then why does ervry baby who drinks it throw up? That's how I've always thought of it...
But on the bright side we have to be thankful formula was invented because not ervry woman's body supply's enough milk and or can have issues feeding.  So with that said..do what suits u and baby. There is no wrong choice

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From a nutritional standpoint, breastmilk is best.
From my own standpoint, a fed baby is a happy baby. Breastfeeding is a two way street, and needs to work for both mum and baby. If you want to breastfeed, and enjoy it, then great! If you didn’t want to breastfeed, and formula fed straight away, then that’s also great!
I breastfed for 6 weeks and then sadly got an infection, and the antibiotics dried me up, and I couldn’t re-lactate. My daughter had tongue tie, it was really hard. I was sad to swap to formula, but proud that I tried everything to keep breastfeeding until it was no longer going to happen.

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Nutritionally speaking, breast milk is specifically made for wheat baby needs. There are so many benefits. 
Over the years though, science has done amazing things in creating formula that can offer the nutrition a baby needs.

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I don’t care which a person choose as long as baby is fed. Do what works best for you.

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The cows that make the milk for formula are probably fed crappier than we are.. but my personal opinion is that breast milk is best because it's made specifically for your child and has everything baby needs. Absolutely no shame in using formula, though. It's just not optimal. As long as baby gets fed!

What’s your opinion I’m formula feeding vs breast feeding?

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