Today i took my one month old baby boy to the clinic, as he is sick and needed to see the doctor.

As we were waiting in the waiting room, a woman older than me, same ethnicity as me, sat beside us and started chitchatting.

My baby is sick and uncomfortable, so he started to be fussy. I wasn’t comfortable to nurse him as there were so many people around, and i don’t like using the breastfeeding cover.

As i was trying to soothe him by rocking him and so, she asked if i give him a bottle, i said no he’s fed by his mom.

She started talking about how i should give him a bottle in case i was away from him or we were outside, and that he’s probably not full.

I just fully ignored her.

My baby started crying obviously he’s in pain he has an ear infection and is congested and we were being stared at by the whole room, it was as if no one has ever heard a baby cry before.

I felt so bad being stared at, then she was like: i told you so you need to give him a bottle, And kept talking about how he should be fed by an extra bottle of formula.

Mind you i already asked the receptionist if there was an empty room i could use, but they were so full i had to go to my car.

I don’t understand, isn’t it ideal to breastfeed your babies? Isn’t it the best for the baby and mom? I breastfed my first child for 2 years exclusively.

I never had problems, but i still had the same issue with my MIL who kept saying that my daughter is hungry and that I’m starving her just because i don’t give her formula.

I’m fighting to feed my babies, it’s also not easy for me mentally or physically.

My babies are gaining a lot of weight when i breastfeed them that their doctors are surprised.

Thankfully i have so much milk I’m pumping and storing at the moment.

Please tell me am i the drama? Am i too emotional because of postpartum stress?

BTW i’m not judging any moms who use formula, or combined feedings, everyone does whatever suits them.