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RoxZ32 said:

My FFFC is that I don't congratulate the girls who I'm "friends" with on FB that are single when they announce they are pregnant. I shake my head at all the "I'm so happy for you" responses and move on. Call me judgmental - I just have my personal views and I don't think getting pregnant with a guy you have dated shortly or barely know calls for a "congratulations".

I agree with this. I also shook my head when some friends of ours who had been married a month announced their pregnancy. They only dated a few months. What is the rush? Get to know each other as husband and wife. Babies are no joke.

watuzzigal

PumpkinAndThePeanut said:

I'm just full of them today. If I knew I'd remember it, I'd save one for next week.

Last year I bought my parents two baby's 1st Christmas ornaments (for 2013) with the girls' intended names on them - this was how we shared the news of their sexes. I told them they could keep the ornaments for their tree.

At Thanksgiving I told them I changed my mind and asked for them back.

Edited for typo

Superbness! I just LOL and woke the baby.

Schell2013

I'm late to the game but mine is not that great anyways. I pretended like LO was extra fussy so I didn't have to cook supper. But in my defence she was cranky, however I am sure I could of pulled something off.

I think I should get a night off once in awhile.

drhibbard

PumpkinAndThePeanut said:

Mine is that a pretty big reason (but not the BIGGEST reason) that I want to BF for at least a year is to hopefully reap the alleged health benefits to myself (lower risk of ovarian and breast cancers). My paternal grandmother died of complications from breast cancer before her 30th birthday so I'm at higher risk, although I don't have the BRCA genes, thankfully.

Stupid fucking cancer.

First: F cancer

That's a total legit good reason for BF

My FFFC: my favorite thing about BF had been the $$. I looked at formula prices and almost fainted.

LaxMOM44

My FFFC I love formula! It makes me less nervous to know she is getting nutrients and the right amount of food. I still want her to have some breast milk until 1 for the immunity but I used to worry so much about everything I ate and didn't eat. I would stress about not enough food or eating unhealthy stuff and now that she gets two bottles of formula a day I am so much more relaxed and she seems to be so much happier with a full tummy.

huzzahuzza

LaxMOM44 said:

My FFFC I love formula! It makes me less nervous to know she is getting nutrients and the right amount of food. I still want her to have some breast milk until 1 for the immunity but I used to worry so much about everything I ate and didn't eat. I would stress about not enough food or eating unhealthy stuff and now that she gets two bottles of formula a day I am so much more relaxed and she seems to be so much happier with a full tummy.

Amen sista friend

flyliceandcoffee

LaxMOM44 said:

My FFFC I love formula! It makes me less nervous to know she is getting nutrients and the right amount of food. I still want her to have some breast milk until 1 for the immunity but I used to worry so much about everything I ate and didn't eat. I would stress about not enough food or eating unhealthy stuff and now that she gets two bottles of formula a day I am so much more relaxed and she seems to be so much happier with a full tummy.

Same here. Without formula, S would be severely malnourished. It freaks me out to think about if S has been born in times before formula or in like a 3rd world country or something. I used to stress so much those first couple weeks about how much she was eating, etc etc, and even though I still kind of keep track of her intake, I know if she's ever hungry all I need to do is grab a bottle and fill it up.

Schell2013

Add me to the formula train. I am so glad I am using some now. Today for example me and H got hung up all afternoon and my mom was still able to feed her. I also have started dieting and the weight is finally coming off. I wasn't one of those woman who got super slim BFing. I still nurse ok MOTN, morning and mid afternoon(sometimes) and pump in the evening if I feel like it. I really want to make it to a year but just adding the 1-2 formula feeds have made her happier and some stress of making enough milk gone so therefore a more relaxed happy mom.

Eta- posted before I was done.