What constitutes EBF?

dmsmth

Is it only beast feeding or does it include bottle feeding breast milk when you go out etc???

Bz1&Only

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

ValerianOddity

Bz1&Only:

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

Ditto this.

Stellar1

Bz1&Only:

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

I would think this also.

BarnStar

Bz1&Only:

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

This is what I've always thought too.

AngelLuver_02

BarnStar:

Bz1&Only:

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

This is what I've always thought too.

me too.

rowanthefrog

When your DC eats exclusively (or almost exclusively) BM - whether bottle-fed, breast-fed or some combination.

For instance, I say that I EBF, but DC did get one bottle of formula a day, at night.  And on weekends when DH took him so I could sleep in a bit he would feed him a bottle of EBM.  But with those exceptions, I BF.

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maramarrie

Bz1&Only:

I would consider it that you only feed your DC breast milk, whether it is from boob or bottle.

yep

books4brooke

IMO it is either, but there are some people who would say it is only the breast.

Daisy22

I got the impression from here that it was just from the breast. That's one reason I don't ever say I EBF but I guess I'm wrong.

dr.girlfriend

I've always interpreted it as "just breast milk, no formula." ?I've considered us EBF but Kiran gets three bottles of breastmilk a day at daycare.

Crazycrustacean

I have always thought of exclusive breast feeding as just that. Feeding only from the breast, not another source like a bottle or solids. For instance M has never taken a bottle, so she was ebf. She takes solids now so she's not exclusively fed from the breast. She's also fed from another source. 

Just my opinion though.  

Sueball1

books4brooke:

IMO it is either, but there are some people who would say it is only the breast.

This. Some breastfeeding "experts" like Jack Newman MD consider pumping and feeding BM in a bottle a distant second to nursing. And most of the studies pertaining to BF are done with people primarily nursing, not pumping. I found this all pretty shocking when I had to EP. I thought I was EBFing,but according to some people, I wasn't.

TayLynn

I consider it either too. 

And actually I should probably remove my badge since he's eating solids.

As far as the studies Sueball mentions, they believe there's a fluid exchange from baby to mom through the breast.  And that is what helps to tailor the breast milk to the baby.