Were you FF or BF?

emjenkins715 · May 2010

Just curious to see how many of you were BF or FF and if you were BF do you know for how long?

I was BF for about 6/7 months.

avada_kedavra · May 2010

i was ff, people didn't really bf when i was little.

Luciddream328 · May 2010

I was BF for 1 year.

MCC1010 · May 2010

Formula feed. They didn't believe in breastfeeding when I was born. The popular opinion was that formula was much better for baby and mother.

DeeandBrad · May 2010

I was BF.

Starfish113 · May 2010

I was FF after about 2 weeks.

mrstarawalsh · May 2010

Breastfed for a year. With the exception of my little brother (my moms milk dried up after a month) all 6 of us were breastfed for a year +

VampyAuthor · May 2010

FF, my mom's milk never came.

ToBeMrsT · May 2010

I was breastfed for 2 1/2 years.

Brewtowngrl · May 2010

I was BFed at a time that formula was the thing to do. My parents couldn't afford to FF plus she was an L&D nurse so she knew it was the right thing for her.

MrsMoody2006 · May 2010

I was BF. I was born a month premature and my mom is an early childhood specialist so she was doing all the research on kangaroo care and breastfeeding and how important they are especially for preemies

kate1011 · May 2010

I was bf. Don't know how long for though

FemmeNat01 · May 2010

I was FF. I am adopted.

almostabuck · May 2010

BF. Not sure for how long.

sturgeje · May 2010

i was FF.

ChristinaD09 · May 2010

BF about 8 months. It was just becoming popular again my mom said ('84)

JulyFiveBride · May 2010

My older brother and I were both FF, but all of our younger siblings were BF for 20+ months, so we were exposed to it growing up.

marriedinaugust · May 2010

FF as were my 4 siblings.

ashnoelle · May 2010

I was BF, but only for one month.

WildcatPrincess · May 2010

FF after a month. I still wasn't up to birth weight at my 1 month appoint and was apparently having starvation stools, whatever that means. My sister was BF slightly longer than I was and my mom said she made it 4 months with my brother.

sucrets4 · May 2010

BF in 78. My mom also BF my brother in 72. She said it was difficult because there was so little support back then, but she was a nurse and knew that it was impt. I think it was around a year, if not more for me.

emilysmommy2010 · May 2010

I was FF.

Lucky Polka Dot · May 2010

i was bf for 6 months.

SigmundsGirl · May 2010

MCC1010:
Formula feed. They didn't believe in breastfeeding when I was born. The popular opinion was that formula was much better for baby and mother.

Ditto

Azrayla · May 2010

BF 6 weeks then obviously formula

hikerbeth · May 2010

BF for a little over a year.

soko987 · May 2010

I am a Formula survivor.

(Kidding. But yes, I was a healthy, happy FF baby Smile )

~CoCo~ · May 2010

Luciddream328:
I was BF for 1 year.

Same here, and that was in the late 70s, when popular opinion favored formula...

Pocky873 · May 2010

FF. My mom was a working mom and couldn't stay home from work longer than 1 month. Plus, I was born back in the days when BF wasn't in style.

Paradisemoon · May 2010

I was BF for 6 months.

blissfully_caffeinated · May 2010

I was breast fed for about a 3-4 weeks. Then my mom went back to work and I was ff.

Lalabeth6 · May 2010

I was BF, but I'm not sure for how long. I asked my mom the other day if she faced opposition for BF in the 70s and she said she didn't. Her mom BF three kids and so she has support there. My older sister was FF. My mom is convinced that she was given a shot in the hosipital to dry up her milk without asking for it. She said it was so popular to FF back then ('75) that they assumed everyone wanted the shot.

mandeline21 · May 2010

Lalabeth6:
I was BF, but I'm not sure for how long. I asked my mom the other day if she faced opposition for BF in the 70s and she said she didn't. Her mom BF three kids and so she has support there. My older sister was FF. My mom is convinced that she was given a shot in the hosipital to dry up her milk without asking for it. She said it was so popular to FF back then ('75) that they assumed everyone wanted the shot.

My friend told me that happened to her mom, with both her and her brother (mid to late 70's).

I was BF for 13 months.

femmegem · May 2010

FF. I'm also a '70s baby, but my mom says it was actually pressure from the LLL that convinced her to FF. She doesn't like to be talked into anything. I have to admit that I'm pretty annoyed that that was her reasoning for not BFing at all.