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May 2015 Moms
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Breast vs Formula
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Re: Breast vs Formula
My two boys are getting a surprise May 2015!
My two boys are getting a surprise May 2015!
That being said, I have no regrets and I hope to BF as long as I did (9 months) if not longer with this baby. But, I also won't stress over supplementing earlier if needed.
Even with all the hurdles we went through it never went through my mind to give up and go to formula. It had crossed my mind to EP but finally one day he started latching right so I didn't have to worry about that.
And your post is pretty judgemental!
Let me also say that I use to love thebump but if I am going to be accused of saying shit I never said then screw it, I don't need people like you trying to make my posts out to what they weren't meant to be.
I'm guessing causing trouble makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Mission accomplished.
BFP 4/5/09, EDD 12/4/09, m/c 7/31/09
BFP 5/27/11, EDD 1/17/12, DS born 1/16/12
BFP 8/16/14, EED 4/29/15, We are having another BOY!
Yup. DS is Tommy Pickles! Nothing like living with an escape artist.
Just another cloth diapering, baby wearing mama.
@Gismo123 - The statement you made is judgmental. To say that it is sad women give up is wrong. You do not know other's struggles (or their reason for the choice). While it is great it worked out for you, that is not the case for many women, including myself. It is not a sad choice to give up. Because we are choosing to FEED our children, which is more important than if it is breast milk or formula. And honestly one of the best days in my life as a mom, was the day I came home and threw the pump at my husband and told him to get rid of it and told him I was done. All the stress, frustration and tears that surrounded feeding DS disappeared that day. Feedings were no longer dreaded (by both DS or myself), but were now a time we could connect and bond. I did NOT have to breast feed to get that bond. Next time choose your words more carefully, especially about a topic that is sensitive to many moms.
@cris0507 : there are a ton of resources available for breastfeeding. As other mentioned check out your local Le Leche Legue (LLL). Do it before baby even comes. As for support for moms who formula feed, your right, the support is few and far between. I absolutely love this blogger though. https://www.fearlessformulafeeder.com/ Lots of great support from fellow formula feeders.
BFP 4/5/09, EDD 12/4/09, m/c 7/31/09
BFP 5/27/11, EDD 1/17/12, DS born 1/16/12
BFP 8/16/14, EED 4/29/15, We are having another BOY!
Yup. DS is Tommy Pickles! Nothing like living with an escape artist.
Just another cloth diapering, baby wearing mama.
9/13/12 BFP 9/25/12 M/C at 6.5 weeks
***All AL'ers Welcome***
I'm thinking this has something to do with my low supply problem. I was starving all the time and could not keep weight on. It was like he was sucking everything out of me. I think next time I'm going to need to find ways to up my calories.
I also pump since I'll go back to work after 12 weeks. And I'm super lucky because I work at a hospital that has a designated pumping room with a sink and glider.
This is super personal, but I'm sharing in hopes that it'll help someone down the road.
I BF'd DS. I had HORRIBLE pain, like, worse than contractions pain, for the first month. I couldn't take it anymore, so I pumped for a month. It messed up my supply, and I fully believe that it really fucked with my already crazy hormones. I ended up seeing an IBCLC and starting EBF again, which was great.
While I was pumping, I got postpartum depression. It was pretty bad. And because my supply was so wonky, I pretty much fought to keep it up for 7.5 months. When DS was about 6 months, my PPD worsened, and I was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. I fought so hard to breastfeed, that I was literally losing my mind. At about 7.5 months, when the PPP was at its absolute worst, I randomly dried up. I think that was my body's way of telling me that enough was enough, and that I needed to take care of myself.
Until that point, my PPP was untreated because I (stupidly) clung to breastfeeding so, so hard. DS got formula, and within a month after we stopped BF, a solid 90% of my symptoms disappeared, and I'm mostly symptom free now. DS is a year old.
I'm going to try again this time to BF, but in the long run, that doesn't matter nearly as much as having a healthy, happy mom.
Yeah, it was rough. He still gets up 1-2 time a night at 15 months. But I can deal with that, last night he actually STTN. He'll do it every now and then to trick us.
I don't think it was difficult because it was my plan right from the beginning and I stuck to it. I had to go back to work at 6 weeks and didn't think it was fair to my son to make him switch after 6 weeks. Nor did I like the idea of grandmas and dad struggling to feed him or missing out on that bonding time. I started on the breast in the hospital until my milk let down and then asked for a pump. Both my husband and I were able to feed him skin to skin because we used a bottle.
I pumped every 2 hours for the first 6 weeks even though he didn't eat that often. It was important to build my supply. The extra I put in special storage bags and froze. After 6 weeks I moved to every 3 hours and did every three hours until he was 4 months old. He started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks but I continued to get up and pump. I rotated giving him fresh pumped milk and the earliest stuff I froze and froze newly pumped milk to make sure none of it went bad.
At six months my supply started dropping substantially and I had to start supplementing. I made avocado/breast milk purees to start him on solids. He never received any cereal. With what I had stored he still received some amounts of breast milk until he was 8 months old. The formula I used during that time and after was Baby's Only Organic.
My main advice is to not drop a session just because you don't want to do it so often. Like @Smilz4782 it can be a lot of work because of storage, supplies, and cleaning. It's more than just heading out the door with your boobs and baby. It's the pump, the bottles, the ice packs, the cooler ect. Not down playing BFing though at all. There are many difficult aspects I didn't have to deal with like latch, mastitis, and sore nipples. I'm hoping to make it to a year next time. If you have any questions let me know. It's the difficulty you choose really.
Oh hey everyone! Just getting caught up on this since yesterday.
GUESS WHAT?! @HilarityEnsued I agree that exclusively breast fed should include pumped milk. But, ah hem, according to someone on my previous BMB, it isn't. Because the benefits of breastfeeding go way beyond just nutrition and we don't know the full cognitive affects of breastfeeding yet so I could be denying him something without even knowing it.
Buh bye Gizmo. Sorry not sorry we won't be able to have this go around again you "explative" "TOU Violation" "explative"