Struggling

Hello lovely. I'm so sorry you are feeling so anxious, I felt the same with my first. At the end of the day, a happy mum = a happy baby. If you don't want to continue breast feeding and it's going to affect your mental and physical health, give her formula. Of course it isn't the end of the world and she will still thrive. My first was formula fed and second is exclusively breast fed at 9 months old. My oldest is so smart, healthy and thriving. You do what is best xxxxxx

Hi mama! I felt the same way with my baby boy. I give him breast milk and formula and my milk wasn’t coming in that much and I was getting hardly any sleep. I would get anxiety and cry because I felt like baby boy wasn’t getting enough and I almost gave up on breast feeding but I just kept trying and I love combo feeding and baby boy is healthy and smart. A fed baby is a happy healthy baby if you switch to formula. I know it’s hard being a first time mom the first month with baby is so hard. Mine is about to be 3 months and I’m getting the hang of it all. Try doing formula for a few days till you can sleep and work on pumping if you don’t wanna give up on breastfeeding.

Pumping and sleep deprivation is sooo f*****g hard!
I been there too and I had mum guilt but the more I pumped I wasn't happy and my milk kept dropping so I felt I had no control.
You do what is best for you and your baby. They created formula for a reason. Fed is best.
If you need to do formula for your own mental health then do it.
We can't be the mums we want to be if we're not looking after ourselves 🫶

@Krystal my wee ones 7 days old today to and im exactly the same as you. Birth went well, he had jaundice and is incredibly sleepy. Getting him to feed is an absolute task !
I wanted to breastfeed to 8 weeks but its so hard - my milk supply is good so i get a lot from pumping and my partner does most of the night feeds (hes always been a night owl anyway) so i can get a sleep. I am so determined to get to the 8 week mark before introducing formula but at this rate I'll probably last 4 maybe.
I cried to my partner for feeling awful about not giving him whats best but he and the others on this thread are right, baby just wants fed - they dont really care where they get it from.
You can do this and your own mental health is just as important so do what's best for you and thay will absolutely be best for baby ❤️❤️ xx

Definitely not the end of the world but I do worry that your anxiety won’t be cured if you stop breastfeeding. Have you tried talk therapy?

Pumping is the worst! Look, I have two formula fed kiddos and they are both healthy, strong, and smart as hell! Do what’s best for YOU. The best mom for your baby is a healthy mom, so put your mental health first. Everything will be okay.

As long as bub is fed it doesn't matter!!! Your goal is to make sure bub is fed, alive and healthy boob or bottle it doesn't matter!!! Your doing amazing and bub is adorable 💜 your doing great mumma x

Thank you everyone! It’s become obvious over the last few days that my anxiety is worse than originally thought. I’ve had to stop pumping due to medications I’ve been placed on. I need to get myself better so I can be the best mum possible