I’m curious

What made you decide to formula feed or breastfeed your baby?
No hate I’m just genuinely wondering what works best for you as a mom.

I breastfeed my little and lots of women in my family act angry about it as if it inconveniences them somehow.. anyone else have the same issue?

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We primarily breastfeed but since I am not able to pump without getting an infection we formula feed if I am busy. Although most of my clients have been super positive and nice about my breastfeeding during our training sessions. I am 2 months into my 3rd baby.

The idea of breastfeeding just made me uncomfortable . I formula feed and pump instead so he still somewhat get breast milk but just not directly from the breast ?

I wanted to breastfeed my first so bad. However I knew I wasn't feeding him enough, he didn't have wet diapers for a few days so I put him on formula and didn't try breastfeeding again. Then I got pregnant when he was 3 months and I knew with my daughter I wouldn't breastfeed because of the chaos of 2 under 2. Well my milk did come in for her and I had to dry up my milk.

I'm sorry your family is behaving that way, I had the opposite where a few family members seemed disappointed in me for taking the formula route.

With my daughter I was a teen mom and didn’t know really. I tried breast milk and would sometimes feed formula and then eventually just stopped.

6 years later I’m trying to exclusively breastfeed my son. We’ve had issues with dairy allergy, reflux, and consequently supplementing after some feeds with pumped milk which has been a job to feed, pump, clean, etc.

My mom especially says I’m making it harder for everyone when I vent I’m overwhelmed. I’m not against formula. My daughter is 6 and thriving but I wanted to this time around after learning and educating myself and it can be discouraging especially from mom that it’s an inconvenience I can’t leave him to do certain things because he needs me there to eat

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