FTM planning on breastfeeding

With my first I wanted to breastfeed so I didn’t buy anything like this and therefore didn’t take any to the hospital. I figured if I needed them we could easily get them from the shops or Amazon. Luckily I didn’t need any of these and I had the same approach with my second and will be doing the same with my third.
Your milk doesn’t come in until day 2 or 3 (it’s just colostrum to start) so it depends how long you’re in the hospital for.
I would focus on getting the midwives to teach you how to latch your baby properly as there is a knack to it so they successfully drink and it doesn’t hurt you. First time I found it took a few days to get the hang of holding the baby and trying to get them to feed properly without any assistance. It is a skill that needs practice. As you feed them so often you get plenty of practice and it soon becomes second nature.
I also found mother shaheda and Olivia lactation consultant on instagram incredibly useful resources.

With my first one I was planning on EBF so I didn’t bring any formula and bottle to the hospital and that was mistake because I just couldn’t get him to latch. With the second one, I was planning on breastfeeding but I did bring the ready made formula bottles with tits just in case. I stayed in the hospital for few days to learn to breastfeed this time and at some occasions I was supporting it with formula but I was relying on midwives day and night when the baby wouldn’t latch again.
So it’s up to you really. I’m planning on combo feeding this time so I will bring some bottles and breast pump with me. Definitely no for the soother as I know from other mums how hard it was for them to get the baby to drop them so if you want to spare yourself the hassle, I would not bother xx