Sorry if this is long but to give a bit of context, I really wanted to bf DS. He was premature and I had a traumatic birth with blood transfusions and emcs. I was in hospital for over a week and I think due to a combination of factors - he would just fall asleep and not latch on and could hardly feed (found out weeks later this is common for prems), and my milk never came in - we switched to premature baby formula because he was losing weight rapidly and was low birth weight to begin with. We were on the postnatal ward for over a week because of this.
Anyway, I failed to bf DS for very long at all. Currently pregnant with DC2 and would like to bf but I just can't spend several weeks in hospital this time for feeding reasons alone (obviously I'd stay for other health reasons). Hopefully with a straightforward birth and term baby bf might be easier, but I'm thinking of bringing some formula as a plan B if the same happens again.
Has anyone mixed fed from birth? Any advice appreciated
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Anyone mixed fed from birth?
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AbbeyRoadCrossing · 05/05/2015 18:07
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