Do midwives pressure you if you do not want to breastfeed?

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Do midwives judge if you absolutely do not want to breastfeed or even express colostrum ? I BF my older dc because I thought I should and I hated it. It ruined the whole experience for me and contributed massively to PND and then made the recovery harder. I knew it was better for them so I did it as felt I had to.

I remember being asked a lot during pregnancy how I planned to feed baby. I assume this is still asked. I don’t want to even do it once. I had severe aversion previously and I want to take the worry away. Are they generally ok about it do they think ‘fed is best’ or will there be pressure?

I tried to bf my first and hated it too. When I had my second I was adamant I was bottle feeding from the start. I had a consultant come round at some point in the hospital and asked me how I was feeding, and when I said bottle she said 'what a shame'. I said 'no not really ' and that was the end of it. This was a long time ago, but basically just stick to your guns. You know what will be right for you, nobody else needs an opinion.

Some bitchy snippy comments in my experience fhey they move on

I had 3 babies in hospital and bottle fed them all by choice as breastfeeding was absolutely not for me.
I had made it very clear from before their births that this is what i would be doing and surprisingly not one midwife or doctor ever questioned me about it.
I didn't care at all whether they judged me or not , my choice ,my babies -same for you.

No midwife or HCA questioned me on feeding . I was asked if I was breastfeeding or bottle feeding and they didnt bat an eyelid when I said I was bottlefeeding mine.

My experience was the opposite. When I cracked out the formula I had more than one say we’re not supposed to say this but it’s much easier for us when they’re formula feeding 😬🤣 My consultant was also happy to prescribe medication that stopped my milk coming in. (Private wing of an NHS hospital).