mothers who plan to bottle feed should take in their own milk

[thebeesnees79]

If a woman decided prior to baby being born they shouldn't expect the hospital to provide bottles and milk they should bring their own?
Why should the nhs give out milk? aibu?

Had I not been bfing that would've been one feed!

I point miss on principle, most of the time. It provides me with amusement

Admittedly it amuses no one else.... but that's the great thing about t'internet. You can do what you want!!!

That's what happens in my area

You can't take your own steriliser into hospital, they have to be PAT tested and I doubt they have enough maintenance people to do it on demand.

Yabu and why do you care? I'm sure there are better ways of saving money, actually i know there are as ive worked in hospitals

badvoc I said in exceptional circumstances where mother is struggling or baby won't latch and needs topping up etc the nhs should provide. No one is saying the baby should starve. It was "if a woman has no intention of breast feeding" should they provide their own formula. Ffs my own baby was topped up because I was struggling to feed. I was in hospital for 4 days so if I did bottle feed him for all feeds that could be up to 8 feeds x 4 days

After ds 1, I got a bag full of goodies. Nappies, wipes, pads and some formula. Didn't actually need any of it but it was a lovely touch and made me feel looked after. Nothing for later births though.

What happens if you plan to BF and find out you can't? Do you have to take bottles and milik in just in case?

Taking sterilisers and bottles in would be a nightmare anyway, especially if a mother has had a c-section and cannot get up for the first few hours/day. The already short staffed, over worked midwives would be sterilising bottles and making up formula as well.

moomin I am an ex nurse so I know what huge waste goes on in the nhs. Flame me down for having an opinion.

How much tax do you pay thebeesnees79?

omg nannyogg did you not read the part where I said on about 5 occasions "if the woman has no intention of breast feeding"?

Besides which, In my day you were in for a week, and the NHS provided the lot - nappies, bedding, formula. All I took in were baby nighties and toiletries.

You're right. I didn't.

ohsosimple what does my tax have anything to do with it?

Not really sure what the controversy is here TBH. A mother who chooses to in advance BF provides her own milk, all being well. A mother who chooses in advance FF in advance should provide her own milk, all being well.

In many cases all is not well, mothers who intended to BF or FF should be provided with FF or expresses milk as required.

you have two options when you have a baby. to feed it with boob (milk is there) or feed with bottle. If there are sterlalising facilities then why should the nhs provide milk?

Actually not everyone had that option. I can't breastfeed. I did breastfeed dd but had an operation that mean I could not feed ds. I suppose I shouldn't have had him.

Tbh this already happens. My hospital say this but then do provide.
Every other patient gets fed when in hospital so I don't get why newborns are not afforded the same.

...or expressed milk as required...

Yanbu

My trust tells women to bring their own in but we provide disposable bottles as there are no sterilising facilities.

There is obviously a small amount kept just in case.

You are also expected to provide your own nappies and maternity pads, again we have spares just in case. Conversely, we don't have breast pads

and sookie - there is a thread at the moment where the mum-to-be is being bombarded with texts from the NHS (not free, I assume) trying to force her into going to BF workshops when she knows that she cannot BF because of the medication that she's on.
so, it's the NHS that has forced her to not be able to BF, so they should pay for the formula in the hospital.