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MIL pressure to BF

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ThatsNotMyCherry · 12/08/2020 13:38

I’ve read a lot about mothers and mother in laws pressurising women who bf to bottle feed (I guess because in the 70s women were encouraged to bottle feed). In my case however my mother in law keeps going on about how amazing breastfeeding is and how in my in laws pretty much everyone bf until they babies are around 1 years old or more. My husbands sister is the only one who didn’t and my mother in law is very critical about this. I’m struggling with Bf my 6 week old baby. Started giving top ups from very early due to poor weight gain and now basically top up at every feed (which is a disaster I know!). I fully expect I won’t be able to continue like this for much longer and I dread having to hear her comments which will no doubt make me feel guilty. Has anyone been through this? :(

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squeekums · 14/08/2020 03:44

@ThatsNotMyCherry

Have any of you had pressure to BF from mothers or mothers in law? Everything I read is about pressure to bottle feed from the older generation
From MIL, the local GP, every tom, dick and harry Smile, nod and ignore became 2nd nature

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