Anyone not spent a penny on breastfeeding kit?

[bunglecat77]

At my antenatal classes, the teacher said that one advantage of breastfeeding is that it's completely free. Great, I thought. Four months in, I'm starting to question this. So far I've bought:
Breast pads
Lansinoh
Nursing bras x 4 in two sizes
Extra vests and T-shirts I can feed in more easily than my old clothes
A secondhand pump
Bottles and teats for expressing
Sterilising tablets
Vitamin D tablets
And maybe most expensive of all... 20% more food to fuel all that milk production.

I should probably say I'm in favour of BF, even though I don't enjoy it much.

But could anyone really do it totally for free?!

Health visitor went on about vitamin D - because we're far north it's hard to get enough vitamin D in winter - especially if you're at all dark skinned. I'm comfortable that I'm not vitamin D deficient though, so I don't intend to supplement (HV also went on about iron at 6 months since I'm breastfeeding, which I'm also comfortable enough to not to supplement unless there are other issues)..

the feeding bras normally unclip at the top of the strap so you can expose the whole boob - they are easier, but they tend not to to be underwired and given I'm a H cup now, and the little plastic clips break easily (I don't think they can really take the strain :D) I decided not to bother buying any more and I'm coping without just fine.

It wasnt mentioned to me. I did the pregnancy folic acid but that was all I knew I had to take. I doubt its needed tbh.