FF at a Breastfeeding Support Group

[BabiesEverywhere]

Looking for opinions.

Would it be reasonable to have a couple of FF feeding mums (very nice ladies) at a Breastfeeding support group ?

Would your opinion change if you knew they started to breastfeed and swapped to FF ?

Do you think they would be supportive and give helpful advice to the other new mums or would the fact they swapped to formula lower the rate of other mums trying to establish breastfeeding ?

Thanks

well then your mission is to get your idiot HCP sacked...

Or shot [hardline]

Message withdrawn

Message withdrawn

CE, it's only like this because of the mental HCP - whereabouts are you and we'll see if we can't find you a support group local to you?

Have you got any particular concerns that people on MN can help with? Congrats on birth of your baby!

Message withdrawn

at clara's dp

CE, you've just bumped one of the ideas I'd had for my blog to the top with that post - support from partners and family.

Can you, very calmly, ask him why he wants you to stop. Then can you use some "I" statements, again v calmly? So maybe say, "I feel very unhappy when I think about stopping breastfeeding" and "I would prefer to give

Clara your husband is being a selfish baby, why couldn't he sleep in bed with you (get him some ear plugs) and what are his objections to you breastfeeding ?

Why not tell him you plan to co-sleep / breast until babe is 10 years old !!!

Crossed posted with HM sensible and practical advice.

if you read claras first thread on mn about her relationship, her dh beggars belief on more than one occasion
I have immense respect for CE getting to where she is now without ANY support from her dh, who openly admitted disliking the little boy from the start.

She deserves a bloody medal IMO

CE - at your DH too. I assume you've tried the usual things to convince him? The "no need for you to do a nighttime bottle" and "save £400 in the first year" arguments work fairly well with blokes IME. But ultimately, you're doing what's right for your baby so don't let him put you off.

As for the pulling off and crying thing... at 4 wks it could be that he's not that hungry and is just tired or overstimulated but doesn't know how else to wind himself down. So if that's the case you could try some long walks in the buggy (bit cold mind you!) and see if that helps him chill out. The other thing is that it could be that he has a touch of oral thrush and it's making feeding painful.

Message withdrawn

oh well done for keeping going, clara, it's hard enough. i hope dh feels able to bond soon, four weeks is nothing in the scheme of things. soon there will be smiles and gurgles and laughter and it'll be easier to see them getting on.

I don't think my DH was that into either of ours until they were interacting a lot more. On the boobs/sexual front... breastfeeding releases lots of oxytocin which is the love hormone and I believe that makes you more likely to be in the mood. Try that one on him Mind you, my DH isn't getting any and I've been feeding DD 9 months!

No worries Pastilla, you'd have to have a pretty dark sense of humour to find my breastfeeding experiences that funny!