Expressing whilst I'm away for the day and night!

[StressedButBlessedx]

So I'm planning on breastfeeding after having my ds next week. If all goes to plan, I'm stressing about a wedding we have on Feb 19th.

It's my partners boss' wedding and they've paid a lot for our meal etc.. so not really something we can get out of. My ds will be staying with my mum from when we go to the wedding, until the following morning. But I'm stressing about expressing and him not taking to a bottle whilst we're away!

Is there anyone who has been in a similar situation and how did you get around it? Was baby okay and just accept the bottle? Did you test and try beforehand? Did it make switching back to breast difficult?? TIA

Am I right in believing that ds will be only three weeks old when you attend the wedding? Leaving him for so long at such a young age is likely to cause nipple confusion. Your partner’s boss needs to understand that either you take the baby with you to the wedding or you don’t go.

You can definitely something you can “get out of”. You’re DS will only be 3 weeks, breastfeeding might not be established yet so nipple confusion is a real risk.
I’d suggest sending your partner for the ceremony & maybe the meal. No one expects new partners to leave their brand new baby so soon, surly?

At most - at absolute most - you should be considering setting up your mum very nearby in a hotel room (so you can feed baby every 2 hours or so) and then you should attend only from the ceremony to the meal before leaving.
But honestly think you should duck out of the whole thing, and duck out now rather than nearer the time. There may be a plus 1 they weren’t able to accommodate but now can? That happened to us near our own wedding. It’s a pain but totally understandable - and you do have the best excuse!

Thankyou everyone, I agree with you all and needing it validating in my head :)