Probably an odd question to breastfeeders, what formula would you use if you had to

[TinkerBellesMum]

After Tink was born they asked me if I had a preference (obviously until I could pump enough they would have to use some formula) and I said "not really" because I don't know a thing about formula. They said "Well, we've already given her some Premium, is it OK if we just carry on with that then?"
how the heck should I know? It's what she had anyway until I was giving enough milk for her.

I'm expecting to have this one early and the same question to come up, I'm still nursing Tink but I'm not going to be pumping enough straight away.

So what would you answer? Would you take into consideration their practices (C&G is probably not the most careful company at promoting their wares) or would you go for a good formula or would you just trust the NNU staff to just give her the first one out the box (or whatever they use to decide)?

The hospital I'm at is a bank, so they do have DBM, they just didn't seem to offer it to everyone.

I was wondering whether, because it's much of a muchness, people would look into the practices. The C&G adverts are winding me up at the moment and I keep thinking "that's what Tink had!" Since she's been born I've been a lot more interested in these things, especially in the last 18 months(ish) since discovering MN.

I think it would be worth looking into Neocate

DD had a few top ups in first few days due to low blood sugars and the reason the midwives gave for their choice of Aptamil (when I said I didn't have a clue and would would they suggest) was that it tasted the most like breastmilk. No idea if this is true or not!

As an aside, the C&G adverts are also winding me up and if I ever needed to give DD formula (and I really hope we can get to 12 months without doing so) I will definitely not give her C&G. So there!