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Infant feeding

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Did anyone not give ANY consideration to how they were going to feed their dc whilst pregnant?

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notnowbernard · 03/01/2009 11:54

I didn't (with dc1)

Was more freaked out by the idea that I was going to be bringing a BABY home than the issue of how I was going to feed it

My thoughts before were "Erm, I suppose I'll try and bf it but give it a bottle if it wants one"

That was it

Have wondered whether this helped get bf going well (had no pressure from anywhere... me, my Mum - she didn't bf us - the mw who wasn't particularly interested either)

Or whether it was just good luck. I bf dd1 for 9m in the end

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giantkatestacks · 03/01/2009 13:58

I didnt but only cos I knew I was going to bf...I didnt consider it not working tbh

GreenMonkies · 03/01/2009 14:01

It never occured to me not to breastfeed, if that counts?

BumblBeee · 03/01/2009 14:05

"I didnt but only cos I knew I was going to bf...I didnt consider it not working tbh"

Same with me.

lostinfrance · 03/01/2009 14:09

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piscesmoon · 03/01/2009 14:09

It never occurred to me not to bf-it is free, needs no preparation, you can do it anywhere and is best for the baby. There is no way I would fiddle around worrying about sterilization and making up bottles unless I had to! I didn't actively think about it.

2manychips · 03/01/2009 14:21

Same here-didnt even consider not bfeeding. It really suprised me when my pregnant friend went and bought bottles and sterlizers recently,I had nothing in the house if bfeeding had failed..

bubbleymummy · 03/01/2009 17:18

Same here. Just assumed breastfeeding would work and didn't think about it otherwise. Maybe that was naive considering that I have now heard of so many women who wanted to bf but ended up ff becuase they had problems and didn't get the help they needed but at the time I just figured - "Well that's what they're there for - I may as well put them to some use!"

Maria2007 · 03/01/2009 17:22

I thought about it a lot beforehand, I really really wanted to breastfeed, & was very anxious it wouldn't work out. To be honest though, all the preparation (NCT classes, and one breastfeeding seminar) were useless when it came to breastfeeding support. The support AFTER the birth was what made all the difference.

treedelivery · 03/01/2009 17:22

Had 'it's this or starve kid' attitude. Sounds harsh but thats how I felt!! Had nothing in to deal with her not feeding so just as well she got on with it!

Wisknit · 03/01/2009 17:25

Like most people here I never considered not BF. All my family do. That's the norm.

unfitmother · 03/01/2009 17:26

I just assumed I would BF, didn't give it a thought.

Joolyjoolyjoo · 03/01/2009 17:29

Was fairly determined to bf, so didn't truly consider any alternative, although if for some reason I was unable to do it/ continue, I don't think I would have beaten myself up about it.

Metatron · 03/01/2009 17:34

I also knew i would be bf. Didn't consider there to be an alternative tbh.

unknownrebelbang · 03/01/2009 17:39

I didn't think about it much at all, tbh.

Luckily for me, my best friend had breastfed her two children, who are that little bit older than DS1, so I just thought I'd try it and if it didn't work out use formula. I even bought a tin of formula just in case, although never used it.

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notnowbernard · 03/01/2009 19:25

Interesting replies

I just didn't think about any feeding, at all...

So sort of assumed I would try and bf... and FF if not (hadn't even considered the reasons why it might not work out - I was truly naive about it all ). Also had not thought about how to FF if I'd needed to. Would not have had a clue about sterilising, what type of formula, how often to feed etc

I hadn't changed a nappy before having dd1 so was more than a little freaked by the idea of actually owning a baby .

I'm glad bf worked out, but probably wouldn't have been upset at all if it hadn't

Would have felt VERY different with DD2 though... having had a positive exp feeding dd1, was definite about bf no.2. And now feel quite sad that I might not bf another baby (but that's another thread!)

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llareggub · 03/01/2009 19:53

I only really consider methods of feeding after reading mumsnet during my pregnancy. It was due to mumsnet that I decided to breastfeed and entirely due to the advice that I read on here that I'm still breastfeeding now that DS is 2.2, and I'm 22 weeks pregnant.

EyeballsintheSky · 03/01/2009 19:55

Put down bf on my notes right at the beginning. Didn't consider it not working either. Hence the hurried trip to Sainsbury on the way home from the hospital, me still in my slippers and ID tags.

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notnowbernard · 03/01/2009 19:57

Llareggub - that's lovely!

MN at its best

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NotBigJustBolshy · 03/01/2009 20:05

I knew I was going to bf, so didn't give it any more thought, or have anything available as back-up. Gave it even less thought the second time around and refused to countenance the idea of ff. Even when ds was turning into a little pale green stick of a baby after 3 months. My mother realised I was off my trolley and went and got some bottles and showed me how to do everything. Ya win some, ya lose some.

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