I need advice

[Amyanonymous1]

I just recently had a baby and I’m finding it hard to feel anything but sadness and exhaustion. I am absolutely overwhelmed with anxiety about breastfeeding as at the start my bay had tongue tie which was fixed but at that point I’d gotten used to pumping so I’ve been pumping and feeding him in a bottle. It’s been almost a month and I’m so exhausted I just want to switch to formula but I have such guilt and an finding it hard to find any advice online that doesn’t sound like it’s sort of pushing for me to continue with the breast milk or try to breastfeed. I don’t know what to do and I need advice: help!

Hi I can’t really help with the breast feeding because I never wanted to do it and weirdly I was dry my milk never came!

but exhaustion without breastfeeding is real,
I’m now laying next to a 20 month old little girl who was formula fed now on full fat milk. She’s happy she’s healthy she’s growing she’s so forward active the lot! So ofcourse there’s added benefits to breast but it’s really fed that’s best! Doesn’t matter how just as long as they are.

you need to decide when it’s right for you to drop feeds and replace them with formula and you don’t need to do it all suddenly! There’s nothing to feel guilty about, you are doing great and it truly is hard enough without the added pressure of feeding!