Baby Milk for Hospital

[BakewellGin1]

Advised that I need to take milk into hospital...
Which is best in your opinion ?
Also approx how many ?
Thank You

onemorego2019

It’s is exactly what you imply. In fact every single one of your posts suggest you have a problem with formula feeding, and this -

With the right support and advice most women can feed. Those that can't are in a minority and should be respected. But in modern times we have options available to us to ease the burden. Formula is one of those.

Implies only women who physically can’t feed should be respected. Not those who choose to formula feed because they find breastfeeding really hard.

If that’s not your intention then your choice of language is poor.

It’s irrelevant whether you choose to bf or ff, every parents decisions should be respected. A breast feeding mother isn’t a better mother than I was with my decision to formula feed.

Wow that escalated Thanks everyone for the supportive comments. Will have a look around at the weekend and get organised.. Each to their own and as long as it works for you and baby is happy that's what matters whether BF or FF. To those who are worried by any of the comments. Do whats right for you. x

I'm planning on buying Aptamil because it seems to be in all my local shops.

Going to FF straight away with this baby, I'll have a nearly 11 year old as well who has been through a lot and still stuggling with me having another baby. So I'm choosing what will be the easiest option for our family. I'm choosing not to struggle this time with establishing bf and to spend lots of time with my DD as well as baby, maybe she'll even want to help with feeds.

That's awful, home! I BF's DD2 in hospital, then FF'd her for a couple of days because she'd chewed one of my nipples, but saw a NCT counsellor and was able to get her fully back on the breast when she was about 1 week old. My son had a terrible tongue tie and was mixed fed for 8 months.

Thanks for posting this as I wanted too but was worried about the back lash from BF mums and it looks like I was right! This is exactly what is wrong with mums, pushing their own breast is best opinions on other mums and making them feel guilty for using formula. FED is best.
Anyway. I decided to this time around to FF. Last time I used Aptamil but have seen some odd feedback about their new formula not mixing well. So I went down the local supermarket and looked at what brands are readily available. We went for HIPP organic. The powder. And for hospital I've brought 2 packs of 8 ready made formula in the sterile bottles as was unsure how many to take so thought we'd get 2 boxes just incase. Check with hospital if they provide formula, mine doesn't now even if you go in there wanting to BF and csnt for whatever reason you still need to take back up formula but this is obviously just the case in my hosp and might be different in your area x

I had a breast reduction 4 years ago due to my hight and chest size. I was told I would never be able to breast feed and at that time I was okay with it because of the pain it caused me.

I feel like some people in this thread have just made the assumption that OP doesn't want to BF and jumped on the 'Breast is best' band wagon. I'm sure breast is best but unfortunately some of us don't have that option

I've only read the first page and realised that some people can be absolute twats about formula feeding.

Both of my children started on SMA. I changed my second to Aptamil and she was so much happier so I don't believe all formulas can be the same.

Breast isn't always best, that much I do know.

Wishing you all the best.

I am currently in hospital 2 days post section and chose today to start formula feeding. I did bring some cow and gate bottled just incase but the hospital have supplied them anyway.

Dont want to get into a bf vs formula feeding debate but will add i tried to breast feed on section day and day after. She was a 37wk delivery and i was barely getting any colostrum and she was struggling to latch. Last night i was exhausted and my mind was doing some funny things whilst we both got frustrated trying to satisfy babys needs when i just decided i want my baby satisfied witout distress to either of us. Cup fed 20ml of formula and not long after one happy baby and mam!

@wombatsears @Ambs81 are you both this insufferable in real life?

Oh the midwives here keep telling me all bottled milk is the same too if ur debating brands.

Goodness me, it’s a good job the OP is in a good state of mind and not struggling with any pre natal depression or anxiety.

This thread is quite revolting.

Oh the midwives here keep telling me all bottled milk is the same too if ur debating brands

I remember midwives saying this too. But my second child was much happier after switching to Aptamil so there's obviously some differences between brands.

Most midwives I saw were very negative about ff, a couple to the point that they would barely answer my questions about sterilising bottles.

Most midwives I saw were very negative about ff, a couple to the point that they would barely answer my questions about sterilising bottles.

I don’t think they’re allowed to? Which is an absolute nonsense of course - most of the disadvantages of formula feeding are due to badly prepared bottles.

My son was formula fed after a very long battle trying to make BF work. After 3 weeks I was still under midwife care and she said to me, we aren’t allowed to say this but your baby will be just fine if you give him formula, you’re ruining yourself here trying to nurse him.

I managed to Bf my twins so not sure what the issue was with my son. I think some babies are better at it than others!

So many totals lies about BF on this thread!

It amazes me that women that havent been successful in BF feel the need to fabricate these kind of lies to validate their choice.

Also contains vitamins that aren't present in bm
Completely untrue, of course bm had more vitamins, antibodies and benefits then formula.
It's beneficial to babies with reflux
Untrue again, breastfeed babies dont generally get reflux, they rarely even need to be winded. Reflux and colic is almost exclusively linked in ff as babies struggle to digest formula the bottle teets cause trapped wind.

Untrue again, breastfeed babies dont generally get reflux, they rarely even need to be winded. Reflux and colic is almost exclusively linked in ff as babies struggle to digest formula the bottle teets cause trapped wind.

My daughter must be a medical oddity then

Untrue again, breastfeed babies dont generally get reflux, they rarely even need to be winded.

A lady I know is a breastfeeding counsellor(I think that's what she's called). Her second child, breastfed obviously, had the most horrendous reflux. He only improved when weaned. Many babies in my family both bf and ff have had reflux.

@Ambs81 how many babies have you expertly breastfed?

I don’t think they’re allowed to?

If that's true, then that puts babies in danger so they are hardly doing a good job.

I remember feeding my son, my first child and the midwife did her first home visit so my son was probably 3 days old. I had just put his bottle on the coffee table so I could wind him. She picked it up, looked at it like I was feeding him poison and shook her head. She had been very vocal about her view of ff in my antenatal appointments. I just glared at her but was so exhausted I just couldn't think of anything to say. Luckily my OH picked up on it and she was all smiles after he showed her up for behaving like a bitch to a new mum who had stitches, an infection and hadn't slept. I was much more confident with my second so just shut them down myself.

What I found strange at hospital is the midwife actually trying to push formula on our first night as my baby was non-stop breastfeeding. I explained that baby was establishing feeding and that everything was ok - and this was a UNICEF accredited hospital and there was no medical reason to give formula so not sure about this accreditation.. I’ve had two babies, one EBF and one mixed fed. Wish I had EBF the first one due to faffing around with bottles at night which was really time consuming but our mixed fed one is a very happy healthy child, even though the sleep deprivation effects from her poor sleep and constant bottle feeding had long lasting effects and caused a fairly large age gap haha. Good luck OP I’m sure all will be fine :)

Christ. I remember someone asking for advice on formula and she got three pages of advice on how BF was best.
She did post after that she had both breasts removed due to cancer and a lot of people made her feel pretty shit

faffing around with bottles at night which was really time consuming but our mixed fed one is a very happy healthy child

I had my 2 children when you were still 'allowed' to make bottles in advance. We had a cooler and warmer by the bed so it wasn't time consuming. I'm sure it would be more time consuming to make a bottle up from scratch as recommended now, but once they're in a routine I suppose you can have it ready.

Ollivander84

I hope it made them think twice next time. Anyone that makes a new mum feel bad for her choices when she's doing her best just needs to be ignored. It's vile.

My daughter must be a medical oddity then hmm
Yep, and my horrendously colicky bf baby too. Still very windy even completely weaned. You're living in cloud cuckoo land if you think that bf babies don't even need to be winded! Also all bf babies need to have vit d drops and when older need to take a multi vitamin when FF babies do not.

When I breastfeed my baby in public I constantly had ff feeding mothers offering me dramatic tales of how the whole world was stacked against meaning they had to ff.

This thread is just a rehash of that, women allegedly very happy with their choice yet so defensive!

As i've stated above yes I bf, but when i needed to return to work I gave my baby formula as part of mix feeding, because I needed to.

I have no issue with anyone who needs to formula feed, what I feel saddened about it women not having the confidence to attempt it, or to to persevere because of

1. very effective marketing for formula brands, almost always featuring an exhausted mum pacing the floor - and a plump baby happily cooing after mum has bought formula
2. lack of support from health professional
3. lack of support from family and friends
4. fear of feeding in pubic/ body confidence issues

If you go through this thread the cast majority of mums are ff, breastfeeding mothers are in the minority. And this aligns with the statistics, bf rates are low and getting lower.

We have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. Why???