Breastfeeding ... after breast implants..?

[YummyMummy1208]

Bit of a random topic but after having my little boy whos 2 i had a boob job thinking i wouldnt be having any more kids for a long time but am now pregnant and have a really big question mark over my head when the question 'are you going to breast feed' comes up!

Have any of you out there breast fed after having implants and how did it work out? selfish thing to be thinking but i dont want all that money sent down the pan by having saggy boobs after breast feeding! but i also am not a person that totally agrees with the whole you should always breastfeed for 6 months thing. i think nowadays the formula produced for babies is soo close at mimicking breast milk there really isnt much difference between the two.

If i chose to bottle feed it would help us a lot in the way that my OH could be involved more from the beginning and i can get more sleep after the birth - i now have a wake up call by 6am daily off my toddler so cant really rest during the day to make up for being up half the nite with a new baby.

Just opinions and past experiences would help a lot if you have any!

good luck with it all, i am sure you will find what works for you.

YummyMummy - can see you're very busy with work, your child and pregnancy.

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I think what alarmed me is that the products originally used for formula were waste products from making butter and other dairy items.

The US agricultural department contemplated burying the waste until they realised it could be marketed as baby formula.

I would use formula if I have to but I will try very hard not to initially.

Good luck making your decision.

I am personally pro bf-ing for me, not for anyone else. My reasons are purely selfish and can basically be summed up by 'it's more convenient for me'. This was my experience with DS:
Baby cries, put him/her to boob - baby often stops.
Baby won't go to sleep, put him/her to boob - baby sleeps.
Night feeds, put him/her to boob - Mum and baby go to sleep . Not officially recommended.
I find sterilising a faff and I liked having big firm boobs for a while - so much so it actually made me consider having a boob job at some time in the future.

I am preg again and planning to BF for the reasons above alone. I will probably express so that DH can get involved too, but not too much (see laziness and sterilizing point made above ).

I found BF-ing unbelievably difficult for the first two weeks and pure obstinance made me persevere. (In hosp after EMCS nurse gave DS formula against my wishes, I therefore refused to let her beat me .

I do have a problem with a lot of the pro BF stats that get bandied around from the World Health Organization. They are perfectly valid for WHO to use, who are looking at things on a global scale, but less so from UK MWs. It's rarely made clear that they include data on FF in countries without adequate access to clean water, let alone sterilising.

I am very happy to be corrected though if I am mis-informed.

FWIW, exclusively expressing (I think you mentioned this???) is far from being an easier option. A friend did this after her DC1 had latch issues and she got poor support when in hospital and she found it a nightmare in the end - so often hooked up to a pump and unable to look after the baby properly whilst pumping (at least a breastfeeding baby is occupied, lol). Plus pumping doesn't mean no pain either. And then the hassle of sterilising bottles on top. With her 2nd she went straight to formula as she couldn't cope with the idea of a repeat of the nightmare.

Another friend had health issues and couldn't take the medications she needed when breastfeeding so FF from a few weeks old. She bonded fine with her baby.

At the end of the day, it's your choice.

Breastmilk is better for the baby - with your DC's health issues, it's possible they could've been worse on formula for example. But if you decide you can't cope with it for whatever reason, that's your choice.

Would it be a problem to get them fixed again?

I know your problem is more with regards to are they going to sag again and im sure they will.