Oh Beanie thanks babe, I will have to give this a try!! I will let ya know how it goes.....I am just about healed up now, so will start again on the breast tomorrow, although I have managed to express and he has been having that then topped up with formula, but would love him to latch on!

If I can help at all, please PM me. Breastfeeding can be such a nightmare - I hated the early days but it sounds like you are doing great

I breast fed and proud of it i was 15 when i had my first baby and did it then i had morgan when i was 19 i did again im now on 4th baby and dont know what to do as it is very hard work breastfeeding and very tiring

spunky xx

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What really fucks me off is that in my healtch centre in the weigh in clinic there is a huge poster Breast Vs Bottle, and it list how a breast fed baby is likely to have a higher iq etc, now how do you think that makes the mums of bottle fed babies feel? Well I know it makes me feel shite, that I am making my daughter the under dog just cause I found Breastfeeding more painful than labour.

I just dont think it should be rubbed in peoples faces as much as it is in hospitals, baby clinics etc.

I admire those who do, but cut some slack for thise who dont!

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Right hun let me tell you one thing youve probably read in leaflets that breastfeeding is better than bottle because

1. your baby is less likely to be full of wind (bull) because whatever you eat that could make you windy and your feeding your baby that will make baby windy too

2.it says it will make you baby less likely to have eczema (bull) both mine had just the same as a baby on formula

3.If you go ill your milk goes off i remeber when i was feeeding my first he was 6 months old i went really bad sickness really rundown my milk went like water

4. You do what you find is easier dont let anyone tell you different

5.They dont tell you that breast feeding is more work than bottle
i remeber when i had morgan he would feed for 10 mins then go off to sleep wake up 15 mins later for another feed and it was like that a few hours a night you dont really know how much milk they are taking from you while breast feeding

6.Breastpads in mothercare they are about £4.50 a box for 100 i used to go through loads of boxes a month personally i think that is quiet expensive and its a pain in the backside because if you get a tingly feeling and haven fed baby and you dont change that pad asap you will have a big wet patch on your t-shirt thats embarrasing its a pain in and out of your bra all the time

so im thinking of bottle feeding this baby or maybe breast feed for a month i dunno as i find it a pain in the bum

dont leave any poster get you down as they dont tell you the other facts like its hardwork and the rest

spunkyxx

I have these support sites saved on my faves - Hypnorm was really helpful providing these. Thought I would just post them so those people who are having difficulties can contact help if they want

http://www.abm.me.uk/wendyross.htm - has links to support groups across the uk

www.kellymom.com

http://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/

http://www.breastfeedingsupporters.org.uk/

http://www.breastfeed.scot.nhs.uk/support.htm

http://www.rbbh.nhs.uk/breast-feeding-clinic

http://www.numarkpharmacists.com/hn/...ng_Support.htm

http://www.abm.me.uk/training.htm
http://www.breast-feeding.org.uk/services.htm

http://www.nct.org.uk/breastfeeding/phone.html

Thanks for the links beanie, I know Im a little way off, but Ihave decided I will try breast feeding again this time. Ihave a lot of plans this time with cloth bums, babywearing and breast feeding. Ihave read so much good stuff about all of it and I want to do that best I can to have another healthy contented baby.

Luke was born small 4lb 4oz and he would chomp on my nipple it was so painful, he never got the hang of it and i persisted for a week they used to top him up with naso gastric feeds but i must admit i wasn't enjoying it, he got so frustrated and i was so sore. i expressed for 5 weeks til my OH went back to work and i have bottle fed since and i was much happier for it.

it took us ages to find the right milk for luke, turns out he was lactose intolerant so we are now on SMA LF(lactose free) and he is a happy baby. for several weeks it was hard work as luke was so uncomfortable with belly ache and bad wind . I now have my happy boy back.

Tried with maddie and it HURT!!!

TBH i think i'd stick with bottle im gonna try again but keep remembering the pain and the Mw being mean to me

I feel lookeded down on tbh ...

Maybe im silly though!

xxx

My sister wasn't allowed out of the hospital until Jaksyn had a feed - he went 4 days before finally taking the breast. I was so impressed that the midwives never tried to persuade her to just bottle feed and that she was so determined. She's getting a lot of stick from the father's family though as they all want to babysit but can't because Jaksyn won't take a bottle of expressed milk at all, he just wants the breast (typical male!). My sister is sticking to her guns though and won't be bullied into changing to formula.

good on your sister, why change to formula just so the grandparents can babysit. If she were having problems, baby not gaining weight, then that is different. I always remember MIL trying to persuade me to bottle feed Alisha 'cos she was hungry baby, but i stuck with it, she was gaining weight well, and bf uptil she was nearly 12 months, got to a point where she really wasn't interested, and i wasn't gonna get up at 6am to feed her for her to suck for 2 mins, turn her nose up and go back to sleep

U have to do whats best for u and your baby.