I'll be breastfeeding. I want to be as connected to my lil one as possible and I think breast feeding really helps bond baby and mum. I also want to breast feed because of the health benefits both for mum and baby. A mum passes on antibodies tot he baby which help build their immune system. Also I'll lose the weight faster by breast feeding

I want to do combination feeds but still baffled over the whole thing!

Im still unsure..

However I do find the comment about thinking my boobs are toys or decorations was a little insenstive. If some one finds something uncomfortable (for personal reasons) the last thing you want is for some one to make comments like that alsmost making you feel ridiculed. Sorry if I have taken it the wrong way or perhaps being a little hormonal about the comment but its the way it was portrayed. I didnt realise I was such a person who came across so shallow as to think they are 'toys or decorations'.

After re-reading perhaps I have taken it totally the wrong way. But I just want every one to know that im not some immature giggly young girl who thinks its funny or any thing like that.

Sorry to whinge.

Any way. Im still weighing up the pro's and cons at the moment. I'm sure ill come to a decision shortly which I will beleive will suit me the best.

I know a lot of people that are weirded out by breastfeeding.

I will be breast feeding. I'll pump in between to have extra milk. I'm going to do it for 6 months and try to for at least 1 year.

with my first i tried to breast feed but i had no help from anyone and i got really sore and craked nipples, so i gave up after 2 weeks. I was only 15 at the time. With my second i had to express because my son was born premature he couldn't suck and had to be fed by a tube. Then i fed him but the day before he came home i had to go in for the night and he was feeding every hour. My milk had dried up i don't know why it just did. So he had to go on the bottle but he was 4 weeks old by then.
With this one i am going to breastfeed for as long as i can. i have already made my mind up.
Luv Cheryl xxx

I breast fed Charlie for 3.5 months, and only gave up as I had to return to work (doing 12hr days sometimes with out a break and 40 mins each way travel on top of that, I was unable to express and I leaked!)

Unfortunatley Ill have to go back to work around the same stage, but I want to BF for as long as I can.

I enjoyed BF Charlie for these reasons:
1. Easier in the night than getting up and doing bottles!
2. A huge sense of satisfaction
3. I was slimmer than pre birth by about a stone (although that returned plus more after I stopped!!)
4. It was such a great way of bonding (yes, I know thats a bit of a cliche'!)

Id suggest giving it a go, if its not for you then you can work out alternatives.

Good luck in what you decide. x

Yeah I plan to breastfeed this baby as well. Bfed my daughter for 18 months and would like to do the same for this baby.

As far as I'm concerned the pros of breastfeeding far outweigh any "cons" and I want to give my baby the best start in life that I possibly can.

Breastfed all 3 of mine and hope to do same with this one. Loved it and had no problems (just made toes curl around day 5 when first starting feed, not sure why that happened!) My friend found nct very helpful. Will say I sometimes felt a little miffed when i was up feeding in early hours of morning and hubby snoring away beside me! But as health visitor said when i am feeding in the day i can give out jobs to be done by hubby.

I dont have a clue wheter i want to breast or bottle what did people do?

I tried to breastfeed my first and was unable to, I didn't get much help from the nurses and I found bottle feeding easier. I breastfed my second one until she was 9 months old. I am planning on breastfeeding this one up to one year. I don't think anyone HAS to breastfeed their baby it's a personal choice. There are pros and cons to doing both bf and bottle feeding. As long as YOU feel comfortable with your decision is all that really matters. Good luck!