I'd say give it a go and see how you get on, even if you only BF for those 3 months, I'd say thats better than nothing.

I'm hoping to breastfeed for as long as possible, but not everyone finds it easy to do, so just see how you go, formula is pretty good nowadays too.

There is nothing wrong with bottle feeding at all.

I had BF drummed into me so much in my first pregnancy that I would not give up, so much so that it was so lucky my GP just popped in off her own back to see how I was doing........she just happened to be there when my Mum changed my baby's nappy, she saw the contents and her little legs and yelled "this baby is being starved". (I had not slept all night as I was constantly feeding her, so my Mum had sent me to bed whilst I rested, the Doctor insisted I got up so she could see me)......She took looked at my face, hands legs and took my blood pressure.......I also had postpartum eclampsia!!

My milk never came in hence Jade being starved.....she had gone from 7lb 14oz down to 6lb in just 5 days! The best thing I ever did was put her on the bottle and that was my orders form my GP! We never looked back, she is now a very healthy 9yr old, and I also have a very healthy 10 month old who has been on bottles from day one......I did start BF along with bottle feeding but he got a cold at 3 weeks and he couldn't lay in the right position to take the breast (As I did have milk this time, not loads tho) so he then went onto the bottle full time.

I think it is nice if you can do it even if just for a couple of hours, as the colostrum has your anti-bodies in it, but I do not think BF is the be all and end all. It gets drummed into people too much these days and they are not given all the benefits of bottle feeding and the fact that you do actually get healthy babies from bottles too! x

I will breastfeed...I was breastfed and I turned out fabulous!!

Breastfeeding here too... too cheap to not.

But both DH and DD want to feed baby too and I was offered some great advice as to a bottle that mimics the breast VERY closely. A baby sucks different for a bottle and breast, which is why many may have trouble breastfeeding if a baby gets supplements in the hospital (with a bottle) prior to having the breast.

http://www.adiri.com/products_html/natural_nurser.asp

http://www.babybungalow.com/adbrnutulbab.html

Aparently Adiri's Natural Nursers are just the ticket for those who still want to encourage breastfeeding but need someone else to feed, or need a break for whatever reason. The sucking a baby does with this bottle, mimics that done on mom's breast.

I'm going to try to breastfeed with this baby. I didn't really get the chance to with Drake. I had to pump for him since he wouldn't take the boob since he was in the NICU for 2 weeks. That kinda made my work even harder. I also have inverted nipples which made it even tougher. I managed a month of pumping before I gave up and switched him to formula completely. He was also a piggy and was eating more than I was making . Hopefully things go better this time but if it doesn't work out, I have no problem with bottle feeding either. Drake turned out just fine

If its any help I breastfed all 3 of mine, and still am the youngest who is nearly 9 months. I went back to work around the 12 -14 week mark and it is hard work. B4 going back to work I expressed as much as I could and froze it ready for when I went back to work. I then either expressed early morning b4 going to work, norm alarm set 6.15, go have breakfast, take drink back to bed & express, or get LO uo and fed ( do this now) although get up about 6.30

I then expressed at lunchtime although now stopped that about 3 weeks ago as now weaned doesn't have b'feed @ lunch when home plus was only just getting 4oz.

Then feed / express when get home & hubby cooks tea ( now dropped this too), then bedtime feed.

I now just give feed morning & night, occasionally has feed mid afternoon when @ home but rare.

Hope this helps.

I'm breastfeeding, absolutely!
Lol, already calling myself a (soon to be) lactavist and my midwife told me that if I want I can get trained to be a breastfeeding consultant

Bottle feeding is JUST FINE! In fact, it has some advantages- other people can feed the baby also, giving you a break. You don't have to find somewhere to go when you're out and about and need to feed baby. AND you don't have nearly as much trouble as most do when they finally try to switch from breast to bottle, or even breast to sippy cup! The only downside is it's special time for you and baby, but some women don't feel that way about it anyway. Some women just don't like it at all. With my first I mainly pumped because we had a lot of trouble, plus had to supplement with formula anyway. I'd pump if I were you (although you could do BOTH) since you have to go back to work anyway! Don't let other people bother you about it. They have their own opinion, and if they disagree with you it doesn't make you wrong or them right! You'll figure out what's best for you! But I'd definately invest in a pump ahead of time! Good luck!

***After reading back at previous comments I'm not sure if we're talking about nursing vs. pumping or breastmilk vs. formula! My response was about nursing vs. pumping! If you can try to feed baby breastmilk that would be best, although formula is ok too. My first child ended up on formula because I was anemic and had issues with my milk establishing. But again, whatever you choose to do!***

i am breastfeeding.