Breast and Bottle

im gonna do that to Linelle.  Half and half. Be easier I reckon . be good to hear opinions

Asked out of pure curiosity: why don't you want to breastfeed while out?

Umm, just a personal thing. I would prefer to be able to sit in a room and continue to talk to people while feeding but if breatfeeding i am not the sort of person who would be comfortable doing that. I understand that you would be able to if you were breatfeeing but it's out of my comfort zone. And i also feel it would let my partner feel more invovled as he can't really put my breast on and feed the baby.

yeah I feel a bit like that too Linelles. If I had to breast feed while out in public id have to go to a proper mothers room or whatever you call them, near the public toilets. At least with breast and bottle feeding combined baby would get the nutrients that he/she needs as well as partner being able to be more involved with feedings and when out can bottle feed.

Hi ya,
I too was very nervous about the though of breastfeeding in public, but after giving birth I am not too shy about my boobs anymore! LOL. It is totally personal choice lovey, you have to be comfortable with breastfeeding, so do whatever you feel at ease with. One point to note though about bottle feeding is that a breastpump is not as efficient at keeping your milk supply up as a baby suckling so you might want to bear that in mind when you are thinking about how many bottle feeds a day you are going to slot in. I was also told by birthcare not to bottle feed for the first 6 weeks so that your milk supply has a chance to settle into what baby needs. It is also easier for baby to get milk from a bottle than it is from the boob and some babies will start refusing the breast. I had no trouble with my wee man, he took food however he could get it but my friend had real trouble keeping her milk supply up when the baby started refusing the breast.
bonz

i did both with caitlyn-and i found it worked out fine, it was also good cos she got used to a bottle very early on so when i decided to wean her at 14months i didnt have any hassles getting her on to a bottle


your the one that will be responsible for feeding her so just do what ur comfortable with chicky

I have to agree with the other girls here.. I was determined I was going to breastfeed, and did.. but felt a bit shy about the idea of breastfeeding in public.. oh man, if only you knew how all of your modesty flies out the window once you give birth I breastfed everywhere, it was my right lol and I was not going to starve my baby because someone else had a problem with it! I even fed infront of my partner's workmates, they were all guys back then lol

Living in Saudi there is no way I can breastfeed in public and they don't provide any rooms where you can go and breastfeed so if we're out I take a bottle of expressed milk for Zac and it works fine. Just remember though to introduce the bottle after 6 weeks I think it is as some babies won't take the bottle if you leave it too long.

And I also bought a breastfeeding t-shirt off the breastmates website which is great as there is a flap for you to put your breast through so you don't have to lift the t-shirt and expose your tummy or back and you can't see your breast...it's great when you have visitors and don't want to leave the room to feed.

Edited by Kim

Someone (janine maybe) gave geat advice abour wearing boob tubes under your t-shirts. You can lift t-shirt up and pull boob tube down and hey preseto, no exposed baby belly!! I must admit, I don't like breastfeeding in public very much. I';m fine in the park when people have no idea what is going on, but in a restaurant...hmmm, not sure.
Went to a party with my dad when Jake was a baby and I started to breastfeed him. Dad made a huge deal of "shielding" me. If he'd shut up and let me get on with it, no one would've noticed, course everyone looks at the man acting as a human barrier though.....idiot!

I totally agree Liz!!

LOL about your dad, hehehehe, gotta love em, hehehehe