Bottle or breast?

Okies so i dont know how many women are gonna go meh meh meh over this but if so please dont as i am only wanting advice.

I have spoken to cory about this and my mum and they agree.

I have extremely sensitive inverted nipples and i wont let Cory near them EVER let alone i cringe when drying them after a shower, i am really concerned that breast feeding is not me and am seriously considering bottle/formula feeding ella. Cory would prefer me to bottle feed coz he knows how bad i am with my boobs etc and he doesnt wanna see me get upset and feel like a failure.

My question is did anyone here bottle feed from the start and if so which is the best formula to use?

Thanks maya Im going to talk to my midwife about it on thursday and tell her we are going to bottle feed and see what she says shes pretty good normally

Maya was on script-only formula too. Am hoping to breastfeed this baby (fed Maya to 10 mths) but if I can't for any reason bubs will have to go straight onto Pepti-Jnr.

If she screams her lungs out all day everyday you'll know.. your mummy instincts will kick in :)
Most babies are fine and occassionally some need you to try a different brand of formula for them.. then theres others like our lil miss trouble who have allergies lol.

i never fed my first daughter due to complications.... nothing we could control, anyway there was sooooo much pressure put on me to breast feed that it led me to feel really low, and suffer from depression because i was a failure. i tried eveything including a nipple shield (which i think is something that helps with inverted nipples) but i did accept that i couldnt feed my daughter. with my second daughter i breast fed with no probs right from the start, and to tell you the truth i didnt enjoy it much, prob because i had bottle fed my first and to me that seemed more natural?!

anyway i would make sure that if you choose not to that it gets put in your notes as there is that pressure from the hospital staff.

and please, dont feel bad at your descion, we also have to think about whats best for us too. the only main difference with a good formula and breastmilk is antibodies.... they still get all the other goodness, and ella will still thrive!

for formula, we chose s26 gold. the hospital had used it and we had heard good things about it.

as for inverted nipples, my grandma had them too, and she had four children and never beastfed any, my mum was drinking cows milk as a baby... they lived on a farm too.

goodluck!     

I fed Taine one bottle of formula a day from day one...now he has mainly formula and breast at night. We used Nurture plus and he seems to be good. As for the plunket and midwife - my midwife suggested it as my son is extremely active( older one) getting enough to eat and relaxing (all important for good milk) was impossible and Taine was hungry!! Oh, and I juist didn't tell plunket. i lied. went well!

usually youre handed over to plunket 4-6 weeks after birth - prior to that its midwife care..
You can choose a different wellchild provider if your plunket isnt any good though.

I love my PLunket nurse - can't say that enough!

Hey Jess, I wouldn't worry about allergies unless you have a family history really. Otherwise just get started on a standard formula and you will soon know if Ella doesn't like it. I gave Maya a bottle at 5 mths and her face blew up like a balloon and she was covered in hives, so it was pretty obvious.

Good luck with your decision

Nah its based on what i know of myself pretty much and it just so happens that my husband and mum are supporting me. I cant even touch my nipples it drives me nuts. To me its like nails down a blackboard so i know ill do it and go ugh ewwwww noooo! lol I had been thinking about this since i got pregnant and since its getting closer to her arrival i needed to make a decision.