hi all,
I have bottle fed one child and breast fed the other two. The first time I bottle fed I was not informed about breast feeding( as not promoted so much then) so decided to bottlefeed. However a couple of days in I had a huge urge to breastfeed when my milk came in. I was young and naive and didn't know what to do and felt I had let my child down and distressed. My next child I knew I wanted to breast feed but again was not informed about the down side of cracked nipples etc and again became distressed. By the time I had my third child I knew fully what to expect and decided to breast feed but if it didn't work out, not too stress. Third time was very enjoyable but I believe feeding my other too children could of been enjoyable if I was informed fully, not told parrot fashioned but really discuss the whole topic fully whilst feeling relaxed.

I think the moral !!! of the story is mothers need to be fully informed of all different aspects of our natural instincts and how hard it can be, and then if we are not comfortable the decission to bottle feed not to be made out as a poor choice. Ibelieve this is very important as the slightest bit off distress can cause a woman to fall into a depression and this needs to be avoided and i can see only by fully informing these woman, which all of you sound great at!

Just hope i get accepted so I can put this into practise!!

Carla
(fingers still crossed !!!!)