I'm definately NOT breastfeeding, anyone else?

[Vicxzy]

For my own reasons I dont want to do it & wont even be trying...
Anyone else?
& is there anything I can do to stop my boobs from getting painful with milk if I dont?x

 

[xx emma xx]

I'm defo not doing it either. X

 

[smess26]

Sudafed.from day 1 cabbage leaves and nurofen and paracetmol. X

 

[smess26]

And.frozen flannels... keep two sets abd once.one has gone warm swap.

 

[xshauna_bazx]

I am definitely not... not even trying it. I might with my second but i just won't feel comfortable doing it now i don't think. xxx

 

[KatyMarie]

I am definitely not... not even trying it. I might with my second but i just won't feel comfortable doing it now i don't think. xxx

I feel exactly the same as that! Really don't want to do it!
xx

 

[xshauna_bazx]

Yeah... i hate having my nipples touched too lol. xxx

 

[Vicxzy]

Sudafed.from day 1 cabbage leaves and nurofen and paracetmol. X

Sudafed?x

 

[Vicxzy]

Yeah... i hate having my nipples touched too lol. xxx

Shauna sometimes I wonder how ur babygirl ever got there in the first place with quotes like this & 'I hate anything being inside me' x

 

[xshauna_bazx]

Lmao haha! Oh i know i crack my family up with half the stuff that comes out of my mouth lol. xxx

 

[riotfox]

I'm not breastfeeding. Don't they give you some tablets to take to dry your milk up if you don't intend to breastfeed? xx

 

[Vicxzy]

I'm not breastfeeding. Don't they give you some tablets to take to dry your milk up if you don't intend to breastfeed? xx

Im not sure? Would've thought with how militant Midwives are they wouldnbt give u anything to help you not feed?x

 

[Kim1]

when i had my daughter 9 years ago they didnt give me any tablets to dry the milk out. i was in agony when they engorged. i leaked milk for a whole year afterwards! my nipples were so infected! really not nice. im not sure if they give tablets now but have heard from others that they dont. i intend to breastfeed this time though x

 

[KellyHook]

I'm not going to breastfeed either.. I didn't breastfeed with brooke, I just expressed my milk for a couple of days as she was in special care so thought any goodness she can have from that. But I didn't do it very long!

 

[midnight]

i was going to but i was going to buy everything with the sure start mat grant but as i dont get it i couldnt and just breast feeding without pumping would be impossible for me

 

[Lou_1]

im not this time round either x

 

[Roo3]

I'm going to do it for a couple of days so the baby gets the colostrum, but I'm not doing it for long. They were talking about it at my antenatal class yesterday and the midwifes there actually seemed quite supportive of women who decide not to breastfeed which I was surprised at. I guess it might be a different matter at the hospital.

 

[midnight]

oh and you dont get tablets to dry up milk just dont do anything to stimulate them after birth

 

[leibiloo87]

I dont want to and didnt with my other 2 but feel so pressured to 'give it a go' that I feel ill be bullied into it at the hospital I hate by nipples been touched at all I have trouble finding comfy bras coz there so sensitive and for me the thought of breastfeeding in front of anyone but my husband just makes me cringe I just wouldnt be able to do it! I like using bottles having 2 kids allready if they need something I can pass the baby to hubby or whoever is visiting to finish the feed while I go sort one of the kids out and also my kids r quite looking forward to feeding her aswel so want them to be able to feed her. Its just something that really doesnt appeal to me at all and my other 2 kids have hardley had a cold in there lives let alone anything else so formula was fine for them, just hope I can say no to midwives pushing after I give birth as I felt very pushed into it and judged when I didnt with my first daughter x

 

[BabysMomma]

I'm on the fence with this topic at the moment. I do want to try but I only managed a few days with my DS 14yrs ago so I'm quite anxious about it tbh. I found it weird and so unatural! Also, it only occurred to me last night that my DS will be home at times when babi needs feeding, and I really don't know if I'll feel comfortable doing it in front of him! Plus i don't want to have to leave the room everytime babi wants a feed.

I never got any tablets to disperse my milk when I decided that I wasn't going to breastfeed and I got mastitis which was uncomfortable and sore. I was given antibiotics then to clear it up.

Thing is, if you don't wana do it then that's perfectly fine. Don't let anyone force you to. Put it on your birthplan for the MW to see so as they can respect your wishes. If they say anything, just reply that you thought long and hard about it when making your birthplan (blah, blah, blah ) and your sticking to your decision. x