Husband Is Adamant I Breastfeed

[Anonymous]

We have a newborn and I don’t have a strong desire to breastfeed. It’s going well for the part but I don’t like it. I would be more comfortable switching to formula. My husband is obsessed with me breastfeeding because he wants to give the baby as much immunize support as possible during this time. He suggested I pump if I don’t want to nurse. I tried a couple days of pumping and it’s better for some reasons but still a lot of work. He’s a great husband who lets me make most of the decisions or doesn’t care but he’s very adamant with this one. He is very involved and has been doing everything he can to make things easier for me to nurse or pump. I still just don’t want to and hate having to breastfeed.

[Anonymous]

Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

[Anonymous]

Maybe have a talk together with the pediatrician who can share how the baby will be fine with formula and how the mental health of the mother is essential to bonding. It’s really challenging to have these conversations when you’re sleep deprived and dealing with the newness of being parents. Having a third party might help with that conversation. The pediatrician is focused solely on the baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

How old is your baby? I’d do it for the first three months if you can.

It’s your decision though. Not cool of your husband to overly pressure you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe have a talk together with the pediatrician who can share how the baby will be fine with formula and how the mental health of the mother is essential to bonding. It’s really challenging to have these conversations when you’re sleep deprived and dealing with the newness of being parents. Having a third party might help with that conversation. The pediatrician is focused solely on the baby.

This is an excellent suggestion.

[Anonymous]

How old is your LO?

Sounds like BF is going well. Put in a month, but introduce a bottle right away. Once LO is 4 to 6 weeks old, they've received a huge percentage of the benefit. Transition to formula only.

Tell DH if he can do the BFing he's welcome to, but you're done.

[Anonymous]

Your body….your decision.

[Anonymous]

Breast feeding is 5 hours a day. If your DH wants to take that amount of time and work on *extra* cleaning the house and caring for the baby while you do what you want, sure. Otherwise it is your decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

OP here. I am but I heard that you have to breastfeed indefinitely, not just for a couple of months, to pass down immunity. I will be home for 4, possibly 6 months, and he wants me to breastfeed since I will be home.

[Anonymous]

How old is baby? Breastfeeding gets easier - I hate nursing newborns but love nursing a four month old.

[Anonymous]

I normally would be very pro your body, your choice. But with covid, would you ever forgive yourself if you stopped breastfeeding and your baby got covid? If you are okay with it, stop breast feeding. Also talk to your doctor. Your baby might be more in danger of measles from antivaxxers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

How old is your baby? I’d do it for the first three months if you can.

It’s your decision though. Not cool of your husband to overly pressure you

OP here. He is 2 weeks old. Born 9/8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

OP here. I am but I heard that you have to breastfeed indefinitely, not just for a couple of months, to pass down immunity. I will be home for 4, possibly 6 months, and he wants me to breastfeed since I will be home.

My husband really wanted me to breastfeed. I wasn’t particularly interested. I did eight weeks with first kid and stopped. My husband just didn’t get a vote. I tried again with second kid and lasted two weeks. I hated it and there is no way I was going to pump. If I were you, I would go out, but bottles and formula and just tell him you were done. But my husband isn’t a jerk so he just realized that his opinion simply wasn’t the prevailing one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

How old is your baby? I’d do it for the first three months if you can.

It’s your decision though. Not cool of your husband to overly pressure you

OP here. I will be taking off until after the holidays or possibly under he’s 6 months old. My husband wants me to breastfeed or pump while I’m home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly given covid I would try to give your baby more covid antibodies (Assuming you got vaxxed?)

How old is your baby? I’d do it for the first three months if you can.

It’s your decision though. Not cool of your husband to overly pressure you

OP here. He is 2 weeks old. Born 9/8.

I think the mistake is trying to make a decision NOW for the next 6 months. Take it one week at a time. See how you feel. Two weeks is the worst of it. The first month is annoying and then it gets really easy.