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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I breastfed my first until 18 months and my second is 27 months and still nursing. It sounds like you just really don’t want to for a lot of reasons, so don’t. Don’t ever try. Start with formula. Tell your husband that this isn’t a situation where his opinion carries equal weight to yours and that his relatives have even less influence. If you go into it saying you’ll try, I foresee a time around Christmas when you are at the end of your rope and spend the holidays getting crap and suggestions from extended family. If you are formula feeding from the start, there will be zero ambiguity.

If it sounded at all like you needed a pep talk to try nursing, I’d be first in line, but it doesn’t sound like that. It looks like you’re seeking permission not to. Permission granted. [/quote]

I am a breastfeeding advocate and I breastfed both my kids for 3 years each.  I With my firstborn I was a SAHM and the second I was a WOHM with a daycare in the place I worked.  I pumped some but it was easier when I was a SAHM at home.    A lot of things have to align to actually be able to breastfeed without it being a big bother and with me these things aligned.  A big part of my breastfeeding success was my own desire to breastfeed.  You don't have this desire so please don't feel guilty or don't feel as if you are not a good mom etc.  You are a good mom, regardless of if you FF or BF.  If you want to read about the advantages of breastfeeding etc, you can read on your own. If you want to try it, then try it.  But, if your heart is not in it, then don't do it because someone else thinks that you should.

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