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[quote=Anonymous]In this day and age, I'd definitely bring the Ready to Feed bottles to the hospital.  I would want to limit needing to go out to stores.

It's also really important to understand the behavior of nurses in Baby Friendly Hospitals.  If you even indicate that you're at all interested in breastfeeding, they see their job as expressly discouraging you from formula.  So the fact that you're initially interested in breastfeeding means that you may encounter nurses who guilt you into not using formula, or just straight out withhold it from you unless the baby is literally medically compromised from starvation/dehydration.

So for that reason, bring it with you.

Baby Friendly Principles:

"6.  Give infants no food or drink other than breast-milk, unless medically indicated."

Also from this document:

"6.1 Guideline: When a mother specifically states that she has no plans to breastfeed or requests that
her breastfeeding infant be given a breast milk substitute, the health care staff should first explore the
reasons for this request, address the concerns raised, and educate her about the possible consequences
to the health of her infant and the success of breastfeeding. If the mother still requests a breast milk
substitute, her request should be granted and the process and the informed decision should be
documented. "

https://babyfriendlyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GEC2016_v2-180716.pdf

So they basically create bureaucratic red tape for you to be ALLOWED to access formula to feed your baby.

Also, due to Baby Friendly guidelines, the nurses WILL NOT SUGGEST formula, even if your baby would benefit from it.

You can avoid all of that by just bringing the formula with you.  
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