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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 to the idea you can do both, or BF at first and then switch when it becomes annoying. I really enjoyed breastfeeding and didn't mind pumping. I ended up breastfeeding in some capacity until 20 months, but obviously DD was getting other food during a lot of that time. Toward the end it was just a nursing session in the morning to wake up together, which was nice. We also started a bottle at 3 weeks, on my LC's advice, so that DH could pitch in and so that we'd have no refusal issues when I returned to work.

There are many ways to bond with your baby but BF is a good one and if you're not turned off by the idea (only the logistics) I encourage you to try it. You can quit any time.[/quote]

Good on your LC! I wish the broader breastfeeding community would recognize the importance of introducing a bottle and formula for those of us that WOH, instead of treating it like some dangerous thing. My postpartum doula didn't want me to pump even a little before 6 weeks and I was going back to work part-time at 8 weeks. She also said my partner shouldn't do night feedings.

It's so frustrating that so many breastfeeding advocates act like [b]mothers and mothers alone must stay home with the baby for a year plus and do all night feedings. [/b]It's incredibly damaging and anti-feminist. [/quote]
 
I think you are overstating this.  When I breastfed not one advocate suggested that.  It was the opposite for me.  Everyone was trying to get me to formula feed and shamed me for breastfeeding in public ( discreetly)[/quote]

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