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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I found the Sibley nurses to be much more pushy about breastfeeding than the LCs.  I wanted to breastfeed exclusively (although agree fed is best!) but when my baby was transferred to NICU for jaundice the doctors and nurses insisted I agree to use formula. I really did not want to because I wanted to give breastfeeding a chance and felt bottle and formula feeding would mess up that attempt at latching and bonding (no issues with giving formula at all, it's perfectly fine). Honestly giving the baby formula and bottles did make my subsequent attempts to breastfeed almost impossible but we eventually figured it out and I breastfed. All this is to say that in different scenarios you may come across advocates for and against bf and just stick to your guns and don't be pushed around.[/quote]

wtf? they required formula feeding to prevent your baby from getting brain damage from severe jaundice. if you “stuck to your guns” and refused formula you could have really harmed your newborn. [/quote]

PP here. Of course i told them to use formula. The doctor and nurses did however tell me to breastfeed and pump at first and then changed their tune which was disruptive and denigrated my trust in their medical advice. So when they said to use formula after some time had past and i was giving baby milk, it was confusing as someone who isn't a doctor and never had this experience before. But thanks for the judgment!

I mean that OP should stick to her convictions if she wants to use formula (or breastfeed or both) and not to let the doctors or nurses bully her into choosing something that she is not comfortable with. [/quote]

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