Breastfeeding or bottle feeding?

I’m going to try to breast, with expressing so partner can bottle feed… but if it doesn’t work, formula it is and I’m ok with that aswell. My first born was formula fed from 2-3 weeks because I didn’t have good supply. The reason I want to bf is mainly financial and convenience tbh… just keeping it real xx

Breastfeeding. Fed my first for 3yrs and would do it again. It’s a one stop shop fix. Need them to chill, they’re poorly or hurt, the bonding and connection. Health benefits for both them and you. Once established it’s easy and don’t need anything to do it. I enjoyed it.

Will be trying to Breast feed if I can, but not going to be putting too much pressure on myself. I’d also like to express at some point so my husband can help with night feeds etc, but read this shouldn’t be done too early on, to avoid confusion for the baby as they end up preferring one or the other. So maybe around 8-12 weeks or something I’ll try to start expressing. It may all go to pot, and I end up formula feeding from straight away and not breast feeding at all 😂 but I’m ok with that Fed is best, doesn’t matter how 💓

Bottle feeding. Breast fed my last for 16 months and I’m glad I had the experience but honestly it ruled my life. I really got depressed with it. My little boy never accepted a bottle and was very attached to me. He wouldn’t sleep at night unless he was literally on the boob in the bed with me and co sleeping was never the plan and not good for my anxiety. I just honestly can’t imagine going back to it now I’m done and have some freedom back. That said it was a beautiful experience and I do have an incredible bond with my little boy and even though I passionately hated it at points I still miss it slightly which is bizarre. I would say as well my husband felt very shut out, our first was bottle fed after a few months and he loved being involved and that he could help. Of course there’s lots of other ways to be involved but after being so hands on first time around and feeling like he got to split everything with me he did feel really useless which caused quite a lot of silly arguments.

I have a bottle fed baby and an exclusively breast fed baby and they’re both thriving, healthy and I have an incredible bond with both of them. Other than the fact my little boy will still occasionally try to grab my boob there’s no way you’d know which way they were fed so whatever you do will be the right choice 🤍

Breast hopefully. 2nd baby and I just found it so much easier not having to worry about bottles/sterilising/taking supplies out etc. downside is she didn’t take a bottle at all so I could never be away for her for the first 8ish months for more than an hour or so. For me the main decision is whether to try to introduce a bottle a day just so she doesn’t completely reject it (we waited the recommended 6 weeks last time and this was too late, wouldn’t countenance it).

I’ll be formula feeding because I think there’s more freedom that comes with it and I really need that. I went back and forth about this for weeks. It’s been my most stressful part about pregnancy, not because of guilt but because I genuinely wasn’t sure which option was best. I’d considered exclusively pumping and combination feeding.