Phoebe & Allyson wrote:

Chotii wrote:

Nor do I have any desire to hand this kiddo, due
any week now, to anybody to feed. The emotional anguish alone would make it
*harder* for me, not easier.

At some point in the second week, someone suggested that it
wouldn't be the end of the world if Caterpillar had a bottle
of formula so I could have a break.

One of the "top ten" ways that bfding relationships are sabotagued early on.
The reasons are honestly SO predictable why most women who don't manage to bfd
end up quitting (what a horrid sentence).

And why does the bottle have to have formula? I can see MAYBE a bottle of EBM.

Good for you Phoebe, for sticking with it. More important than anyone
else......you're the ONLY one that can make breastmilk specifically for your
daughter. I think that makes you pretty irreplaceable! ;-)

Dawn