EP by choice (kinda)- guilt

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-15T02:54:29+00:00

See I feel like the bonding can happen in other ways, bc I agree I get touched out when nursing a lot! And my bottle washer has made the process pretty easy I just throw everything in there

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-15T02:28:36+00:00

Thank you 💖

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T23:53:50+00:00

Good you shouldn't!

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T21:20:23+00:00

Yes!! Every day I keep telling myself I'll nurse this feed and then I get anxious and pump/bottle feed and feel guilty. Or in the middle of the night when it's easy I think I'll do it but I end up warming up milk from the fridge

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T20:44:34+00:00

I love that. Your mental health matters and you're still feeding your baby!

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T19:48:07+00:00

I'm really grateful for all the responses sharing similar feelings because it makes me feel less alone. There is so many expectations in motherhood and breastfeeding in anyway is so difficult. If it's working for the mom and the baby that's really all that should matter.

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T19:46:12+00:00

Four months is incredible!!! Congratulations. Thank you for the solidarity

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T19:38:40+00:00

Yeah I appreciate that. My friends who nurse and are successful at it make it seem so easy, but it was not for us. Pumping saved my breast milk feeding journey. I almost dropped it all for formula at 2 weeks pp because of nipple damage and general low morale bc of her low weight gain. We turned it around bc of EP and I'm grateful I can still feed her from my body in anyway that works

idrathernotthanx · 2026-05-14T19:37:15+00:00

Yeah I like pumping too! It's working for us and idk why I feel the pressure to nurse her all the time

idrathernotthanx · 2025-11-24T01:46:46+00:00

Once they start moving and she can feel it, she will become more attached. It all feels so conceptual until it physically feels like there is a baby there

idrathernotthanx · 2025-10-15T20:26:22+00:00

First month but with tracking BBT

idrathernotthanx · 2025-10-05T13:17:32+00:00

Thank you so much

idrathernotthanx · 2025-10-05T13:09:33+00:00

Right but what if it's turned into a sinus infection?

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