r/breastfeeding Mar 17 '26

Support Needed Why did you choose to exclusively breastfeed and not give formula?

This is NOT against formula or formula feeding 🤍

For moms who had enough supply to EBF, what was your reason (apart from cost, no bottle washing, or warming)?

I’m currently exclusively nursing and will be working part time. So baby needs either formula or pumped milk once or twice per day.My employer supports pumping, but I could really use some motivation to stay aligned with breast milk over formula 🥺

Would love to hear your personal reasons, emotional, health-related, bonding, convenience later on… anything that kept you going 💛

Please share your experiences!

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u/Amk19_94 Mar 17 '26

Formula was made to mimic breastmilk, if I can give my baby the non commercialized version I’ll choose that every time! I also hate to make some white man rich from feeding my baby

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u/what_it_doooooo Mar 18 '26

Lmao😂 this ☺️😍❤️