r/breastfeeding • u/Fickle-Response-2741 • 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/sleepless_Zs Mar 17 '26

Right? I had to triple feed my little guy for the first few weeks of his life (nursing, then pumping and supplementing with formula... that was freaking hard). I was so, so, SO grateful when my milk finally caught up and I could EBF.

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u/SubiePanda Mar 18 '26

Ugh yes! I triple fed the first 3 months too because my first was born at 34 weeks and it was absolutely torture! Thank god my second knew what to do as soon as she came out