Emergency baby milk

Bluemeanie_2

Personally I'd have some cartons and bottles in. Nothing, aboslutely nothing can prepare you in advance for how tiring and emotionally demanding breast feeding is.

Frith

I'm another in the "don't have any formula within reach because you might use it" camp.


If you have to go into hospital, they will do everything they can to help with breastfeeding. When my older son was in hospital overnight, I found that breastfeeding mothers got free meals in the canteen!


(But the cartons are always there in 24 hour branches of supermarkets)

grey_lady

Important thing is that baby is fed, thriving and gaining weight - not some stupid competition about bottle v breast. So OP if you want to try solely breastfeeding great but if it doesn't work out or if you want OH to feed baby then look into expressing or Aptimil instant cartons.

venetianlagoon

I would also have some cartons in just in case you have any issues. How you feed is less important than a happy mother and baby.

NoAngel

I also recommend aptamil cartons. Remember a couple of bottles and some way of sterilising (I use cold water milton). I had to do a dash to 24 hour supermarket to get these at midnight as she just couldn't latch on. The next day the MW helped me to get her latched on and that was the end of the formula.

clearing_out_my_pockets

We bought one carton of ready made formula to take to the hospital just in case I had problems breastfeeding. That one carton is still in the hospital bag and our daughter is 7 weeks old! If we had needed to use some in the middle of the night and we hadn't had that carton, we would have been stuffed - husband doesn't drive and after am emergency c-section I couldn't drive either.

alleycat`

My view, for what it's worth, is that having something and never using it is a better position than not having it and needing it when something goes wrong.

Bluemeanie_2

grey_lady wrote: »

Important thing is that baby is fed, thriving and gaining weight - not some stupid competition about bottle v breast. So OP if you want to try solely breastfeeding great but if it doesn't work out or if you want OH to feed baby then look into expressing or Aptimil instant cartons.

I agree. Please do not beat yourself up if you can't do it, find it just to demanding or tiring, or find it just doesn't fit in with modern life.

emweaver

sneezyboots wrote: »

Hi all,

Currently 33 weeks pregnant and although I fully intend to breastfeed I have just had a thought that maybe I should have some emergency milk in the house. My cousin recently had a baby and had to go to a + e 2 days later leaving baby with the dad and I just thought what if something happens to me and husband is left with a hungry baby. Is it normal to have some formula in for emergencies? If so how much and what is best as I have done no research into formula what so ever and am now freaking. I don't want to buy a giant tub and waste the money not using it- just enough to get by in an emergency. I do have 4 bottles and a steriliser for emergencies as I figured i'd need them anyway when baby can drink water.

Thanks in advance

When I went to A&E all 3 times with my first they let me take my baby with me. If they are exclusively bf they probably wont know how to feed from the bottle. We found this with all 3 of ours. When I was very ill DH had to cup feed the eldest .

brunettifan

Nothing lost if you have it and don't use it.