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I remember the day I was diagnosed very clearly. My husband found me in the bathroom scrubbing already clean counters and crying because I couldn’t get them clean enough. It was a huge help to formula feed because I needed medication and he had to be a very hands-on daddy for a few days, because the anxiety medication made me kind of zombie the first few days until I got used to it."
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Breastfeeding is an incredibly personal issue. While some moms want to play things closer to the chest, other moms found that they had good reasons for deciding to forgo the boob for the bottle. From mothers who wanted to be able to sleep through the night, to those who experienced medical reasons that prevented them from feeding, to the ones who just simply didn’t want to breastfeed — there is no wrong or right answer to how a baby gets fed. All that matters to a baby is that there is food! Motherhood is hard enough as it is — these moms were making the best decision that felt right for them.
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I remember the day I was diagnosed very clearly. My husband found me in the bathroom scrubbing already clean counters and crying because I couldn’t get them clean enough. It was a huge help to formula feed because I needed medication and he had to be a very hands-on daddy for a few days, because the anxiety medication made me kind of zombie the first few days until I got used to it."
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Breastfeeding is an incredibly personal issue. While some moms want to play things closer to the chest, other moms found that they had good reasons for deciding to forgo the boob for the bottle. From mothers who wanted to be able to sleep through the night, to those who experienced medical reasons that prevented them from feeding, to the ones who just simply didn’t want to breastfeed — there is no wrong or right answer to how a baby gets fed. All that matters to a baby is that there is food! Motherhood is hard enough as it is — these moms were making the best decision that felt right for them.
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Image via txking/Shutterstock
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I remember the day I was diagnosed very clearly. My husband found me in the bathroom scrubbing already clean counters and crying because I couldn’t get them clean enough. It was a huge help to formula feed because I needed medication and he had to be a very hands-on daddy for a few days, because the anxiety medication made me kind of zombie the first few days until I got used to it."
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