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Welcome to Guilt-Free Bottle Feeding
I chose to bottle feed. I made the decision when I was seventeen, exactly seventeen years before I had my first child. When I say I chose to bottle feed, what I actually chose to do was to have a...
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WATCH: What a psychiatrist says about bottle feeding guilt
When most women start bottle feeding, the overwhelming emotion they feel is guilt. Guilt that you’ve ‘failed’ at something ‘natural’. Guilt because you feel, because you’ve been told so many times,...
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What midwives are supposed to tell you about formula feeding, but usually don’t
I have a few hazy memories of when I gave birth to my daughter. One is looking down at the registrar obstetrician stitching my clacker back up, then seeing the consultant come over, say, slightly...
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I’m using formula and I feel guilty… but not for the reason you think
The guilt started on day four. Weeping, a heart that literally hurt with pain. As I put the bottle of formula to my beautiful new baby’s lips I felt overcome with regret. But not for the reason you...
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