I just wanted to say to all you mums who are ff - breastfeeding can be so difficult and downright impossible for some people. There's a lot of poor advice given and often lack of specialist support. I've managed to exclusively breastfeed my lo but have had such a difficult time (blocked ducts x3 and breast abcess x2) - I've so nearly given up (and I work within the field of BF and STILL had these problems!!!!!). I've seen some mums struggle so much with BF I've wanted to weep - I honestly didn't know how they kept going. Yes, breastfeeding is great, natural etc etc etc - but I think there comes a point where having a happy mum who can develop a bond with her baby is sometimes more important. Please don't feel any regret for ff. I always felt glad that I was BF myself as a baby - I'm hardly ever ill, was always in the top stream for all lessons in school - am sporty and fit. However, I only found out a few weeks ago when i spoke to my mum about it - 'Breast fed? Where on earth did you get that idea???? Oh no - I put you straight on the bottle - but you were so hungry by 2 weeks - I then put you straight onto full fat milk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Hmmmmmm. I think it's great that ff mums go ahead and BLW their babies - it's a shame that there isn't any research to support it - however, doesn't it seem like common sense????