Every new mum is determined to do what’s best for her newborn baby and has a few decisions to make within just hours of the birth as to the best possible way to start baby’s life. Now one of these decisions is incredibly difficult for some mums – whether to breast feed or bottle feed.

Midwives and nurses are renowned for putting pressure on new mums to try to breast feed their newborns so it’s definitely worth thinking about and making up your mind what you want to do in advance. Always remember that it’s your decision. Both breast feeding and bottle feeding have their own merits and their own disadvantages, all of which are below for ease of reference.

Read more about breast and bottle feeding here.

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