Hooray for thoughtful midwives who spend time with you. At one point when I was about 6 months pregnant, I started just *thinking* about the series finale of M*A*S*H, and I began to cry. I mentioned this to my midwife, who didn't laugh it off at all - she likened it to thinking about our ending our relationship just as a couple and moving into parenthood, and that those transitions are always tough. (I pointed out, too, that that episode has some difficult maternal stuff to work out, which was probably also a subconscious worry.) At any rate, it sounds like you are getting similarly good care.
As for the nighttime formula feedings your midwife suggests: I was fully committed to breastfeeding when I was pregnant. Then my daughter was born with severe meconium aspiration syndrome and was hospitalized for a month. Then *I* was re-hospitalized for complications from my emergency section (ugh.) All of this TMI is by way of saying I didn't end up nursing, and it was a hard thing to get over at first, but should you decide to formula feed at night or at any other time, it will be okay for you and the baby. Whatever works and keeps you BOTH healthy is the right path for you, and no one gets to judge that. I learned that the hard way!
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Date: 2004-12-09 10:06 am (UTC)As for the nighttime formula feedings your midwife suggests: I was fully committed to breastfeeding when I was pregnant. Then my daughter was born with severe meconium aspiration syndrome and was hospitalized for a month. Then *I* was re-hospitalized for complications from my emergency section (ugh.) All of this TMI is by way of saying I didn't end up nursing, and it was a hard thing to get over at first, but should you decide to formula feed at night or at any other time, it will be okay for you and the baby. Whatever works and keeps you BOTH healthy is the right path for you, and no one gets to judge that. I learned that the hard way!