I absolutely prefer breast feeding. This is my second child, my first I nursed for 18 months, after that she went directly to a sippy cup. Luckily with my first I was able to stay home, with this one I will be going back to work as you are. I plan on nursing while at home and pumping while at work in order to solely use breast milk. I think it is so much easier to nurse than use formula, it's more cost efficient, you don't have to worry about the "I'm sorry I'd love to stay but I didn't bring enough formula," you have an unlimited supply of breast milk. I say give it a try, if it doesn't work then you can always switch to formula but at least you tried! GOOD LUCK!!!

My cousin only breastfed for 3 weeks with her babies. And there is a ton of research that shows that even breast feeding for a few short weeks can have tremendous health benefits. You can always pump at work too if you want to nurse longer. I highly reccomend it. I could only nurse my two boys for 6 months each, but I am so glad I did.

I don't think you sound like the bad one Beck. And I totally 100% agree. It's your baby, and your breasts, do what feels right. When I stopped nursing at 6 months I had family members that made me feel guilty, that is totally ridiculous. My grandmother bottle fed all of her 3 children, and they all were very, very, healthy too.

thank you all so much for all of ur advice. yesterday was the big ultrasound. i found out that i am havin a lil boy. now i jus need to pick names out for him.

I used formula with our first child and didn't even try to breastfeed because I saw what a difficult time my sister had. But this time I'm going to try and breastfeed first and just see how it goes from there.

I breastfed all three of my children. It does not hurt. It hurts if you are feeding incorrectly and the baby's not latched on correctly. If done the proper way there should be no issues with pain. Why would you even tell a first time mother that anyways?

I just wanted to comment on this matter, about does it hurt? For some women it doesn't for some it does. Its as simple as that, just as with everything in pregnancy no one is the know all and end all as each mommy and baby is different.

I felt like a horrible new mom because it hurt when I first breastfed, in fact it hurt for the first week or two, I thought the baby wasn't latched on properly etc- in fact I upset my son quite a bit by unlatching him cause I couldn't figure out why it hurt, but that wasn't the case, it was just the case of my skin in that area had never been used that way before and sometimes it takes some getting used to. The initial few minutes of each feeding were painful/discomforting for the first week or two. To ease this discomfort I used Lanolin cream to help with the chapped nipples and put cabbage leaves on my breast to ease with the redness.

When I was a new mom, the person who I can thank for keeping me breastfeeding was my lactation consultant from the local WIC office. She is a 4 time mommy, and a very good source for breastfeeding, what I most loved about her was she was up-front about the good and bad- even though I was a new mommy. The idea of some discomfort a first didn't scare me away from breastfeeding and her honesty eased that discomfort as well as let me know that it would pass in a week or two. For me I'm much more fearful of the unknown that can happen than just knowing up front what to expect.

Also just in case you are still wondering, I will say this whether or not you decide to breastfeed, you will still have the same effect on your breasts and still have milk come in and the discomfort with that. Personally I think you should give it a try and give it a few weeks to try, you will be amazed at what your body can do, and it really does give your baby the best start. And although with some women it can hurt at first, in others it doesn't, just because you try to breastfeed and experience discomfort doesn't mean you are doing it "wrong" its a new thing both your body and your baby can figure out together.