r/FormulaFeeders • u/Time-Milk-5377 • Dec 27 '25

Advice / Question 💡 How Did You Decide to EFF?

FTM, 35 weeks so preparing for all things baby.

I’m wondering how people decided to EFF? Or combo feed? I am not terribly inclined to BF, pregnancy has been really hard on me mentally and I want to have my bodily autonomy back as much as possible. Also the thought of BF gives me the creeps in a way I can’t describe. However, I’m not 100% sure and am open minded so I’m wondering if I should just try in the first days and see how it goes.

I guess I’m looking for perspective on how folks decided to formula feed if you were on the fence going into labor. My hospital really pushes breastfeeding so I feel like I need some idea of what I want to do before going in.

Is it possible to just breastfeed for like a month to establish immunity benefits, then fully switch? Or is it advisable to just go formula straight from the start?

Thanks for any input- this has been giving me a lot of anxiety.

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u/zcakt Dec 27 '25

notAmomYet

I'm also in third trimester and whenever I watch breastfeeding/expression education videos and read about pumping I just feel deep in my bones that it's not for me.

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u/Time-Milk-5377 Dec 27 '25

It gives me the deep creeps in a way I cannot articulate fully and I feel like people don’t talk about that enough!

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u/elegantdoozy Dec 27 '25

I get this feeling too. It’s not quite disgust, it’s more like… deeply disturbing? Like, I’m a big horror fan, and breastfeeding gives me the same feeling that body gore movies do. It’s on par with like, digging eyeballs out of their socket or something. Personally I attribute this feeling to a past sexual assault experience, but tbh I’m not 100% sure I wouldn’t have had that feeling otherwise!

Anyway, that said — give it a shot if you want, but that creepy feeling was all I needed to be a HARD no on breastfeeding. My EFF-from-birth baby is 14mos now and I’m SO glad that’s the route we went! It was the best possible choice for our family.

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u/Ripe-Tomat0 Dec 27 '25

Girl yes. The thought of sticking a baby on my boob is beyond disgusting and uneasy to me in a way I can’t explain. I would rather eat a denim jacket 🤢

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u/elegantdoozy Dec 27 '25

lol eating a denim jacket is so specific but YES