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/howigothere910 Dec 28 '25

I went right to formula and pumped what I had one every morning after my shower til it was gone. I called it baby’s “medicine”. It’s great!

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u/Time-Milk-5377 Dec 29 '25

Does it just slowly dry up then? I was curious about this- maybe just doing colostrum via pump or hand expression for the first few days then being done but wondered how you get your supply to dry up/not come in?

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u/howigothere910 Dec 29 '25

It will stop on its own if it’s not being used. I did not hand pump colostrum or anything. Then one day maybe a week after birth after a shower milk was dripping out so I pumped. It was 20ml, then 15, then 10, etc. then within a week just done. Have heat pads at the ready for when the boobs get painful. I only needed the heat pads for a few days.

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u/Time-Milk-5377 Dec 29 '25

Thank you!!!