r/FormulaFeeders • u/bananaindisguise0 • Mar 07 '26

Support Needed / Guilt Related 🧸 Regret?

Did you feel regret about not breastfeeding after a while?

At first I definitely felt guilty but I’m almost 2 months in and now I just feel regret that I didn’t try harder instead. I only tried to breastfeed once in the hospital but I already knew in my heart that I’d be a much happier mom not breastfeeding.

But still why didn’t I keep going?? 🙃

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u/DesperateRatio4954 Mar 07 '26

Sometimes in a wistful nostalgic way. But the reality is it wasn’t working for us, and I made the best choice for my mental health and the baby needs a happy mom

I don’t feel regret because my baby is happy and healthy and thriving. Nothing about EBF would have changed or enhanced that

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u/skullpture_garden Mar 07 '26

Same. I wonder what it would have been like, I think about that closeness sometimes, but realistically I don’t regret the decision at all. It just wasn’t in the cards for us, and she’s healthy and happy.