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Stephanie Lowe

I was the first of my NCT group to 'admit' I bottle-fed my baby - and I’ll never forget the reaction

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When I was pregnant, I was surprised at how many people asked me if I had plans to breastfeed my baby. I hadn't 'planned' to as I didn't want to set myself up to fail - 'I'm going to give it a go' was my party line. It never went down well which is why I was scared to share my bottle-feeding decision.

I joined my local NCT (National Childcare Trust) group - basically a 'how to be a parent' course where you're thrown together with other parents-to-be - and breastfeeding was all that was discussed, bottle feeding wasn't even a side note. 

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