Re: We are expecting our first child
yes powedered milk does have added vitamins etc but breast milk has everything in it naturally that your baby needs, it is especially catered for your baby’s needs and works on a supply and demand basis, the more they feed the more you will make breast milk but if you dont breast feed your supply will dwindle away, even the doctors/nurses say that dont give formula milk, when i was in hospital wiht my child i asked the dr that should i give him breast milk and a top up with formula and he said ‘no, chuck it away. your milk is fine, it is better’. as your baby grows your milk also changes to support the baby’s growing needs, it already has the essential vitamins etc needed for your baby,
its good for the night you dont have to bother with washing bottles and warming water to make milk, you just get your baby feed him and put him back to bed.
there are so many more arguements such as breast fed babies are more intelligent, they have a closer bond with their mothers, mothers have a less risk of breat cancer, i cant remember others but i will have a look at my book and get back to you.
i know all of this because ive just also had a baby and i breast feed him, its such a special intimate feeling which you have when you are breasfeeding 
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