Neha Dhupia Instagram – Thank you @pragyadav for being such an important voice for #freedomtofeed … love and agree with everything you said. ❤️… #Repost @pragyadav with @get_repost ・・・ #Freedomtofeed… without being judged, looked down upon or questioned… whether you choose breast or bottle, to know it’s truly only you (the mother) who can decide and should be respected for. When my first son was born, I had never really thought about how I’m going to feed him. I didn’t really plan ahead because I didn’t know it was required. When I was given my son to hold for the first time my Pediatrician made sure that he latched immediately. He was soon taken for his check-ups and without my knowledge, even given a formula feed. I was back in my room and ready to start my breastfeeding journey but no matter what I did he wouldn’t stop crying… and the nurse would come take him to another room change him and again give him formula and bring him back to me and he was of course a happy satisfied baby. And that’s how the circle started… no matter what I did, it was never enough. He always required more and we would end up topping up after every feed. Fear was put into me that I didn’t have enough and that my child would go hungry if I didn’t give him the bottle. I barely lasted 3 months and felt like a complete failure. What I didn’t know then, was that a mother always has enough (except for some rare cases), the baby will create more milk by suckling. But because of the formula that was given at birth to make the nurse’s life easier his tummy expanded faster than I could produce milk and that way I got stuck in a cat and mouse race, never being able to provide enough for him. Also the palada and the bottle is easier for the baby and therefore he would refuse the breast which was hard work. It was all proven to me when I had my second son and did not allow the nurses would take him away for feeding. I breastfeed him exclusively for almost 5 months until formula was introduced again taking over. I’m not saying that formula is bad but, I always felt I was not given a choice. And being a first time mom I didn’t know better than to blame myself and my ability to produce, when the truth was