[dizzy bint]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Eugh I think this is weird. I plan on breastfeeding when my little one comes but Im pretty sure I wont like it and its only for health reasons (apparently breastfed kids have better immune systems)

I will be stopping at about 6 months though. I think breastfeeding toddlers rather than babies is creepy :S

Why? You could do, plenty of mums do, me included once I got the hang of it. Breastfed kids do have better immune systems, they are less prone to things like asthma too.

One thing is for certain, when you are pregnant and when you breast feed all preconceived ideas of what you will do fly out of the window, everybody's experiences are different and often you can't tread the path you thought you could.

Originally Posted by Vicky.

This is true also. You burn up to 500 (I think it is) extra calories a day when breastfeeding

Not for me it wasn't, it took me a long time to get my figure back, although I did in the end. A lot of it is muscle tone rather than actual fat. You do burn up extra calories when breast feeding but you should be taking those extra calories in rather than eating your normal amount. Babies are exhausting little creatures, if you don't take in extra calories you could find yourself exhausted and unable to breast feed in any event.

There are no hard and fast rules, everybody is different.