One really needs support from your family members when it comes to fully breastfeeding your kid. You can go crazy or even get post natal depression after many sessions of arguing over it. I really had a hard time with my in-laws AND my confinement lady on this. Luckily my own mom supports me aaaalllllll the way even though she did not breastfeed me and my siblings coz she doesn't know how. Thanx Mom, You are the best! I lovs u.......Muak Muak xxx. :)
Before hiring a confinement lady and if you are 100% into breastfeeding with NO cows milk feeding... check with your confinement lady if she are into 100% breastfeeding too. If not, forget it. I regret hiring mine without asking her. Why?? Here's why: She tells every guest of mine including my in-laws that I don't get enough sleep at night because I breastfeed my baby!! Oh yeah, get prepared for this (sleep deprivation) if you are 100% into it. So I fire my confinement lady on day 7th!! and go on doing my confinement without one. Who says you must get enough sleep during your confinement to handle your baby from the 2nd month onwards?? You get sleep deprivation from DAY 1. What a ridiculous idea. Who invented it in the first place??
Then my father-in-law (in short FIL) and mother-in-law (MIL) keeps telling me that the baby needs cow's milk in order to get nutrition. So when you sign up for the breastfeeding talk, bring your MIL and hubby along to Educate them. If not, you will have lots of argument on the topic. Again, I was 100% into it, for the sake of my baby's health. You never know what's in the formula cow's milk nowadays.