Mom-to-be says she wants to breastfeed but...?

Wow thats disscusting! Although I don't see what it has to do with breastfeeding, if she was formula feeding she would still need to get up and feed the baby...

The best solution would be for her to co-sleep so she wouldn't have to really "wake up" to feed the baby. In any case I hope she doesn't go through with this plan, it vey well could kill her baby....

Ha ha, One thing I have learned over and over and over again is that women talk big about what they ARE GOING TO DO when they have their babies, but it all gets thrown out the window when the baby is really here and things don't ever go as planned.

My other thought, no of course babies don't sleep 8 hours when they are newborns, many don't even sleep 8 hours when they are months old. She will either need to pump and the sitter can feed the baby, or the baby will be supplemented with formula.

Don't worry, she'll eat a lot of her words after she delivers.

Waking up to feed a baby at night has nothing to do with breastfeeding or formula feeding. The baby needs to be fed, and probably every 2-3 hours throughout the night. My twins are 5 mos old and they still wake up twice at night to be fed. Tell her to take a reality check, or better give up the baby for adoption to someone who actually wants a child.

She is delusional! All babies will wake at night til they learn to sleep through, some take longer than others! The baby will need to be fed when it wakes while it is still young, or its blood glucose level will drop and it could get very sick! If this is her attitude toward having a baby then perhaps she shouldn't have gotten pregnant...

If she is really letting newborn baby go 8 hours without feeding and is letting baby cry it out I would call cps. That's neglect.

She shouldnt be allowed this baby then. Sorry but your baby will wake up whenever he or she feels the need to eat.... They say NEVER just let a baby cry, its not good for the baby and if the baby cry it obviously wants something....Take that baby away from her!!!!

Umm then she needs to give the baby a bottle..if you would let a child go 8 plus hours without a liquid, you shud be put in jail

Terrible mother. How could anyone do that to their child? The fact that she would actually let a baby _cry all night from hunger_ proves that this woman does not deserve children.

A newborn HAS to eat during the night. And it's called maternity leave, she won't have to work during the first six weeks of his/her life and after that the baby should be sleeping through the night and if he/she is not then you can just "let" the baby cry, it's called sleep training.

Perhaps she should consider adoption if this is how she expects parenthood to be..