semi-detached two-bedroom house on a crescent of similar houses all with gardens. The garden is well kept; Alfie later tells me that she enjoys gardening. Alfie called me a few weeks after the baby was born and said that everything had gone well but that she had decided not to try breastfeeding when he was born, and therefore she would like to withdraw from the study. We had a brief chat and she seemed quite happy with her decision to bottle feed him and still very excited to be a mother. She said that she didn't know why she had changed her mind, just that it 'felt right' to bottle-feed him immediately after she gave birth. In our first interview they discussed her expectations of breastfeeding: "Alfie: If I can breastfeed, I'll breastfeed, if I can't then I'll bottle feed. (P: OK!) But I might do both." (Antenatal interview, Alfie, Nannan and Phoebe present). Alfie's Nan-nan echoed this sentiment a little later on: "Nannan: It is a good thing, don't get me wrong, to feed them on the breast if you can, it is a good thing. But if you can't..." (Antenatal interview, Alfie, Nannan and Phoebe present). Alfie withdrew from the study after baby birth, so her subsequent James’ experiences about infant feeding are missing. Jessie and baby Lee Jessie is 18 and this is her first baby. She was studying at college, before she left to have her baby. She hopes to return to college when Lee is a bit older. She was born in Eastern Europe and has lived in the UK since she was nine years old. Her partner lives with her and she tells me he is a very supportive father to their son. Her parents support her a lot, and every time I visited her at least two other members of her family were there. She had her own council flat when she was pregnant, but moved back in with her parents before Lee was born. Her parents live in a deprived area of
semi-detached two-bedroom house on a crescent of similar houses all with gardens. The garden is well kept; Alfie later tells me that she enjoys gardening. Alfie called me a few weeks after the baby was born and said that everything had gone well but that she had decided not to try breastfeeding when he was born, and therefore she would like to withdraw from the study. We had a brief chat and she seemed quite happy with her decision to bottle feed him and still very excited to be a mother. She said that she didn't know why she had changed her mind, just that it 'felt right' to bottle-feed him immediately after she gave birth. In our first interview they discussed her expectations of breastfeeding: "Alfie: If I can breastfeed, I'll breastfeed, if I can't then I'll bottle feed. (P: OK!) But I might do both." (Antenatal interview, Alfie, Nannan and Phoebe present). Alfie's Nan-nan echoed this sentiment a little later on: "Nannan: It is a good thing, don't get me wrong, to feed them on the breast if you can, it is a good thing. But if you can't..." (Antenatal interview, Alfie, Nannan and Phoebe present). Alfie withdrew from the study after baby James’ birth, so her subsequent experiences about infant feeding are missing. Jessie and baby Lee Jessie is 18 and this is her first baby. She was studying at college, before she left to have her baby. She hopes to return to college when Lee is a bit older. She was born in Eastern Europe and has lived in the UK since she was nine years old. Her partner lives with her and she tells me he is a very supportive father to their son. Her parents support her a lot, and every time I visited her at least two other members of her family were there. She had her own council flat when she was pregnant, but moved back in with her parents before Lee was born. Her parents live in a deprived area of
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