As to one or the other or both question: any amount of breastmilk your baby receives is beneficial. That being said, the key to successful bfing is determination. If you make up your mind that you are going to ebf, you are much more likely to overcome any obstacles. (I experienced virtually every bfing problem with my first: not being able to nurse for the first 2.5 weeks because he had to be tube-fed, having to artificially induce lactation [by pumping] and increase [by pumping] my low supply, nipple confusion [because even when he was able to start nursing, he wasn't strong enough to ebf so we primarily fed expressed milk], latching difficulties, falling asleep while nursing, milk protein and other allergies so I had to DRAMATICALLY alter my diet, and I'm sure there are others that I've blocked out...lol. But, all my efforts were worth it; he never had a drop of formula!) In the early days, formula feeding is easier (having a newborn is exhausting, and someone else can take a nighttime feeding...plus, there's less worry about in regard to how much baby is ingesting). Once you get nursing down, it's SO much easier than bottles!!!
we did both i bf while i was home and when i was at school id pump then she would drink that and a bottle the next day it kinda is good bc you dont need to suppliment with vitimins for missing iron and other things that the milk is missing so it has its benifits
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