How long will you continue to BF for?
I still am BFing, my supply has been very good since the beginning so I have yet to supplement with formula. I consider myself very fortunate, I have not had any BFing issues whatsoever. My goal is to get to a year, but I might go longer.
We will start TTC next spring, will I have to stop by that point?
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Re: For those of you still BFing...
I plan (hope) to continue BF'ing until 1 yr. We've already cut back to nursing once in the morning before work and maybe 2-3 times in evening and overnight. I pump so much more than I need that my freezer stash is out of control, so I'm being more liberal with it and he gets 2-3 oz in a cup at dinner.
I think depends on your body if you will need to stop BF'ing when starting TTC. I know I am on month #2 with AF, and my cycles were regular before E, and this last cycle was only a few days longer than what I was charting before, so I think AF is here to stay for me. If you haven't gotten AF yet (I know my sister has to wean to get AF back) then you might have to cut back or wean so you're nursing less. I get sad thinking about the day when E no longer wants to nurse
I could not imagine having BFing issues coupled with the stress of having a newborn, much credit to you moms!
I also get sad thinking about stopping. It's our special time together. I have noticed lately how easily distracted E gets sometimes while BFing.
I have Mirena, so I have no idea if AF would have returned by now. I plan on having it removed in January. Call me crazy, but I would love another December baby!
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We still BF throughout the day. We haven't had more problems since the three month mark and I plan on continuing for the foreseeable future. We'd like to TTC again, but I've only had one AF and that was 58 days ago.....wondering when the next one will be. My cycles were pretty whacked before DS but got more consistent a few months before conceiving. I think I'll have to cut back more or wean before I'll get KU again.
I am still nursing-never had to supplement...my goal was a year, but will most likely go past that.
As far as TTC, some women get pregnant while nursing..some do not ovulate. I would check to see if you are ovulating while nursing.
My goal is a year, I think we'll make it. We haven't had to use formula at all yet either.
Did you get a cycle back yet? If yes, you don't need to stop BFing to conceive. If no, it's still possible to get PG, just a little more difficult.
We're still BFing! My next goal is 9 months, and after that 1 year. I supplemented a bit (1-2 times a week) around 2-4 months...not necessarily due to supply issues, but because LO was a 24-hour comfort-nursing cluster-feeder and there were days (and nights!) I needed a break. Those days, I was only planning to make it to 6 months.
However, BFing has finally become much easier for us. Our nursing sessions used to last 1 hour or longer and I wouldn't get much of a break (maybe 20-30 min) between sessions. All of a sudden around 5.5 months, it was like a switch flipped and LO became a more effective nurser. Now, I feel like we're on that "nurse for 20 min every 2.5-3 hours" that everyone was talking about back in February!
So far, no sign of AF, and I'm okay with that for now. But, I sort of hope she shows up this fall or winter. DH and I would love to have #2 in the not-too-distant future. Ccip, you're not crazy for wanting another December baby...that's what we want, too!! If it doesn't work for a November/December baby, we'll avoid a tax-season baby (I'm not interested in dealing with a newborn, toddler, and sleepless nights while DH is working 60+ hours a week!) and try again for late spring/summer 2014.
Originally my goal was 3 months, then it was 6...now it's a year, but who knows? I usually have just enough milk to make it through the day. We'd like to start TTC this winter, so I suppose after E's first birthday I'll start looking into weaning.
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My goal of BF as his primary source of nutrition is one year... at which point I think I'll start to wean from the pump (I pump 3x at work). As for the rest of it, evenings, nights, weekends, I'm leaving that up to DS. We're doing BLW for solids, so I'm letting him take the lead as to what he wants to eat.
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As far as will you have to stop I think that depends on a lot of things.
Like Can you get pregnant while BFing (like are you getting your period). If you do get pregnant, are you high risk? And other things along that line.
I am planning on a year with no foreseeable problems. We've been lucky to never supplement either. It's been pretty smooth sailing with the exceptions of growth spurts...whew. I want to stop having to pump at school in December, but if B wants to do an am or pm nurse I will be fine with that. We plan to TTC next fall hopefully I'll be completely done with bf'ing but we will see. I'm such a sucker for those precious moments with him. Love it!
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I'm hoping to BF until age 2 (give or take) Maybe longer, we'll just have to see how it goes. However, we're planning to TTC #2 when DS turns one, and some babies self-wean during pregnancy. I really hope that doesn't happen, if I'm blessed with another LO soon.
You don't have to stop BFing when you TTC or get pregnant. Some women don't become fertile again until weaning but that is not the norm. Also you can expect your milk supply to take a dive or disappear sometime during pregnancy.
DW is still nursing DS. It was a bit of a struggle the first week, and we were forced to give him formula. But after the rocky start it's been all BM.
DS is also on solids (purees) now (3x a day).
Plan is to get to a year, but to hopefully stop pumping at 10 months as we've built up a significant stash.
DS has a slight dairy allergy (lots of spit up if DW eats something with milk), not sure how that'll effect things.
I am still breastfeeding and have never had to supplement with formula. Back in the beginning, my supply was awesome and I would nurse all day (while I was on leave) and still be able to pump an extra 15-20 oz a day.
My niece is 16 days older than my DD, and my sister was having supply issues, so for a few months I would pump for her too.
Now that I am on summer vacation, I stopped pumping for 2 weeks to enjoy nursing all day long.... which has totally messed with my supply. I still have enough for my daughter, but I am only pumping 4-6oz extra a day. It is driving me insane.
I will continue to breastfeed until my daughter no longer wants to. I already have AF back, so it is not a TTC issue for us.
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