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The day you stop nursing...

InTheSunInTheSun
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I plan on weaning LO so that he doesn't nurse past his first birthday.  Nursing is great and everything, but I'm not interested in prolonging it.  

I keep joking that I'm going to have a "21 again" party the day after LOs birthday since I haven't drank in foooorever.  I'll have a glass of wine here and there but I haven't had anything else.  I want to celebrate having my body back and that I made it a full year of nursing!

Anyone else planning on celebrating the end of nursing? 

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  • CountingUpCountingUp
    I hope we will last 18-24 months. When it is the end I expect I will grieve. My breasts and body still feel like mine. Mine to use for nursing, mine to use for pleasure.
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  • uncharch7uncharch7

    i will be done soon, i'm tired of fighting the cracked nipples w/ EPing and low supply. the stress on me isn't worth it, on top of the 2.5hrs a day i spend hooked up. i know i will grieve, but i am also looking forward to having several drinks in a row. DH owes me for all the times over the past 1.5 years i drove instead of being able to get a little tipsy. i have 1 drink almost every night, looking forward to not having a limit.

    i'm also looking forward to not being sore. and regaining an hour of sleep a night. 

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  • JferjameyJferjamey member
    I plan to wean at the same time, definitely not going over a year. I want my body back (and I want a few drinks and to be able to leave the house for several hours without worrying about engorgement/BFing/pumping). However, I think I will be so sad to do it. Nursing DS has been both the most difficult struggle and the most rewarding thing I've done. 

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  • rockychryslerb2010rockychryslerb2010 member

    I hope to make it to a year or 18 months. If we go later it will probably only be morning and night session. I hate pumpin, but I love nursing so much more than I thought I would. I will celebrate the end of nursing, but most likely cry that it is over.  I still feel like it is my body, I'm the one making the choice to nurse, so I don't really understand the 'I want my body back argument'.

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  • InTheSunInTheSun
    imagerockychryslerb2010:

     I don't really understand the 'I want my body back argument'.

     I just kinda want to do what I want, when I want.  Like not worry about engorgement if I go out for a few hours, not worry about nursing in public, have a few drinks, and not be on a special diet (LO has a wheat sensitivity). 

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  • rlfondarlfonda

    NEW BRASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS <3

    prob. sooner than later because he is refusing to nurse at night now...so we are down to just AM nursing.

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  • sportsmommasportsmomma member

    DH probably will throw a party! :) (warning TMI) he's about sick of getting sprayed/leaked on during our "special time"! 

    Seriously though, it will be bittersweet. I'm looking forward to having cocktails with everyone else, not stressing about how long til his next feeding and if I'll have somewhere private to feed him, putting the pump away, not stressing over supply and, yes, not ruining the mood by leaking. On the other hand, I will likely be an emotional wreck that DS is growing up and that's the one thing we had that is just so unique to us.

    Im planning to nurse until a year and may then night nurse for a bit longer if that's suitable for DS. I like it way more than anticipated!  I didn't know anyone who breastfed so I'm proud tto have made it this far! 

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  • Greenbaby3114Greenbaby3114 member
    My 30th birthday is in January. I want DH and I to take a weekend trip to either NYC or LA. I've never been to either. 
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  • kwinkle1980kwinkle1980 member

    imageCountingUp:
    I hope we will last 18-24 months. When it is the end I expect I will grieve. My breasts and body still feel like mine. Mine to use for nursing, mine to use for pleasure.

    I feel the same way. I already feel a wave of sadness when I imagine weaning. It is going to be really hard for me.

    Nursing is really special to me. Even when I was younger, WAY before having kids, I would have vivid dreams at night of nursing my baby. I would wake up so happy! I think it is because my mom nursed me and a part of my subconscious remembers the comfort of it. 

      

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  • bridein08bridein08 member
    I will celebrate to a point, and be glad, but I will grieve at the end. I love the closeness I have with DS.

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  • brookie9brookie9
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    Nursing is really special to me. Even when I was younger, WAY before having kids, I would have vivid dreams at night of nursing my baby. I would wake up so happy! I think it is because my mom nursed me and a part of my subconscious remembers the comfort of it. 

    I think that is really neat. I'll chime in to say that although I have a drink regularly, I have come to enjoy the fact that I haven't had a hangover in such a long time! So when we're done nursing, I don't anticipate a "21" type night of drinking but I bet DH and I will drink a bottle of wine and have our own little celebration of sorts. 

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  • belle785belle785 member
    It will be a mix of emotions. I love the closeness of it but I am ready to not have to worry about pumping and leaving enough milk for him. I am thinking of weaning off the pump soon and just nurse AM and PM. I will be done completely at one year.

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  • MrsT2008MrsT2008 member
    A only nurses once a day now (when she wakes up in the morning).  My supply started dropping and I made the decision to stop pumping (getting 4-5oz all day, when she was taking 21-24 at daycare, it just wasn't worth the trouble and stress).  My wish had been to continue to nurse her before bed and in the morning, but she quickly lost interest in the bedtime session.  I was disappointed when I initially made the decision to stop pumping because I knew I was risking not being able to nurse her much longer, but I actually kind of like the freedom I have now. 
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  • RA1109RA1109

    I nurse with no bottles.  I drink all the time.  I'm having a drink right now in fact.  I just wait till LO goes to sleep.

    Since my LO doesn't take bottles though he's always tied to me.  I want to go on a baby-free vacation when I stop!

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  • MrsRucinski85MrsRucinski85 member
    Ill be happy to not need to pump or think about "will this shirt be easy to nurse in" but other than that I could nurse her foreverWink LOL
    I'd like to make it a year and honestly I could probably go longer than that bc I like it so much, but we shall see what happens.

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  • avehondurasavehonduras
    I get sad thinking about it, actually.  I have loved nursing so much and I will miss that bond as well; although I won't miss pumping.  My DH is another story. (TMI warning) He kind of makes me laugh when he tries to discreetly avoid my nipple area all together during Daddy & Mommy time. 
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  • mkay2011mkay2011 member

    I'm glad someone posted this. I was beginning to feel bad about looking forward to weaning! My baby doesn't take bottles so not being able to go back to work or even get a little mommy time every once in a while is hard. But at the same time I love the closeness that only her and I share. My mom would love to take her for over night visits and trips but it just is not possible until she is off the boob. I never thougt of a little "celebration"... Maybe a bottle of wine will do :) 

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