Saturday poll

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• yellowflower15 member

  April 2015

  I put weaning now, but it's a very gradual wean. I imagine it will be several months before I stop completely. We're currently at 4 nursings per day, but it looks like we might be dropping to 3.

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• Sporty1216 member

  April 2015

  I put still going, but that's not entirely true. We are down to morning and bedtime, and sometimes middle of the night. But I have no plans to stop those sessions at this point. We'll just see how it goes. I didn't think I'd go past a year. Now I'm saying I won't go past two.

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• BADASBKRCK member

  April 2015

  I wish I could have kept going, but I was almost all dried out by 8 months... the annoying part is that I still get a little milk when I squeeze!

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• ashcole28 member

  April 2015

  My lactation consultant was at the other clinic and I had to use the one where I delivered and she was worthless. She didn't even stay after DD couldn't latch.

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• CosmoAnne1 member

  April 2015

  still going but going to try and wean soon

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• sherks11 member

  April 2015

  My supply plummeted in the 8th month but I kept going in the morning and at night up while supplementing until about 2 weeks ago. Haven't bf in a week now and thank goodness no pain!

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• Talltrees82 member

  April 2015

  I went to five months. Breastfeeding really stressed me out and formula feeding made me so much happier and fit better with our lifestyle. Next time around I'll probably pump for awhile instead.

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• AmberLiz99 member

  April 2015

  Made I to 3 months before my supply dropped so much it wasn't worth it anymore. I was supplementing by 2 months. No regrets!

    
   
  
  

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• rrachelle813 member

  April 2015

  LO wouldn't latch at.all. I tried exclusive pumping and was successful but then we got thrush really bad and it killed my supply. I tried relactation a couple of months later but it didn't work. Breast feeding wasn't something I was super passionate about but I really enjoyed it once I did it. It killed me that it didn't work out and I still have a lot of guilt over it.

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• Sporty1216 member

  April 2015

  For us, BFing worked out how I hoped, but the birth itself was pretty much the opposite. I've struggled with guilt over that and have been talking with myself and with friends a lot about how much there is out there that encourages us to feel guilty about any choice we make. I think we all ("we" in the generic sense) need to tell each other "good job, mama!" more often. We all do the best we can and make the best choices we can as we go. I think there is, for me, always going to be some grief over things that haven't gone as I wished, but that's different than guilt.
  
  All of which to say: mamas! Whatever your journey has looked like, here we are at a year! Good job!

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• BADASBKRCK member

  April 2015

  ^ what she said! Seriously I beat myself up about my breast feeding difficulties a lot... But I shouldn't have, I did all that I was able to do and no matter what, my baby was (and still is) well fed and well loved.

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• babayRFL member

  April 2015

  @Sporty1216, well said!! Love it!!
  
  I voted weaning now...we're down to just morning and night (and middle of the night wake ups). I'm not sure how long we'll stay at this point. I'm not ready to stop just yet! I like the snuggles

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