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Futuremrssoll
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Weaning woes...
Futuremrssoll
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I have been weaning Eli from breastfeeding over the last week, week and a half. ?We are down to just 3 breastfeeds a day, the first one when he wakes up, then at 3:00 for his "snack" then before bed. ?So I was planning on holding on to the bed time and the morning one for a little bit. ?Tonight he went to bed without feeding. ?I tried to get him to feed but he kept turning his head away from me. ?I am sad and feel just a bit of a loss. ?It has been such a wonderful and emotional experience for me and for him to start even just weaning himself its just sad. ?My DH just came down to see me and I started to cry. ?This is silly. ?Anyone else go through this?
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Re: Weaning woes...
I pretty much just pumped for mine and BF occasionally and I just weened myself last week. It was so hard for me! For me it was knowing that they were getting all that the benefits of breast milk that they needed because they were preemies, that made it difficult. There is a thing that Facebook had banned pics of women BF and I was checking in it and there were all these beautiful little faces BF and it just made me cry! I probably will never have any more so this was it for me.
Wow that turned into a bit of a rant but yes it is a very emotional thing and our hormones don't make it any easier! GL and know that you are not being silly.
Yes! i tried to wean 3 times before I was able to do it...and that time it was more Susanna weaning herself (at 8 months).
The first time I tried while I also had PMS and I was a total emotional wreck, so I waited two more weeks. Hormones! Unfortunately, your pg hormones aren't going anywhere in 2 weeks;)
I definitley believe that weaning really messes with your hormones, the same way starting BFing and giving birth does, you know? Try to go easy on yourself and expect that you will cry. You've done a great job BFing for a whole year, Jess. When Susanna did wean herself, I tried to look at it with a positive spin...it felt good that she showed she was ready and would do well without BFing. And I looked forward to having more freedom from the physical constraints of it, so that extra energy and time could go to other ways of being a good mom and having a little more time for other things. You deserve it...you've only got 8 months till you start again with #2!
I hear you - it was super painful for me too! I wanted to slap those lactation people who kept saying it's not supposed to hurt!
I had about two days of bad engorgement when we went rom two feedings to one. That was worse than one to none, actually. When I cut down to one, she lost interest really quickly. If he stops altogether some Sudafed will help you dry up (though I don't know if you can take that while pregnant).
I'm glad Eli is doing so great with it.