Done.
We're done breastfeeding. Ben hasn't asked to nurse all week and I'm fairly certain I've gone through the drying up process. On the third day I felt heavy and full, with a spot of extra tenderness, but all that has gone away.
I am so, so proud that we got to where we did. Fifteen months!! I didn't think I'd make it fifteen days. I would never have made it as far as I did without the help of so many women, most of them here on Livejournal. So thank you: dolcedaze , gracified , lynda , and my adopt_a_mom mentor sarahinajar . Thank you for all your encouragement and advice and support when I would post half-crazed entries about nursing hurting and how I didn't think I could take any more.
I cannot forget my awesome husband for being supportive of me throughout this journey as well, from the very beginning when I would cry to him about how much it hurt to this past winter when I was getting up in the middle of the night to pump. You helped me to keep a clear head and remember what the most important thing was (a happy, healthy boy), but recognized how important breastfeeding was to me.
While I had daydreams about tandem nursing two kids once this new baby comes, I realized that it was a long shot. Ben started nursing less and less this summer after I stopped pumping and got pregnant (both things that caused a huge drop in my supply, I'm sure). I'm also going to be gone for nearly a week in November that we probably wouldn't have made it through that separation anyway.
I have so much more knowledge now and I'm actually looking forward to nursing a newborn again.
I am so, so proud that we got to where we did. Fifteen months!! I didn't think I'd make it fifteen days. I would never have made it as far as I did without the help of so many women, most of them here on Livejournal. So thank you: dolcedaze , gracified , lynda , and my adopt_a_mom mentor sarahinajar . Thank you for all your encouragement and advice and support when I would post half-crazed entries about nursing hurting and how I didn't think I could take any more.
I cannot forget my awesome husband for being supportive of me throughout this journey as well, from the very beginning when I would cry to him about how much it hurt to this past winter when I was getting up in the middle of the night to pump. You helped me to keep a clear head and remember what the most important thing was (a happy, healthy boy), but recognized how important breastfeeding was to me.
While I had daydreams about tandem nursing two kids once this new baby comes, I realized that it was a long shot. Ben started nursing less and less this summer after I stopped pumping and got pregnant (both things that caused a huge drop in my supply, I'm sure). I'm also going to be gone for nearly a week in November that we probably wouldn't have made it through that separation anyway.
I have so much more knowledge now and I'm actually looking forward to nursing a newborn again.