Stop breastfeeding

I’m a mum of 2, my first born is now 3 and my second is 2 months young. I breastfed my first for more than a year, mainly pump and feed, and latch only for comfort. Now the breastfeeding cycle is back, and tbh it is damnnnn tiring.. I don’t enjoy it. To me it’s like a chore, very time consuming and I will have curfew, I can’t enjoy my outing because at the back of my head it’ll be all the time schedule for the next pump. Not just that, the engorgement is a bytch! Omg! Currently at 2 months pp, I’ve dragged my pump intervals to 6 hourly, 10 mins each side so I don’t trigger to produce more milk, and I will have about 100-150ml in total for every session. Now, I’m thinking of dragging my intervals to 8 hourly. But I’m in dilemma of doing it.. I feel guilty for my second born.. because if I do drag, I will produce lesser and lesser which means she will not have breast milk for as long as her brother. Can mummies out there share your thoughts. What do you mummies do?

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i just still don't understand how mummies find the time to pump and latch their babies. respect you for that! i had a few weeks trying to pump but i purposely let one side engorged when i was in 3-4 months pp so that i could give a whole lot of milk at night. i gave up because pumping was harder than latching and it was just a hassle. i mean pumping also stimulates and produces milk but i don't want to have engorgement unnecessarily too. i'm just glad my first-born latches okay and never had any issue with it. but stopped at 6 months cuz we travelled alot and breastfeeding - keeping up with the schedule is already hard enough. what else pumping. 😫 do what you can. we will always have some guilt in us but i believe we are also doing what's best for baby and ourselves. i hope you'll make a great decision and also prioritise and think of yourself too. ✨

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1y ago

Hi! Thanks for sharing your breastfeeding story! 🫶🏻 pumping is such a chore really, that 20 mins session felt like 2000 mins, with the baby crying and only want mummy 🫠 my first-born latches ok too, perhaps this is why we can go beyond 1 year. Baby 2 prefers bottle over breast when she’s hungry, if I offer my breast she’ll latch on and pull off and then gets really angry! Only when she needs some comfort then she latches ok. That’s why I’ll have to pump.. and I do get engorgement from time to time, if that happens I will latch baby too. It is all just a phase, I know it will all pass and one day I will look back today and smile that I’ve made it through. Thank you for your encouragement, it means a lot to me. 💫💖

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