Breastfeeding Support - 6 months and beyond!

[Seraphim]

Hey Stacey

Kaybee - Scotland is really proactive about breastfeeding which is ace - I think they have a budget for advertising too which is rare and lovely

Funnily enough I was just coming on to ask about BFing and periods... I know it's fine because mine came back at around 3 months... BUT I've notice while I feel really under power H suddenly wants 'more' milk. I guess I'm just noticing since she's cut down to morning/nap/bed/night feeds.

Is there anything I can do?

I feel really wiped out

 

[Eve]

Stacey!
Yay for almost 6 months!

 

[JellyBeann]

Stacey!
I was lurking for weeks befor LO was 6 months old lol!

Seraphim, I have no idea, I've not got periods back yet, so can't advise! x

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Stacey!

I notice that Alyssa seems to want more during the night when I'm at those stages too... I try to make sure I eat extra healthily and go to sleep early those nights, to try and recuperate. These children of ours can sure be demanding!
x

 

[staceyg]

thanks for all the welcomes

 

[florabean1981]

Hi Staceyg, yay, another Hampshire mummy

 

[Kaybee]

Stacey & welcome

Its a BIG milestone for us today. 18 MONTHS!!

We moved house a couple of months ago and not met the new HV yet. She has made an appointment to come to the house and visit us on Thurs afternoon. Hopefully she will be supportive about BF & co-sleeping. I'm going to try remember to ask her about me not having AF back yet & if I should be worried I think it must just be the amount of feeds K still has.

 

[staceyg]

congrats! good luck with the hv
im moving soon and im not looking forward to meeting my new hv as my current one is very supportive with bf

 

[AnnaBanana9]

Congratulations Kaybee!!!
xx

 

[JellyBeann]

CONGRATS! good luck with HV, mine's a witch...I don't want to see her ever again!!

I was just coming on to ask if anyone has any ideas about how to raise awareness of bf...me and a friend are getting together to do a photoshoot ending with calendars and we need some more ideas on what we can do, I'd love to raise money to support some BF charities

I was thinking get some BF mummies and do a sponsored walk or something? Raise awareness and money at teh same time!!

 

[Seraphim]

Congrats Kaybee

 

[LolaAnn]

hi ladiessssss
I see lots of period related Qs so I will add mine in too. Quite desperate to conceive #2 here as well, but absolutely no signs of it returning yet or any fertility signs. Don't want to stop BF really but want #2 more (I think)...do you think if I cut out daytime feeds I would get it back? I routine feed so only 4x a day and he is pretty quick at feeding now too..............

 

[cleckner04]

Congrats Kaybee!!! That's an amazing milestone!!

 

[JellyBeann]

hi ladiessssss
I see lots of period related Qs so I will add mine in too. Quite desperate to conceive #2 here as well, but absolutely no signs of it returning yet or any fertility signs. Don't want to stop BF really but want #2 more (I think)...do you think if I cut out daytime feeds I would get it back? I routine feed so only 4x a day and he is pretty quick at feeding now too..............

I read somewhere (Not sure how true it is though) that if you have a gap of at least 6hours your fertility goes up!) So very possibly! We desperately want number 2 here...we want 4 children altogether so we wanner get cracking haha!!

 

[tamarah]

Hi Ladies,

I just stumbled across this thread and just wanted to say well done ladies for keeping up the feeding for so long.

I breast Fed my son on demand until he was two years of age. I would have probably quite happily continued for a bit longer but negative attitudes really upset me. I had some very harsh comments from very good friends and health professionals. It was not til I decided to give up which I dont think neither my Ds or myself were ready for, that I found out that the Governing health Board reccomend that children are breast fed until at least 24 months.

I really do hope that the stigma of a womans breasts being purely for sexual pleasure decreases as people become more used to seeing it being done. It is such a beautiful thing to.

Keep up ladies xxx

 

[Kaybee]

tamarah

That's a shame that you felt you had to stop BF before you were both ready - sadly I think it happens to a lot of ladies. For you to get to 2 years of BF is awesome. I find that I tend to keep it to myself that K is still (I hate using that word!) BF a LOT although as one of my good friends (who actually really couldn't BF) says its nobody else's business....its still difficult when you can tell people think its odd to be doing it past 6 months

 

[tamarah]

tamarah

That's a shame that you felt you had to stop BF before you were both ready - sadly I think it happens to a lot of ladies. For you to get to 2 years of BF is awesome. I find that I tend to keep it to myself that K is still (I hate using that word!) BF a LOT although as one of my good friends (who actually really couldn't BF) says its nobody else's business....its still difficult when you can tell people think its odd to be doing it past 6 months

Thank You for your response. It's awful that you feel you have to keep it to yourself that your still BF. I have never passed judgement against any of my friends that formula fed although people feel that they have the right to judge and do not take the time to realise that we can be hurt by comments as can a non BF mum.

Its great to talk to someone who understands. xx

 

[Quartz]

I agree with this - I sometimes feel I have to hide the fact that I am still breastfeeding my nearly two year old two or three times a day

 

[JellyBeann]

Same here...I'm finding it harder and harder to be able to talk about my parenting style as bubs is getting older, we BF usually 3 times a day, although if he's not feeling too good, it can be almost all he has for the whole day! And we co-sleep which is another sore subject...this is the way it should be done, not formula the minute they hit 6 months!! I've nothing against mums who do FF, but quit telling me what to do!!

 

[tamarah]

My sentiments exactly, I really do hope that the government start to advertise BF a bit more. When I explain the reason why I BF my son for so long people tend to understand a bit more but got sick and tired of explaining myself. I have never questioned any of my friends that still readily handed out a bottle to their 3 and 4 year olds.

My reasons for extended BF, were that it reduces the chances of baby developing cancer in the future (this for me is one of the greatest reasons there could be), reduces the liklihood of ezcema, chest problems etc. Lastly but most importantly we thoroughly enjoyed the cuddle time it gave us. My lil one will be 4 this Summer and I so miss the innocence of the feeding times we shared. I used to feel like for 20 mionutes that the only things that mattered were me an my son. Hoovering, dusting etc would just have to wait. In fact I think a bomb could have gone off beside us and I would not have noticed.

When I am lucky enough to have another bundle of joy, I will definitely be BF again and feel very positive that I have found a site that has so many likeminded people.

xxx