People that stopped 6 weeks - 4 months

[Serene123]

Did you find it easy? Did you regret it?

Just trying to decide when to stop next time. I know I'll only know when baby is here, but I don't want to think I'm ready to stop early then regret it xx

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

i stopped at around 4/5 months... and i regret it really bad now... actually gets me down
wish i could still do it! argh..... i don't even know why i stopped, Luke started having more and more bottles as he got more and more hungry and eventually i was phased out wish i hadn't of been so defeated now! next time im going to do it for much longer...

 

[Pyrrhic]

Totally regretted it, which is why I re-started.

 

[rach321]

I stopped at 12 weeks. My LO was a really difficult feeder and to be honest it was getting me down - he was getting worse and it didn't seem to matter how many BF experts I saw, he always went back to his bad latch. I had always set myself a target of 3 months and then longer if things were going well. I don't feel bad about it - I gave it my best shot. My HV made me feel better when she said that if she were me she wouldn't have lasted 2 weeks. I do miss that last feed of the day though - that was always a special time, LO was bathed and dressed for bed, then he would snuggle up and take his last feed.....makes me fill up even now just thinking about it.
I don't feel overwhelming guilt, LO is much happier and settled on formula - he was a very hungry baby and I don't think my milk was up to the job after 3 months. But for the next baby I will definitely BF again and see how it goes.
Sorry that turned into a bit of a ramble.....not sure if that helped or not!

 

[Serene123]

I love breastfeeding Caitlyn, but if she wasn't so attatched I'd honestly have stopped. She wasn't properly attatched untill 5-6 months, which makes me wonder whether to stop before then next time. Que sara, sara, I guess!

 

[ryder]

I stopped at a month, but I think it was easy at that point. She was never exclusively bf, and it was a nightmare trying to get her to bf. It was right for us.

Im going to try to bf the next one as I think it may be easier so I can make sure Jasmine still gets enough attention and outtings.

I've never really regretted it, I do wish it had been as easy as everyone seems to have it on here. but it wasn't... It isnt a big deal, and if it doesnt work out with the next one im not going to stress about it either.

I do know even if I was bfing Jasmine, there is no way I could go through the first month or two with a newborn plus her trying to still feed... Not sure how women do tandem feeding LOL... they are superheros I guess.

 

[Serene123]

I stopped at a month, but I think it was easy at that point. She was never exclusively bf, and it was a nightmare trying to get her to bf. It was right for us.

Im going to try to bf the next one as I think it may be easier so I can make sure Jasmine still gets enough attention and outtings.

I've never really regretted it, I do wish it had been as easy as everyone seems to have it on here. but it wasn't... It isnt a big deal, and if it doesnt work out with the next one im not going to stress about it either.

I do know even if I was bfing Jasmine, there is no way I could go through the first month or two with a newborn plus her trying to still feed... Not sure how women do tandem feeding LOL... they are superheros I guess.

I'll let you know.........

 

[Jkelmum]

I stopped last time at 4 months and though it was right for me and ethan at the time i would like to BF for longer this time

 

[Zarababy1]

nah i dont regret it! i stoped because i wanted my periods back so i could start TTC again, altho it didnt quite work like that but maybe if i had kept it up i wouldbe be pregnant now! 4 months isnt bad going really i'll definatly try and do the next one for alot longer at least a year but you never know i guess !

 

[alice&bump]

i stopped cos i had to and i do regret it! i wish i'd found out sooner and could have got my milk back easier, by the time i realised it was practically all gone...to the extent that i went cold turkey and one of my boobs got engorged, but only like abit hard! no leaking or anthin.

but i do quite like the freedom i've got now so i can go out and stuff! still not decided what i'm gona do with #2...sometimes i was to BF them forever, others (like now) i think i'll just FF

 

[alice&bump]

oh yea and when i realised i had milk again yesterday, i really considered starting feeding katie again

 

[Mervs Mum]

I stopped at 6 wks ish with my first and at the time I was 100% happy with my decision. I only regret it a tiny bit because I look at Em now and wished I'd tried as hard for her as I did for Hebe But she's just as loved and is rarely ill so I think 'regret' is too strong a word. I'd have done things a bit different but no regrets.

 

[leedsforever]

I stopped at a month, but I think it was easy at that point. She was never exclusively bf, and it was a nightmare trying to get her to bf. It was right for us.

Im going to try to bf the next one as I think it may be easier so I can make sure Jasmine still gets enough attention and outtings.

Totally agree with this...

however i do wish i could have continued a little longer... although it was right for us to stop

x

 

[ryder]

I think it depends on how you feel about bfing too... Some people are really passionate about it, which is great... and some people try and bf because of other reasons... I am one who is not incredibly passionate about it (for myself, I do think if your happy bfing its a good thing)... so maybe this is why it isn't really that huge of a regret? I dunno... know what im saying?

 

[jms895]

to those that stopped and regretted it.

I am so glad I carried on when I felt like quitting, now the worst is over xxx

 

[Mervs Mum]

I'm VERY passionate about BFing as people know and I've no regrets It's a weird one

 

[mommyof3co]

I didn't make it to quite 6wks with Landon, though my decision wasn't voluntary,I had to stop, I regret it so much now, I wish I had been able to continue. I even have regrets with stopping with Casen at 11mo lol. And I wish I was still nursing Hayden and he's 20mo..we stopped almost 2mo ago. Ok maybe I'm not a good person to answer lol

 

[Alexas Mommy]

I stopped at a month, but I think it was easy at that point. She was never exclusively bf, and it was a nightmare trying to get her to bf. It was right for us.

Im going to try to bf the next one as I think it may be easier so I can make sure Jasmine still gets enough attention and outtings.

I've never really regretted it, I do wish it had been as easy as everyone seems to have it on here. but it wasn't... It isnt a big deal, and if it doesnt work out with the next one im not going to stress about it either.

I do know even if I was bfing Jasmine, there is no way I could go through the first month or two with a newborn plus her trying to still feed... Not sure how women do tandem feeding LOL... they are superheros I guess.

I'll let you know.........

Alexas pediatrician bf'ed TWINS for THREE AND A HALF years! She did mention that she did get late PPD due to that though...

 

[alice&bump]

i think whether you regret it or not depends on the type of person you are, rather than how passionate you are. like, i'm the sort of person that doesnt really rgret things - not point in regretting what you cant change. if that makes sense?? at the time you made the right decision for you, so there's no point regretting it!

 

[Mervs Mum]

^^^ Definitely!! I think if you are generally someone who backs themselves then regrets dont often happen in most situations.