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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I talked with a good friend of mine about things today and she had a similar experience. She didn’t plan on breastfeeding but decided to try it since everyone was telling her it was best. She told me that she took week by week or every two weeks. She made it through two weeks and re-evaluated, made it through 4 weeks and re-evaluated, made it through six weeks and re-evaluated, etc. She was told that the first 2-4 weeks is the hardest and to why past that before deciding whether to quit. Things are going well so I’m going to do that. I will give it another two weeks and see how I feel. I may go longer if I may not. I don’t plan to breastfeed once I go back to work so this will only be while I’m at home. We have one bottle of formula a day so he can get used to it and I pump once a day and freeze that milk so we can have some milk when I go back to work. [/quote]

That is wonderful. I had the exact same situation and helpfully my experience offers down encouragement. I was never fully interested in breastfeeding but my husband really wanted to with the pandemic and just overall health benefits. It was easy except for some minor latch issues and the pain the first two weeks. We did have some weight gain issues but that was because of the latch issue. We got it fixed and I was able to breastfeed until I went back to work FT at 6 months. I went back PT at 4 months but was able to pump. I work in a field that didn’t really allow for much time to pump and I knew I would switch over to formula feeding when I went back at 6 months.

My husband was very involved and was an amazing supportive partner. He asked me “ what can I do to make it work for you”? when we first started. I was able to pump and use a milk saver throughout the day do get create a freezer stash. I had a good supply and froze 8-12 ounces a day. I had enough milk to give him 2 bottle of breast milk a day until he was 1. I did the same for my second but stopped at 4 months and only had enough milk to give him until 6 months.

I would continue as long as you’re happy and willing to do it. I told my husband that when I was done, I was done. He respected it and knew he didn’t have a choice. You do this for you and stop when you want to.  [/quote]

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