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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Science can’t answer this for you right now. All these women on here claiming it leads to this or that are not being truthful; there are no proven, definite benefits.

For me, the reasons to keep going were, in order,
1. Sleep. Will your baby fall asleep easily any other way? Mine wouldn’t.
2. Convenience. Bottles: filling, prepping and cleaning them sucks. Breastfeeding is so easy and convenient.
3. [b]Weight loss. This wasn’t a consideration for me but looking back I could eat literally anything I wanted and still unintentionally lost weight.[/b][/quote]

OP here, wish this was the case for me but it definitely isn't.  I'm wondering if this is just my new set point which is upsetting.  I am almost 40 pounds over my weight before I got pregnant.  I was eating a lot postpartum (PPD plus extreme breastfeeding hunger) to the point that I actually gained weight while baby was constantly nursing. For the past few months I have been working out (only 30 minutes 6 times per week so I could do more but it's hard with the baby) eating healthier with much smaller portions but I haven't even lost a pound. Maybe I need to start another thread about weight loss while breastfeeding![/quote]

Without trying to change my diet, I lost 25 lbs in the six weeks after I stopped breastfeeding my first. Also had the hormone roller coaster of weaning other moms mentioned.

With my 2nd, I got back to my pre-baby weight while breastfeeding and have only recently weaned. Was hoping I’d easily drop another 10-20 and be back at college me size, but seems unlikely.

At six mos, I introduced formula and cut back on pumping. By 9 mos, my LO wasn’t as into nursing. At 11 mos, I cut out all pumping and just nursed when she felt like it. She’s 12 mos and walking now, and v, v rarely feels like nursing.

I didn’t find a big impact on illness with nursing. My older kid didn’t latch well so I exclusively pumped after 6 mos, so felt less ambivalent about stopping (which made the hormonal weepies even more confusing!!)

Do what works for you, science doesn’t seem to know yet. For me, stopping meant more mental clarity and better sleep. And it was weight neutral/decreased my weight after first kid.

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