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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm expecting my first in August, and I have no idea, but it's interesting to see that people breast feed for so long.

My mom said she loved it, that it was a wonderful experience for her. But apparently I started pushing away the breast at 3 months, and she decided to let it go.

For those moms who kept going, did you do it because you enjoyed it or because you feel this pressure to do it because it's best for your baby? I feel like a lot of moms aim to breast feed as long as possible as some sort of contest almost, which everything I've read says that after 6 months. the benefits have leveled out.

But if you love it or find personal benefits to it, I can see sticking with it for longer. I just know for myself that if it was massively inconvenient or pumping made me feel like a dairy cow I don't think I could keep it up. Also, does that mean you're still having to wear nursing bras and pads and worry about leaking and stuff during all that time? And what about sex? [/quote]

My original goal was to make it 6 months. After we hit that point and we were still going strong, I didn't see a reason to stop. If I stopped, I'd have to buy formula and nursing was free and easy. Well, the pumping was a pain but for evenings and weekends it was easier. I pumped for 13 months. After that, I stopped pumping and just nursed mornings, after work, and before bed. It was a simple thing to do and I truly enjoyed nursing. I stopped at 20 months because I didn't think I had much milk left anyway and my son was fine with stopping. It was a natural end to it for us. I felt like I knew when it was time to stop because he didn't seem to need it anymore and I was ready to by done.

It was definitely not for any kind of competitive reasons. [/quote]

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