when did you stop breastfeeding? I originally wanted to try and do 2 years. but, I don't make enough so we have to supplement, (or she eats too much), I don't enjoy being what I feel like a slave for food, (I have to watch what I eat because she's colicky) and I just don't feel that like "bond" people talk about.
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@masseymomma16 glad to know I'm not the only one who feels depressed from breastfeeding. the media makes breastfeeding seem to "miraculous'
I stopped at 10 weeks, had to supplement the last 4 weeks. My supply was low and nothing worked to improve it. I felt so guilty but once I stopped I realized how stressful and depressing it was for me. I will not do that to myself for the next baby.
@cit0.bunni I just feel guilty because I know I can produce some, so some is better than none. & being a 1 income household, and formula being expensive, I feel like I have to do my end of the deal and breastfeed... if that makes sense?
@swanson.jacquelyn it took me a bit to get over the guilt of not being able to give her what I thought I should have been able too but when I saw her suck down a bottle of formula like shes never eaten before I broke down. I felt like I was starving her and didn't know it.
We still bonded and my husband was able to bond more as well.
@cit0.bunni yeah combined I can max do 4oz once every 3 hours... and sometimes she eats 9oz!
I had to stop at 4 months since I wasn't producing enough. I tried everything and even when pumping I was only able to pump 1oz in a half hour
with my 1st a year and a Half she didn't want to sit still and be breastfed. it works for some people not for all I couldn't with my 2nd and I'm currently breastfeeding with my 3rd but I do still supplement with formula because he eats so much. you can still bond with bottle feeding
@swanson.jacquelyn totally get it!