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Weaning from the pump - OUCH
DD is 14 months old now. I didn't have the heart to try to wean her
yet. We want to TTC soon but my period showed up this month (not sure about the ovulation tho), so I was thrilled about not having to wean. However DD pretty much weaned herself off bottles at daycare about 13 months. She never took much to begin with, and had been cutting back for awhile until she refused them altogether. Just as well as it was getting harder and harder to find time to pump at work. After a few weeks I finally managed to make it most of the day w/o pumping and not being in engorgement pain. Except on Mondays. DD nurses like a maniac all day on the weekends. So on Monday - like today - OUCH. I can normally make it til 7pm or so without nursing/ pumping (having last nursed about 5am), but on Monday it seems my body finally catches up with the weekend demand and by 4pm I'm in pain. So anyone who weaned from the weekday pump still do ok with nursing on the weekends? Will this engorgement stop or will I end up dropping supply on the weekends? |
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Weaning from the pump - OUCH
So anyone who weaned from the weekday pump still do ok with nursing on the weekends? Will this engorgement stop or will I end up dropping supply on the weekends? engorgement does send a signal to produce less milk, but the question is, are you engorged long enough for enough signals to be sent such that a decrease occurs, possibly not, but you never know, if it was alternate days then you'd probably get a drop on the other days (can be a problem for mothers who work part time but don't pump), but once a week, it probably doesn't. Plus, if it does it will very much depend on your daughters main motivation for frequent nursing, it's probably a mix of need for food and other stuff right now, but those needs might be strong enough that reduced supply doesn't bother her. Cheers Anne |
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Weaning from the pump - OUCH
On Sep 4, 10:36 pm, cjra wrote:
After a few weeks I finally managed to make it most of the day w/o pumping and not being in engorgement pain. Except on Mondays. DD nurses like a maniac all day on the weekends. So on Monday - like today - OUCH. I can normally make it til 7pm or so without nursing/ pumping (having last nursed about 5am), but on Monday it seems my body finally catches up with the weekend demand and by 4pm I'm in pain. So anyone who weaned from the weekday pump still do ok with nursing on the weekends? Will this engorgement stop or will I end up dropping supply on the weekends? I stopped pumping for both my girls at 12 months (exactly!). They both nursed until they were over 2 years old, that' s by nursing weekends and evenings/nights. I think the monday engorgement will settle down with time, mine did, with an occaisional flare up after a particularly heavy nursing weekend or vacation when I was with them more. I kept my Isis at work so that I could relieve a little of the engorgement if it was too uncomfortable (and I would just dump that). Your supply may drop on the weekends. I'd say at about 16 or 18 months both my kids became less interested in nursing so supply dropping didn't seem to bother them. For mine, nursing was more of a reconnection than for food as they got to be 18 months. Mary W. |
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Weaning from the pump - OUCH
cjra wrote:
DD is 14 months old now. So anyone who weaned from the weekday pump still do ok with nursing on the weekends? Will this engorgement stop or will I end up dropping supply on the weekends? I stopped pumping at 15 months with Pillbug and we nursed until 17 months, when I got pregnant. I stopped pumping at 9 months with Rocky and we are still nursing at 2y3m currently. There was some engorgement in the beginning, but that went away pretty quickly. -- Anita -- |
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