I cried!!

[kitten1102]

We are slowly trying to stop BFing Tim now, ready for when he starts nursery at the end of the month... I'm swapping 1 BF for a bottle each week

We are now down to only BFing at 7.30 and 11.30am each day, and the rest of the time he is having formula now. Anyway, I was giving him his bottle at 6.30 tonight, and I texted my mum to tell her that the switch was going well, when I looked down at Tim and burst into tears!!!

I think it hit me that once we stop the BFing, there will probably be no going back and it made me cry!! Its stupid I know, but I'll miss that time we had together.

GRRRR at having to go back to work!!!!!!!!!!

 

[xrachx]

awww hun....
that brought tears to my eyes.x

 

[kitten1102]

Hee Hee, I'm soooo nortee!!!

I was supposed to have stopped BFing altogether by now, but yesterday and today, I just couldn't resist just giving him that first morning feed myself!!

My mum says she is proud that I made it this far, as she had never managed to with me or my brother (my sister on the other hand, was a marathon BFer who wouldn't give up until she was 18months!!!)

I'm still gonna have to give it up before the end of this week though...

 

[lisa&alex]

i also dread it whenever it will be.. do you have to stop altogether if you dont want to? cant you just do a night feed? bedtime?

 

[trixipaws]

im going thru the same thing! what a co-incidence look- http://www.pregnancyforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=65046 lol!

im soooooooo suprised how much its affected me i didnt think it would be a big deal! its not like i was obsessed with BFing or anything i just did it when she needed it, its only now i kno ill never do it again (unless i have another baby!) that i crave it! i thought it was me being mental, im glad it seems to be a normal reaction lol.

iv gone 84 hours now- the first 48 were the hardest to resist but im glad i did now, the longer it gets the easier it is to refrain from doing it, coz i dont wanna hav gone thru the emotions and also the physical pain of engorgement only to put myself back to the beginning. now iv come this far i just want it to be over i wish the milk would hurry and dry up!

in my case it was my decision to stop, im so sorry u feel u have to before ur ready. good luck with it hun if u want my support im here for u with all my sympathy!

 

[kitten1102]

i also dread it whenever it will be.. do you have to stop altogether if you dont want to? cant you just do a night feed? bedtime?

his post bath feed was the one we had to stop first, he got so agitated at about 3 weeks old that we started mix feeding then. And he doesn't have any night feeds anymore (apart from this week, he's been waking up at 4.30am everyday! I think it's time for some baby rice!!)

I'd love to carry on, but he takes ages with his first BF of the day, and I'll be getting up at 6am as it is, so he'll have to have a bottle then once I am at work...

 

[kitten1102]

im going thru the same thing! what a co-incidence look- http://www.pregnancyforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=65046 lol!

im soooooooo suprised how much its affected me i didnt think it would be a big deal! its not like i was obsessed with BFing or anything i just did it when she needed it, its only now i kno ill never do it again (unless i have another baby!) that i crave it! i thought it was me being mental, im glad it seems to be a normal reaction lol.

iv gone 84 hours now- the first 48 were the hardest to resist but im glad i did now, the longer it gets the easier it is to refrain from doing it, coz i dont wanna hav gone thru the emotions and also the physical pain of engorgement only to put myself back to the beginning. now iv come this far i just want it to be over i wish the milk would hurry and dry up!

in my case it was my decision to stop, im so sorry u feel u have to before ur ready. good luck with it hun if u want my support im here for u with all my sympathy!

spooky!!! How is it all going now?

It's much harder than I thought it would be to give it up, especially as when DS was 3 weeks old, I hated BFing coz I was still sore and he would feed constantly, and now I kinda miss it!

I've got the water ready for his feed tomorrow morning, so its all done now, no more feeds from mummy!!

 

[trixipaws]

hope ur ok, good luck.

iv gone 108 hours now- still im quite full, its getting me down a bit i just want to move on! today iv been at work tho so my parents hav had millie, i went to see her in the afternoon b4 i picked my boyf up but she is staying there tonite, and the same 2mro nite too coz iv got a dentist app in manc city centre on wednesday. tbh altho i miss her like crazy already i think it might be easier on me if shes not there- and really really hope my boobs return to normal by wednesday eve when we hav her back i really think ill be fine once i get out of this horrible limbo!

hows today been for u kitten?

 

[kitten1102]

Hiya,

At the mo, I'm coming up to 36 hours. Everytime I try to cuddle Tim against my chest at the mo it's a bit sore, and I feel VERY full (like I did when my milk was coming in). I'm hoping that coz we were dropping feeds gradually, it won't take long for it to dry up!!

How is millie coping without the BFing? Tim keeps trying to feed sometimes if he is hungry and I pick him up and hold him close...