My breastfeeding journey with my son has been far from an easy one. We started out with some problems but fast forward to two years later, and it has turned out to be one of the most special and emotionally rewarding journey’s that I have been on. I never had a real breastfeeding goal and always knew I would just take one day at a time. I knew that hitting the one year mark was going to be a big milestone, but hitting the second year mark was something I could have never foreseen.
When I became pregnant in February with our second child, I saw no future of weaning for my son. He has always been very attached to his “nursies” and I was accepting the fact that I may be tandem nursing when the second one came along. I was okay with this, and in fact I had started to do some light reading on the subject.
When my son started weaning shortly into my second trimester, I was totally shocked to say the least. He was always very adamant on his morning and nap time nursing sessions, but slowly he started needing them less and less.
I knew that with pregnancy there was a chance that I would loose my milk supply, and as my pregnancy progressed, around 14 weeks I noticed that nursing was becoming very painful. I was pretty sure at that point that I did not have any milk left. He continued to nurse but very sporadically.
Just a few weeks ago, I found that we were going days without nursing and that is when it really hit me that he has basically self weaned.
I know I should be very happy and proud that we have had a long lasting and wonderful nursing relationship, but I am also mourning a loss. I feel sad that I my baby is done nursing. I never imagined that I would be feeling sad about this.
My son will still ask to nurse every couple of days and I let him even if it’s only for a few minutes. Knowing that may be the last time he ever nurses, I am cherishing those moments now more then ever.
I am so proud that I made the choice to allow him to self wean. While our nursing relationship may be coming to and end, I know that the bond it created will last a lifetime. I look forward to being able to provide the same loving and nurturing nursing relationship with my next born and while I’m sad about this chapter coming to and end, I am so proud of this accomplishment.
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