Do your hormones get a little wacky when you stop breastfeeding?
He’s almost 15 months, so was only breastfeeding once at night. For the past 3 nights, he simply hasn’t expressed interest in that feeding and is using his own soothing techniques to go to sleep. Okay…so I guess we are weaning now! But these past couple days I have been crazy moody. I really can’t think of anything else that would make me feel like this other than not breastfeeding anymore…possible? If you experienced this, when should I expect to feel on an even keel again?
Also…if it was just one feeding, do you know how long it will take for my breasts to calm down on the milk production? I thought with one feeding it wouldn’t be a big deal, but oh wow, they are really full and they hurt like crazy!
My guess is that your’re just feeling the withdrawl from the bonding of nursing your son. I nursed both of my older 2 kids until they were 13 months.. they were just feeding once a night and then just stopped. They weaned themselves. I think I missed feeding them and feeling like they needed me. It didn’t take too long for the milk to calm down (I am thinking about a week or two probably). I am currently nursing our third baby (she’s almost 5 months) I am sure I will go through it again. I would say to not pump or do anything to stimulate the milk production and they should “empty out”. The emotional part you will just have to work through… it’s hard to watch our babies grow up!
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