The End

I’ve held out for as long as I could.  With breastfeeding, that is.

Yes, despite the fact that Fang has been trying to devour my boobs and not just the goods that come out of ‘em has not stopped me from nursing her.  

For the last week, she has gotten pissed when I try to nurse her any time of the day other than first thing in the morning.  So she’s been down to once a day.  I figure it’s a good thing.  Slow weaning, the way Julie did it, and I never had a problem with engorgement.

Well, this morning she screamed at me when I tried to stick my nipple in her mouth.  And arched her back to get as far away from it as possible.

I think this is The End of breastfeeding, and I am so surprised that both my girls have weaned themselves around a year old.  It just seems so early to me.  I hear so many women talking about how they nursed until their child was three, and I just have no clue how their babies stayed interested for that amount of time.

You’d think I’d be sad, but breastfeeding has never been my cup of tea.  I do it because I know it is the best thing for my kids and for me.  Nature intended it.  However, I have always felt it to be excruciatingly uncomfortable.  Having a baby suck on my nipple just feels… well, awful.  It doesn’t hurt, it tickles.  And rather than my body emitting that “mothering hormone” and relaxing me while my baby is attached to my breast, I get the opposite effect. Suddenly, I feel extremely restless, like I have to jump up RIGHT NOW and run a marathon.  I know, just another reason I’m a freak.  Oh well.

I suppose this means I get my ta-tas back!  Woo hoo!  THEY’RE MINE AGAIN!

However, sadly, this means that I’ll have to stock away all my D and DD bras and pull out my Cs again.  *sniffle*  I have a lot of cute “big girl” bras that I’ll miss wearing.

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6 Responses to “The End”

  1. Samantha Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 11:00 am

    Yay for us being done breastfeeding!

  2. Erin Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    I’m so glad to hear that I’m not the only one that gets that feeling while breastfeeding! I’m constantly scratching to try to stop the damn tickeling feeling.

  3. Rikki Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Woohoo for having your boobies back!

  4. J Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    lol. good for you! i can’t wait to get out my DD bras again! the H’s are starting to get a little ratty.

    i don’t get the bonding thing from BFing either. in fact, the one time i bottle fed E, i felt closer to her because i could look into her face, and i wasn’t worried about getting my boob bitten off, or the pain of the letdown. if i thought E would take formula, i’d probably wean her right now. i’m just sick to death of BFing. but she’s not ready for food yet, so i give her purees 3xs a day, offer solids to her (which she still refuses) and nurse her between meals and 3xs a night.

    GAH! i’m jealous. i’m sick of nursing.

  5. Kim Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    How long does it take for the girls to get back to “normal” size anyway? I stopped BF’ing months ago and still can’t fit back into my pre-pregnancy bras :( …

    Maybe my mistake is in thinking there is such thing as going back to normal…

  6. deanna Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 9:45 am

    I’ll take your cute bra’s off your hands!!! I have another year to go AT LEAST! I can’t wait to get my “nah” back to myself. . .neither can my husband!!!!