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Honestly it was the first time I returned to feeling like myself after being pregnant! Definitely more energy and actually less appetite.

2 weeks of hard boobs. I cold turkied when I was at one morning and one night feed when I got pregnant at 13 months. When my boobs finally went back to not being hard they were sad, saggy, deflated sacks. That's the only difference I noticed! But because it was due to pregnancy that I weaned it may be different the next time. I had started pp hair loss at 9/10 months pp and it got worse for a few months after I was done breastfeeding.

DS weaned completely at 27 months, and I felt my hormones go wacko. I had weaning anxiety which was probably my untreated PPA worsening. I lost weight, but because I was too anxious to eat. From what I hear, a little anxiety or hormonal reaction is normal, and I had a rare severe reaction.

I got a clogged duct like a week after I weaned, so I had to do a lot of hand expression in the shower. Then my period started exactly 2 weeks after I weaned at 15 months

After weaning my second I actually gained a few pounds back, that was a major bummer.

I'd love to know how you all weaned (toddlers). My 19 month old is BOOBIE CRAZY. It would have been easier a few months ago to wean him. Now I think he would be hysterical. I'm not in any rush but I don't really want to nurse him for another year +.

My boobs went from a DD to a B pretty quickly and now I wish I would have pumped for another year, haha.
I was an exclusive pumper but I still felt guilt and some sadness over weaning but otherwise emotionally I was fine.

@mrsbubbletea ugghh it doesn't sound like it's going to get any easier then for me!

@mrsbubbletea:
@MrsADS:
My daughter dropped the very last session on her own, I think because my milk changed taste due to pregnancy. But I very gradually weaned her over the course of 6 months. The first two months were spent trying to get her to give up daytime sessions other than nap time. 2 months in, we were down to nap time, bedtime, overnight, and wake up. Then I dropped nap time, with the help of her spending a weekend away from me with my parents. Naps were rough for about 2 weeks, but it was worth it. Then another month later, we dropped the wake up nursing (that one wasn't bad, we just did breakfast immeadiately). Then a month later, over the course of a week, we dropped overnight nursing. Definitely the worst. We bedshare most nights, so she cuddled with dadddy instead and we offered a sippy of water every time she cried. A month or so later, she decided one night that she was done with the bedtime nursing.

I have never fully weaned in the 3.5 years I've been breastfeeding between 2 kids but after tapering wayyyy off with my first I gained about 5 pounds.

My appetite is about the same not gaining weight (yet) but definitely not dropping any lbs any time soon..... Also my boobs which were small to begin with somehow are even smaller now. Sad!

Good news is that I feel more "normal" as far as my hormones go. Better sex drive and I kind of have baby fever again HAHA

@MrsADS: my 17 month old is a booby monster too, I have no idea how we are going to wean. She is down to a quick morning feed and then one at nap time, and one through the night. she randomly asks for it during the day and I try to distract her with food/water and that sometimes works. I thought she would have been done by now, but she relied on me a lot while her first molars cut through. I'm hoping she starts to wean before she's 2, its a lot of work wrangling an acrobatic toddler while she feeds. my boobs are still really big, I want them to be smaller, and hopefully lose a few kilos once she's weaned (please don't let me put weight on!!)