https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:26:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2479397 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:10:36 +0000 Adira 2479397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petitenoisette: I was pumping three times a day at work. So then I went down to twice a day, then once a day, and then I was done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2479158 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:24:38 +0000 petitenoisette 2479158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Aw I'm sorry you had to quit before you were ready; I would have done the same though if I wasn't producing much anymore! Regarding acting weird, I just wondered if anyone else got comments about pumping past a year. Not about pumping in general. I'm a teacher so work with tons of women and many who have pumped but the impression I've gotten is that many people find it much more challenging than I do and I don't know anyone who's done it past a year! But I'm really not stressed about what other people think :happy: </p> <p>@junebugsmama: Yea I personally do not think it is weird at all. In a way I think it's weirder to automatically switch to WCM at age one; like ok I'm done producing the milk, I shall now outsource it to another animal :silly: (I do not really think that is weird either way!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2479134 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:07:52 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2479134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 14 months and I am still pumping at work. I know what you mean about wondering if people think it's weird. I am pretty sure no one else pumped past a year and I work with a ton of moms. No one has ever said anything about it so I try not to even think it's weird. I definitely don't think it's weird to nurse still so who cares! For me, my hours make it a little trickier I quit pumping since I work the evening shift. I am pretty sure bedtime is the last nursing session for many people and I always miss that when I work. Pumping itself doesn't bother me other than feeling lazy. </p> <p>I think you should keep pumping until you are truly over it! You don't sound like you want to day wean, so wait till you are ready :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2479077 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:26:35 +0000 regberadaisy 2479077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) pumped till 13 months with my first. I was sad because I wasn't ready. I was getting less than an ounce at each session. With #2 I stopped around 14 months? I was over it! It took a while because I wasn't as dried up , as I was with my first.</p> <p>2) with both I still nursed when we were together at first. But then slowly dropped to morning and bedtime only as they drank more<br /> Milk.</p> <p>3) act weird about what? I wasn't the first to pump at my work so it was NBD to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2479067 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:13:42 +0000 petitenoisette 2479067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: I feel you on having my body back!<br /> @Adira: How often were you pumping when you started to cut back?<br /> @bushelandapeck: Yea I definitely could not care less what other people think! I think it's mainly just people assume that now that she's a year that I will wean her entirely, but I have no plans to do so. My daughter doesn't drink anything else yet either (besides water), so I don't foresee stopping pumping either anytime soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2478763 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:31:50 +0000 bushelandapeck 2478763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) DD is 16.5 mos and I just stopped pumping at work last week because she won't drink anything beside BM and water. If she doesn't eat before I leave for work in the AM, I will still plan to pump at work. </p> <p>2) I tried to cut pumping but noticed my supply dropped so I started pumping at work again. </p> <p>3) I share an office with another pumping mom and we often pump together! I don't really care if someone thinks it's weird. She won't drink anything else so I sort of feel like I need to until she's ready to stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2478723 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:07:37 +0000 Adira 2478723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) I started day weaning right at one, so I only pumped for maybe 3-4 more weeks.</p> <p>2) I day weaned - I cut out a pump session and a bottle/nursing session each week. We continued to nurse morning/night after I was fully done pumping.</p> <p>3) Most people didn't really know I was still doing it. I would've felt weird though continuing for much longer... we're allowed the break time to pump for the first year only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2478670 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:39:54 +0000 psw27 2478670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. I think I finally quit around 14 months. We were exclusively pumping at that point, LO weaned himself at 9 or 10 months because he was too distracted and wild.<br /> 2. I finally quit because I had a good freezer stash, my supply was dipping due to stress and I was ready to quit. I wanted my body back!<br /> 3. No one at work cared, or probably paid attention really. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-pumped-past-a-year#post-2478641 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:25:07 +0000 petitenoisette 2478641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) How long did you end up pumping for (or how many months now if you're still pumping!)?<br /> 2) When/why/how did you pump wean? Did you keep nursing at home or wean altogether?<br /> 3) Did people start to act weird about it? </p> <p>1) DD just turned one and I'm currently pumping :grin:<br /> I had sort of thought I'd day wean now but my daughter is MSPI so I can't introduce cows milk/plus as a teacher it seems easier to just pump for the rest of the school year and day wean over the summer. Also I only pump twice a day/sometimes once and so it's not terrible.<br /> 2) haven't yet obviously but it would be nice to get this time at work back! And my schedule rotates which makes pumping more annoying and I can't conceivably cut down to just one pump a every day (idk what that'd do to my supply anyway).<br /> 3) I seriously DO NOT care, and I've been pretty open at work about pumping, but I'm definitely getting the sense that people think it's a bit weird/unnecessary that I'm still doing it. </p> <p>ETA: I didn't go back to work until my daughter was 6 months so I definitely credit that with pumping being relatively easy so far for me! </p>