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I was so not sad. It also didn’t mean the end to breastfeeding for me. I stopped pumping with DD1 at 10 months when I was working PT, and went back to work FT when she was 18 months but successfully nursed her for over 2 years. I had a very hard time nursing DD2 and pumping was SO hard. My boobs are sad (but slowly recovering!) but I didn’t drop my ice cream habit and 1 year later it hasn’t caught up with me!

Another vote that I wasn't sad but I also pumped for 10 months until my LO was over one (she couldn't do WCM). I kept nursing her for another year so it doesn't mean the end of the road if you don't want it to! But I totally feel you on the calorie thing, it was nice to basically just be able to eat whatever when I was nursing!

I was a little nostalgic, wouldn't call it sad I was only afraid I'd dry up and no longer able to nurse but I'm still nursing my almost 14 month old! Pumping is def not something I miss at all haha!

I was sad to quit pumping. My pumping supply had dipped a lot just before my girl turned one. I was really excited to be able to exclusively breast feed her until the age of one and really didn't have a desire to stop anytime soon. I kept trying to get my pump supply up but then I found out I was pregnant. So maybe a couple weeks after I learned that, I stopped pumping because I worried about nutrients getting to the new growing baby. I was sad because I felt like I HAD to stop and it wasn't a decision that I would have otherwise made had I not become pregnant. Of course pumping was a total pain, but I loved being able to do that for my girl. I never ate more or anything because of nursing. I was worried about gaining weight, but of course, new pregnancy took care of that! (Side note - I continued to nurse my girl morning and night even after I stopped pumping. I only stopped nursing when I got the flu and had to go to ER becuase I threw up nonstop an insane amount of times for an entire day and felt too dehydrated to properly feed two babies. Cue sadness again at forced decision to stop.)

@josina: I know what you mean! We're still not TOTALLY decided that we're done, but I'm treating her as if we are. I think the only reason I'd wean is so she'd stop looking for the boob at night.... I would also like to eventually wear a real bra again...

Omg no, I wanted to throw the damn pump out the window. Pumping made me feel like a cow and it was such a time suck.

I continued nursing for about 5mos after I stopped pumping so I did not really associate the two events.

And honestly I was not able to feel like myself until I quit nursing. It tied me down so much. So that made up for any sadness.

But ugh pumping never felt like a break to me, it always felt like a horrible chore that I resented having to do!

I’ll be sad to end nursing, but not pumping. I’m one of the unlucky ones that hangs on to some extra baby weight until after I stop pumping. Can’t wait to lose it!

I'm with you! I'm down to 1x/day and hesitant to stop totally. DS is still nursing morning and bedtime, and on weekends so far. But even as much as I hate the pump, it's a symbol of infancy for me and being done is the end of an important phase. He's our last, so there's an added emphasis from that too I think. Hugs to you!

I'm 7 weeks into pumping and formula feeding for my third baby and I'm a little sad bc if I had more time I'd switch from pumping to trying to bf (in the beginning we had weight and jaundice issues for a few weeks) so I'm a little sad bc this is the first time I've even made it this far giving breast milk (#1 didn't work out and I didn't know what to do and had PPD/PPA, #2 I had medical issues but had a really good ff'Ingrid experience) BUT overall I'm just done. I nurse instead of pump sometimes bc I keep getting clog after clog on one side especially and nursing is ok but I am over pumping and not really being able to tend to any of my LOs even when supposedly hands free. And the clogs are driving me nuts. I pumped before and didn't have this problem!! ETA, my constantly clogged side is basically dry the past couple days and now they are also lopsided, ugh.