Hellobee Boards

I wanted to get through maternity leave, then once I achieved that, I wanted to make it 6 months, then once I got there, I had the pumping logistics down and a year seemed feasible! I was actually able to stop pumping around 10.5m and use freezer stash.

My goal was 2 weeks, then 6 weeks, the. 6 months, then 1 year. My goal with pumping was to try it, then to get through last summer, then last December, then spring break, which was 6 weeks before her first birthday (I had freezer stash to get us to one). There were rough days, but we made it through. We weaned 2 weeks ago at 14 months, when I went away for 10 days. Not sure if we would have weaned otherwise, and I'm still a little sad about it, but we made it

Pumping was emotionally challenging for me, and I continually had to remind myself that my pumping output was in no way a reflection of my value/worth/success as a mother. I obsessed over every ounce and worked like crazy to produce as much as I could. In the end, this led to a massive oversupply, but I still worried. I pump weaned early, because I needed to get that emotional stumbling block out of my life.

Hugs. It's so hard to know what to do. I didn't think I would love or be good at BFing, and when it turned out that I both loved and was good at it, I hung on to it for dear life. Now that we're done, I am realizing that I was pretty intense for a long time. I hope next time to be a bit more relaxed, even if that means less milk. I think that will be healthier for us both.

Good luck, lady

My goal with C was to make it to 1, then see how it went from there. She ended up self weaning at 20 months, which is a lot longer than I had expected but it worked for us. I definitely think I would have wanted to stop sooner if I was pumping though.

My goal is the same for this one, and I will still be SAH. A friend asked me if I felt obligated to BF this one as long as I did for C, but I don't. I hope we get to a ear and then when the baby is ready, it self weans like C did.

If I just make it til I reenter the working world (planning on 4-6m old) then I'll still consider that a success because I bottlefed my first almost from the beginning, and I did SAH.

With Xander, I wanted to make it to 12 weeks initially. Then when that worked out, I set a goal for 6 months. And when things were still going well, I set a new goal for 12 months. We nursed for 14.5 months.

With Logan, my goal has always been 12 months. I did it for Xander, so I feel confident I can do it again.

@lovehoneybee: I WOH with both kids.

With my 1st I had a really tough time and literally my goal was day to day "If I can just make it thru today, tomorrow will be easier" I nursed him for 20 months.

With #2. knowing I had BF #1 so long my immediate goal was 12 months - she weaned at 15 months

Original goal was 1 year. My current goal is 2 years, which is four months away. Little guy shows no signs of wanting to drop his only nursing session but honestly I'm about 95% over it at this point. I'm traveling without him right before his 2nd birthday and am hoping to wean them.
I work out of home and pumping was not fun. I quit that at 11 months and it made BFing seem so much easier once it didn't include pumping.

I hope to BF for a year. I think short term goals will be better for me though. My first is 6 weeks. I'll be WAH part time the first year of baby's life.

We're 5.5 weeks in and my current goal is to EBF through maternity leave (15 weeks). Then I'll see how things go with pumping at work. I'd love to make it to 6 months, but I'm not going to stress myself out if it doesn't work. My first was formula fed after 6 weeks and is amazing.

My goal was at least a year from the beginning. We made it a week longer than a year, and DS self weaned. I had no trouble with nursing, but pumping was really, really stressful for me.

I would really love to breastfeed for 2+ years, but I will be returning to work at 12 weeks, and am apprehensive about pumping, so my goal is one year, and then see how we're doing.

My goal was 12 months with LO1, but we had lots of issues caused by tongue tie, and I had no milk left at 8.5 months. With LO2, I wanted to make it at least as long, and made it almost 16 months when she self-weaned!

With #1 I set short term goals of 6, 9 and 12m. We ended up breastfeeding till she was 25m. I was a FT WOHM.
With #2 I was unemployed and SAHM till she was about 3 -4 months? I worked full time for about 3 months and now I'm down to one day a week. She's almost 10m and right now I have a pumping goal of 12m. Then milk while at daycare and I will nurse till either I'm pregnant or she self weans. Or she's 2; whichever comes earlier.

For LO #1, my "dream" goal was 2 years, but my realistic goal was 12 months. We made it to 15 months.

For LO #2, my dream goal was 18 months, realistic goal was 12 months. Made it to 12ish months.\

I wanted to not spend $$ on formula and I wanted to provide BM for as long as it was convenient for me and the baby. I telecommute and work from home everyday, so I was very lucky with my working arrangements. I pumped a LOT with LO #1 and actually donated 500+ ounces to a friend. With LO #2, I didn't pump at all.

My goal is one year. I've made it 11 weeks so far. If it's going well at one year I could see keeping going longer.

My goal is a year. We are 16 weeks in and I pump 1x a day. I WOH/WAH part time- but will SAH full time come October and I finish my current photography season.

If all goes well at a year I could see going longer, but I would not call it a goal. My Mom BF me till I was 18 mo, it would be nice to get that far if it's working for everyone.