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@Mrs. Bee: @runsyellowlites: I have nothing to contribute to this thread but I so admire women who last that long. So selfless.

I still have a few weeks before my baby gets here, but my birth class instructor made a point to tell us not to judge anyone's choice on how long they BF because you may not be ready to stop when you thought you would be.

She always thought she wouldn't want to BF past 12 months, but now her son is two years old and she is still going strong!

I didn't have a goal going into it. I always thought teeth would be the limiting factor but we made it to 2 years old.

@matador84: do you pump in the day? I know you're a teacher so how do you find time in the day if you pump? I'm not pregnant but curious how to make it work in the future as a teacher!

Definitely! I thought I would do six months max as I wasn't overly keen on the idea but wanted my LO to have all the benefits of breast milk. Well, at nearly 11 months, we are still going strong with five nursing sessions per day and no plan to cut back any time soon. Maybe once we hit a year I'll introduce the third meal and drop a session or two of nursing. Other than that, we'll go until we get pregnant with the next one.

Never in a million years did I think I would make it to nearly a year, still going strong.

Yes. When I was pregnant, I figured we would be done around 1 year. I didn't think I wanted to nurse a toddler, although I didn't really have any real reasons for that opinion. I changed my mind, LO really liked nursing, and we blew past his first birthday and he self-weaned at 2.5 years.

I remember saying to people, I'm having twins if it works great if not I promise not to kill myself. My first goal (pre birth) was 2 weeks. I called the LC from the hospital crying because the babies wouldn't latch. I saw her the next day, she got me set up and with a little dose of confidence the 3 of us and our village started our journey. My next goal was 6 weeks, then 3 months, then 6 months, then teeth - - - here I am with my 10 month olds and couldn't be happier. With the exception of a few bottles of formula in the hospital and along the way (as in less than 10 total) my babies are all made of All Mama's Milk. I am now thinking of what to do at the 1 year mark. I want to stop pumping at work. But I am thinking of letting them self wean on their own. Why not, I made it this far!?

My original goal was for 6 months. Once we passed 6 months, I decided to keep going because LO seemed happy. At 8-8.5 months, he showed signs that breastmilk wasn't meeting his needs and it got harder to pump for him. So, we started weaning recently at 8-8.5 months. It was 2 months longer than I envisioned going, so I claim it as a win.

With DS1 I thought I'd breastfeed for 6 months and then give him pumped milk until a year. He nursed until he was 2 years 4 months!

Yup! I thought one year was going to be long and tough but we just finished at 21 months. Well, she still asked for mommys milk every morning but she's just as happy with some homogenized milk.

Kind of! I thought I'd wean at a year for sure, but E is no where close to being ready for that. I could see nursing lasting until two honestly.

@Mrs. Bee: I thought we would stop at 12 months but even though I stopped pumping and nursing during the day I still nurse to sleep and nurse at night and its been 3 weeks since she turned 12 months

I thought i'd stop at 12 months, but at 13 months i still nurse her 2x during the week, and 3x on the weekend. She hates whole milk, so i don't see her weaning anytime soon.