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My goal was a year with LO1 and we made it 13 months before he self-weaned when I was newly pregnant. I would have gone a little longer, I think.

5.5 months and going strong with LO2. My goal, again, is a year, but I'd consider until 18 months or so.

Bf dd1 for a year, which is exactly what I wanted. No problems so far with dd2 (7 weeks old), and hope to make a year again!

The goal I told everyone was that I'd do it through my maternity leave and then "see what happened." But in my heart, I always hoped to BF for one year.

I stopped pumping at one year as intended, but we only just weaned a couple weeks ago for good at age 27 months. (!)

My goal was to BF/pump for a year, I quit pumping at a year and DS lost interest in nursing at 12.5 months.

Longer. I hoped I could get to 6 months ebf. We made it to 13 months and then I weaned him.

DS- goal was 6 months, we made it past 6 months. I was working FT out of the house, so it was hard. I also had a week long business trip which pretty much ended EBF.

DD- no real goal. I would have liked to have gone longer but pregnancy dried me up

Longer than I expected. Once I was able to successfully nurse I said I'd try and make it to 1 year and I did...and then nursed until 13 months. I thought I'd definitely be done by my son's first birthday, but it was so easy once I stopped pumping and was only nursing once or twice a day to keep it up. I probably could have gone for longer, but I think when we stopped was good for both of us. I have no regrets!

I had not planned to breastfeed at all! Just did not want to do it. Then, when they put her on my chest, she immediately latched on. So, I said fine I'd do it throughout my 8 week maternity leave. Now, at 8 months EBF, I hope to make it to a year, and then just let her self-wean. That is, if she will finally take to some solids! It's been hard with an over supply, then an under supply, and the constant pumping at work, and making my schedule around pumping and making sure she has enough milk. But, worth it for us.

I didn't really have any set expectations but Miss A is just weaning now at 3y 3m so suffice to say we've exceeded expectations (we're on day four of books rather than boobs at bedtime!).

My expectation with the wee guy is to make it to twelve months (he's 10m now) but he's not the booby baby that his sister was (and he bites!) so I don't think he'll go as long.

I didn't have expectations, I was willing to see how breastfeeding went and was happy to use formula if needed. I nursed lo1 until 13 months and lo2 is almost 6 months and still exclusively breastfed - I'm hoping to get to 18 months tis time

I thought I'd nurse LO1 until about 2 years. I gave up pumping around 13 months and we stopped nursing somewhere between 16 and 18 months because pregnancy tanked my supply. 7 months in with LO2.

LOL! I planned to breastfeed for only six months. My LO is now 16 months and I'm still breastfeeding him. I wish he would just wean himself.

The poll doesn't allow for more than one answer. The first time, I hoped at least a year, and only made it 8.5 months. I was very upset about not making it longer, but my supply dried up. The second time I had the same 1 year goal, and she self-weaned at 16 months. That was very healing for me, and I was so happy to let her decide when she was done.

I didn't vote because I am still bf but I started with the goal just to see how it went. In the very, very early weeks, I would have been shocked if you told me we would be at 7 months and still going strong with all of our issues.
I am hoping to go til 12 months and day-wean.

Made my goal of pumping for a year and surpassed my breastfeeding goal--nursed my daughter til she was 22 months. I am excited about breastfeeding my second and miss it!

With DS, my goal was a year and I breastfed for 19 months (until I was 15 weeks pregnant with #2).

With DD, I'd like to make it at least 18 months. It was a rough beginning but she is 6 1/2 months and things are going well!

With my first I told myself that if I made if to 8 months id be happy. We had a rocky start. Nursed 2years 3months! 3 months later I was pregnant again and now I have a 1.5 month old and things are going great. The goal is 1.5 years this time, so we'll see! Lol.

I'd hoped to go to 2+ (my mother did extended breast feeding with my sister who was born when I was 20). I found that at about 13 months she and I both lost interest. Our final session (if you could call it that - she took a sip or two and was off) was at 14 months.

This is interesting. I have to say, I don't think HB is really representative of moms in general - in "real life" I don't know a ton of people who have actually EBF for a year, and it seems really common on here.

We've EBF to 5 months so far. Goal is 1 yr + (open to letting him self wean). BFing itself has been easy - no latch issues, I make tons of milk, etc. but DS has major food allergies/intolerances (MSPI plus other foods) and I have had to eliminate basically everything from my diet and it's REALLY hard. If he doesn't grow out of some of these intolerances, I'm not sure I can imagine continuing to eat this way for another year. I'm used to it at this point but it really sucks.

@alba4 I think you are definitely correct on that. I'm in the U.S. I got 12 weeks but negotiated to take an extra month. And I'm in a white collar professional job, I have my own office so I have a private place to pump whenever I want. I think EBF for women in the U.S. who work at jobs where pumping is difficult/impossible is a problem. Another reason we need paid extended maternity leave.