I haven't seen a thread like this lately, so I thought I'd start one up. My 22 month old has greatly slowed down her nursing lately, and I think she's headed towards weaning. I recently went an entire 24 hours without nursing her, and barely felt any engorgement. She's stopped asking for it when she gets hurt or scared - and that especially breaks my heart. I love nursing her.

On the other hand, I'm 25 pounds from my goal weight, and I can't diet while I'm breastfeeding. I'm also infertile, and my midwife won't proscribe clomid while I'm still breastfeeding, so more children are on hold. We'd wanted children two years apart, and my daughter will be two in September, so that is really making me sad.

I'm having some very mixed feelings about this, basically, even though she's weaning on exactly her time table, which is how I'd planned to do it. Where are you all at? Any one have a toddler they'd like to wean but can't? Anyone else wanting to wean to have another child?