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I pumped until 8 months when I gave up. I was able to nurse my son for another month before I didn't have enough milk to satisfy him anymore for the one or two sessions a day during that last month.

I was an exclusive pumper and pumped for 13 months. I spent the last month weaning from the pump (a lot longer than normal I'm sure). Since I had a lot of frozen milk stored, my 14 month old still drinks a bottle of breast milk a day.

I stopped pumping @ 12.5 months & breastfeed until 13.5 months!

I stopped pumping at 11 months when my daughter gave up her bedtime feed. I was only pumping to have a bottle or two a week because I had a couple evenings I was away. It was such a relief to give up, I had been pumping an hour a night just to get an ounce.

I kept breastfeeding until 17 months, every morning and for a while after her nap. I was always around in the morning, and she could be distracted with a snack after her nap, so we didn't need bottles.

Stopped pumping at 12 months.

I lost my supply around 6.5 months. I tried to keep pumping and nursing, but DS was in daycare and I couldn't keep up with his need. I tried taking time on the weekends to just lay around and nurse all day, took supplements, etc... but there were only so many times I could pump for 20-30 minutes before a let down and only end up with 2 or 3 ounces before I went crazy!

I stopped pumping and kept nursing, supplementing with our freezer stash until we switched to formula full time around 7 months.

I hope next time to nurse longer. I miss nursing DS and had hoped I could nurse to 18 or 24 mos; it just wasn't in the cards for us.

I stopped pumping at 6 months. LO is almost 9 months now and we nurse in the morning and evening. He nurses a little (only one side) on my lunch breaks and when I come home after work. LO despised the bottle!