For the past few weeks, I have been struggling with the idea of stopping nursing. If someone had told me 10 months ago, that I would actually be sad about stopping - I would have thought they were crazy! Nursing Harrison was one of the hardest, most selfless things I have ever done. Those first few weeks (or months), were by no means easy. But once the pain went away, I began to truly love nursing. I never planned on going past six months.. and here I am still nursing at 10 months. If it weren't due to my lack of milk supply, I might actually have been that creepy lady nursing her 18 month old child. While I can think of many reasons not to stop, I can also see some positives in it, making this decision....
bittersweet.
Good-bye to....
- Burning 500 calories a day - I guess it's time to hit the gym!
- Free milk for Harrison
- Never having to worry about taking bottles with us
- My secret weapon in the middle of the night
Hello to....
- Having more than ONE class of wine
- Not dragging my pump back and forth to work every day
- Not sitting in a closet twice a day at work to pump
- Taking medicine when I am sick
- Not having to worry about nursing/pumping when we are out and about
