Comments on: A difficult decision – Kirsten’s story http://ibreastfed.com/2009/03/a-difficult-decision-kirstens-story Inspirational breastfeeding stories Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kirsten http://ibreastfed.com/2009/03/a-difficult-decision-kirstens-story/comment-page-1#comment-558 Kirsten Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:21:53 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=935#comment-558 I wanted to give an update on my story above. Sophie is now 3 years 8 months. I thought she had weaned almost a month ago, but she surprised me a couple of nights ago by asking for boobie again after a 3.5 week break! So who knows :) Anyway, obviously I continued to feed, and got well past my 2 year goal! Didn't seem to be any point stopping there. I went back to work when she was a year old, and expressed at work for a year until she stopped wanting ebm during the day. After that she just fed mornings and evenings, and pretty much all day on the weekends! It has been hard, and at times I've really resented the strain on my body (no further fractures at least) and the knowledge that I can't have any more children until well after she weaned, to give my body the time to heal & have a scan to check that I am healed. I expect to be more or less fully healed by the end of this year - finally! All the scans I've had so far have showed steady improvement, to the surprise of my doctors. Despite the cost, I don't believe I will ever regret the decision to continue to feed her. If my next pregnancy does result in another round of this, we won't be going back for a third try - but all the research says that it's not very common for it to recur, so here's hoping & praying! I wanted to give an update on my story above. Sophie is now 3 years 8 months. I thought she had weaned almost a month ago, but she surprised me a couple of nights ago by asking for boobie again after a 3.5 week break! So who knows :)
Anyway, obviously I continued to feed, and got well past my 2 year goal! Didn’t seem to be any point stopping there. I went back to work when she was a year old, and expressed at work for a year until she stopped wanting ebm during the day. After that she just fed mornings and evenings, and pretty much all day on the weekends! It has been hard, and at times I’ve really resented the strain on my body (no further fractures at least) and the knowledge that I can’t have any more children until well after she weaned, to give my body the time to heal & have a scan to check that I am healed. I expect to be more or less fully healed by the end of this year – finally! All the scans I’ve had so far have showed steady improvement, to the surprise of my doctors. Despite the cost, I don’t believe I will ever regret the decision to continue to feed her. If my next pregnancy does result in another round of this, we won’t be going back for a third try – but all the research says that it’s not very common for it to recur, so here’s hoping & praying!

]]> By: Charndra http://ibreastfed.com/2009/03/a-difficult-decision-kirstens-story/comment-page-1#comment-27 Charndra Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:46:00 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=935#comment-27 Kirsten, thankyou for sharing your story, it truly shows well so many things - especially the value of doing more of one's own research, even with supportive and breastfeeding-educated carers. I am so sorry for that heartbreaking time when you were trying to wean - I remember the fears of potentially being told to wean I had when having a breast-lump investigated when Maven was 6 months (I was feeding him off the other boob during the ultrasound!) All was fine though. I wash you well with your 'boobiful' girl who has demanded the good stuff - I have a feeding you'll do well. I know I like to think that breastfeeding is a natural continuum for our bodies, and that the mechanisms in place will natural help us in time. Trying to say there that there are still many mysteries around breastfeeding, and mother-baby pairs like yours are helping discover more. I'm glad to have leart about PLO from you today! Charndra Kirsten,
thankyou for sharing your story, it truly shows well so many things – especially the value of doing more of one’s own research, even with supportive and breastfeeding-educated carers.

I am so sorry for that heartbreaking time when you were trying to wean – I remember the fears of potentially being told to wean I had when having a breast-lump investigated when Maven was 6 months (I was feeding him off the other boob during the ultrasound!) All was fine though.

I wash you well with your ‘boobiful’ girl who has demanded the good stuff – I have a feeding you’ll do well. I know I like to think that breastfeeding is a natural continuum for our bodies, and that the mechanisms in place will natural help us in time. Trying to say there that there are still many mysteries around breastfeeding, and mother-baby pairs like yours are helping discover more.

I’m glad to have leart about PLO from you today!

Charndra

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