My infant is now 13 months. Actually in about 1 week and a half she will be 14 months. I have been experiencing a sadness come over me, now that she nurses once a day or once every two days. I know my milk supply will go down eventually because of the little stimulation.
I have been determined to breastfeed even before I conceived! It was difficult to have her latch on since she got the bottle first in the hospital, considering I had a c-section. It was so challenging to have her latch on all the time, that it lead me to:
1. Buy three different kinds of breast pump ranging from $40-$350 to build up and keep my milk supply.
2. Seek a lot of advice from my midwife and doctor.
3. Take my midwife's advice to commit only to breastfeeding for the weekend (baby refused my breast for like 7 hours and then latched on!)
My baby took the breast off and on, sometimes a few times to once a day and sometimes 2 or 3 days will go by without breastfeeding her but I did not give up! "How can I not give my baby the best milk If I have it...? " I thought this. The immense guilt and responsibility came over me. I felt less of a woman and mother if my milk did not increase or if I was not breastfeeding enough.
I look back at all the struggles I went through to get her to do more breastfeeding and now can finally realize that I just wanted what was best for my baby. I was being a good mom and stuck to my goal for breastfeeding her. I guess like many things in life, there is a beginning and end to everything.
I just wonder if any women out there has breastfed and experienced any breast

feeding blues after discontinuing to breastfeed.