Relactation after 14 months?

[mabouffantabulous]

Is it even possible? Is it just some crazy pipe dream that I need to get out of my head and try to do better next time?

DS was never ever successfully breastfed. Not even once. I really wanted to breast feed him and I had every intention of doing it. I tried after he was born but he wasn't even interested in eating for the first several days. When my milk came in and i tried to get him to latch on he would just emmediately start screaming. I almost think he didn't like have his face pressed into me. Even now he doesn't like to be held tight and he was never swaddled that kind of thing. I tried for about two weeks to breast feed him but it wasn't working and i was so tired and overwhelmed with being a new mom and all alone without family near by that i just gave up. I tried pumping but was only getting about 1/4 an ounce after 30 minutes or more of pumping. I really really wish I had gotten help.

Anyways...I overheard a woman talking about how she had breastfed her son till he was 3 and just started thinking about how we would still have so much time togather in our BFing relationship and I really want to give that to him but I think maybe it's just a dream now. This makes me so sad that I've missed that with my son. We do have a very good relationship and bond i just wish I could have done better for him.

[puddle]

I'm so sorry that you didn't have the support you needed to have a successful nursing relationship.
With a lot of hard work, you could probably establish a milk supply. Some women have induced lactation without ever being pregnant. The older a baby is, the harder it can be to get him to the breast.

Here is some information on kellymom about relactation and induced lactation.

[sisteeesmama]

This is what I want to do, too, maybe we could be relactation support partners?
Hae you started with anything?
I am thinking about getting the lactaid and some nipple shields and am going to rent a pump.

Are you still doing this?

I think it is worth a try!

[mabouffantabulous]

Hi mommas,

Thanks for the replies. I tried introducing DS to my breast this week and he sort of cautiously put his mouth to my nipple and then that was all he would have to do with it.

The more I think about it though, I think weaning from the bottle and onto my breast might be upsetting to him. He's very attached to the bottle and just by me giving it to him whenever he asks and nurturing him that way has helped us have a good relationship thus far. I think it would just confuse him and devastate him and he wouln't really understand what was going on. Plus we're going to visit the inlaws. So, not neccesarily conducive to all this.