Hello! I used to post quite a bit when I was pregnant with babes # 3 and #4 (went on to have wonderful happy homebirths because of these forums!) Now, I need help with my daughter. She turns 1 year in a couple weeks on November 18th.
a little background: We've had a great nursing relationship. Exclusively nursed until the intro of selected solids, and a brief few day period when she was 4 months and do to an injury and radioactive testing, we had to supplement formula for around 4 days (and I pumped/dumped) ...even though it seemed my supply dropped by about half, within 2-3 days of nursing again, it picked right back up to where we were no problem!
so, to my current situation....I have to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed December 4th. This gives me less than a month to either A) wean, or B) try to ride through it like we did when she was 4 months. The problem is it will be for a longer period than previously...i can not nurse for at least 24 hours after the last narcotic painkiller is taken, and i will be on them for at least 5 days post surgery. This means around a full week, give or take a day, we will not be nursing.
She only feeds 2-3 times a day as is. I would like to keep going through the winter months to keep the immunities flowing. (both her AND myself seem to benefit thru this, with 4 kids under the age of 7 yrs, this is important to me!) Hubby wants me to wean, as breastfeeding dries me up and takes away any and all sex drive that i *might* have. if we weaned my marriage would benefit and i wouldn't be in engorgement pain or trying to pump or deal with being sopping wet while recovering from surgery. At the same time, i'm not sure about letting go of those immunities. (i also only have a small pump that half heartedly works some of the time. truth be told, i probably wouldn't pump much during the recovery period except to relieve engorgement as needed)
is 2-3 feedings a day enough for immunity protection to begin with? what would you do? i have 3ish weeks to decide.
thank you!
Kristy
USAF living overseas. mommy to
Julia (7yr) 
Megan 6(yr) :h2ohomebirth Joey (almost 3 yr) and 
Charlotte (almost 1 yr.)
a little background: We've had a great nursing relationship. Exclusively nursed until the intro of selected solids, and a brief few day period when she was 4 months and do to an injury and radioactive testing, we had to supplement formula for around 4 days (and I pumped/dumped) ...even though it seemed my supply dropped by about half, within 2-3 days of nursing again, it picked right back up to where we were no problem!
so, to my current situation....I have to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed December 4th. This gives me less than a month to either A) wean, or B) try to ride through it like we did when she was 4 months. The problem is it will be for a longer period than previously...i can not nurse for at least 24 hours after the last narcotic painkiller is taken, and i will be on them for at least 5 days post surgery. This means around a full week, give or take a day, we will not be nursing.
She only feeds 2-3 times a day as is. I would like to keep going through the winter months to keep the immunities flowing. (both her AND myself seem to benefit thru this, with 4 kids under the age of 7 yrs, this is important to me!) Hubby wants me to wean, as breastfeeding dries me up and takes away any and all sex drive that i *might* have. if we weaned my marriage would benefit and i wouldn't be in engorgement pain or trying to pump or deal with being sopping wet while recovering from surgery. At the same time, i'm not sure about letting go of those immunities. (i also only have a small pump that half heartedly works some of the time. truth be told, i probably wouldn't pump much during the recovery period except to relieve engorgement as needed)
is 2-3 feedings a day enough for immunity protection to begin with? what would you do? i have 3ish weeks to decide.
thank you!
Kristy
USAF living overseas. mommy to
Julia (7yr) Megan 6(yr) :h2ohomebirth Joey (almost 3 yr) and Charlotte (almost 1 yr.)
