Pump past 1 year - yea or nay?

[mambera]

I don't belong in this forum yet (LO will be 8 months next week) but I'm thinking ahead.

For myself, I don't think I would mind continuing to pump if it were only 1x/day (I currently pump 3x or more per day and hate it).

However I am already very tired of dealing with people at work asking how old LO is and when we plan to quit.

Is it possible to totally lose my supply if I don't pump at all during the workday?

I've always had a lowish supply (24-26 oz/day and my LO had typically been needing about 30, which we made up with formula) but it has been completely robust to perturbations - it's always been exactly the same regardless of nursing/pumping schedules, illness, eating/drinking patterns, herbal supply boosters, etc.

[Baby_Cakes]

I vote yay. If you can deal w/the people a little longer, it might be worth it. I was able to get down to pumping just once a day when DD was about 14 mo and it made a world of difference. People at work didn't notice anymore b/c I wasn't constantly cutting out.
We'd nurse in the am before work, and then I'd pump once midday. She was eating more solids anyway, and it just made more sense. FWIW I didn't lose my supply at all and we still nursed on demand when we were together.
If you do decide to stop pumping at a year, keep nursing on demand and you guys should be just fine.
How often do you work and for how many hours at a time?

[mambera]

I'm at 2 days/week right now (12 h Tu and 9 h Thu) but I am going to go back to f/t (approximately 4.5 days/week, 9-5 Mo-Thu and half days on Fri) when LO turns one.

[Baby_Cakes]

Especially since you'll be away from your LO much more when he turns one, I would definitely keep pumping.