How Many years (total) have you breastfed?

[fourgrtkidos]

How many years, totalling all your children, have you breastfed?

I nursed 3.5 yrs w/ #1. Two year break between nursing #1 and birth of #2. Tandemed #2 and #3.... so 3.5 w/ #2 and #3 and currently nursing my 15 mos old. So.... 10 yrs so far!!!!!!

[Parker'smommy]

I'm not quite as much as you ,but wanted to join in. Ive been bfing for 27 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAH for me and my ds!!! I figure I will be bfing for at least 8-9 years.....omg!!! Well, I bet I get pregnant before he weans, and just keep going ( and either tandem if he doesnt wean during pregnancy), and then that would be another couple years and then another one, and if we stop at 3 kids well then that one would self wean anywhere between 4-5 years I suppose so that would be around 9 years, give or take a few!!!!

[rareimer]

only 14 months so far, but hey, i'm still proud.

[umbrella]

just the one child, 3 years.

[Jazmommie]

I was just adding this up the other day--
Child #1-4.5 years--tandemed with # 2 for 1 year -,child # 2 for 5.0 years (3.5 alone),child # 3 is still nursing at night time & occ am also-so 5.2 years===13.2 YEARS

[Artisan]

I nursed for 20 months, and just wanted to add: Good job, mamas!

I was just reading a study that said that every child you give birth to lowers your breast cancer risk by 7%, and every 12 months spent breastfeeding lowers your risk an additional 4%. Some of you probably have negative risk!

[mom2threenurslings]

I've been nursing continuously for amost 5.5 years. Only 18 months of that time was spent nursing one child. I've spent over 18 months nursing while pregnant, a total of 2.5 years tandem nursing and 1.5 years triandem nursing. My oldest self-weaned on his fifth birthday and I'm currently tandem nursing my almost-4 year old and my almost-2 year old. That's 11 years of nursing packed into 5.5 years!

[SagMom]

10 1/2 years (and still counting.) Three children.

[TeaBag]

Wow! Some of you should earn medals!!

I'm at about 4.7 yrs, but since we're no where near finished, I bed I could make 10 yrs total! LOL!

[gurumama]

36 months as of yesterday--10.5 mo w/ds1 and ds2 is 25.5 months yesterday.

3 years of my life!

[stormborn]

Almost 3 yrs. I work with a guy who has 9 kids, and his wife has been nursing at least one child for the last 19 years!

[1Plus2]

I began nursing on September 4, 2000 and have only had a 2 month lapse since then. So, I've been nursing around 3 1/2 years.

[mountain mom]

Started November 14,2001 and still going! I guess that makes it 30 months. My dd is showing absolutely no signs of weaning at all!!!! Sometimes I wonder if I will have to get involved with the weaning process but thats usually when I am tired and depleted. Not to often maybe once every 6 weeks or so. I am getting pressure from all angles to wean her except from dh. I just am not talking about it anymore and sadly limiting feeding when with certain people to avoid conflict. So far so good but I can see that I am going to have to tell a few people to MTOB soon

Congrats to all you great Mamas!!!!!

[fourgrtkidos]

This is soooo cool! So, I'm not the only mama who will have been nursing one kid or another most of my adult life!!!!! I love nursing. There is nothing quite as sweet and wonderful as a child at your breast. My favorite time is when they reach up a touch your face. So much love between a mama and a nurseling!

[Peppamint]

32 months and counting. My dd weaned at 20 months, earlier than I expected but I was pregnant again and working. My ds is 12 months and still going very strong. I am quite sure he'll go longer than dd before weaning.

I'm hoping to have a third and maybe even someday a fourth (gotta get dh on board though) so I can see myself hitting somewhere between 5-10 years of breastfeeding total.

I have been pregnant and/or nursing for four years now.

[Sustainer]

3 1/2 years so far. Plan to keep going for a lot longer!

[Mom4tot]

8 wonderful, tiring, fun years!!

[bc1995]

Well, looks like I am still the newbie in this crowd. 21 months and counting for me. I hope to be able to say 10+ years like many or you. What a wonderful gift to our children! I was told by my dermatologist that I needed to have a cyst removed. He said I could do it whenever I finished bf. I told him that was not resonable as that could be 10+ years from now. The nurse in the room laughed out loud. I then preceded to say I was serious, and we decided I will have it removed with a local in a few months. Sorry, just had to add that in there. It warms my heart to see moms nursing for so many years in a row!

[phathui5]

I'll have been nursing for 4 years this October.

[Tiacsophno]

29 months with #1, and so far 27 months with #2. That's about 4.7 years.