Weaning hormones, should I keep moving towards stopping 😭
So my baby is 5 months old and I’ve mostly been an exclusive pumper this whole time. Baby does seem like he’ll latch more now but I got so use to pumping I didn’t even know how to switch to nursing more and I’m back at work so either way id have to pump at work. I started weaning last week and just dropped to two pumps as of yesterday. Made about 14 ounces between the two pumps. Had been making 34 ounces at 7 pumps (36 at my peak with 8 pumps). Baby eats 28-36. Idk if it’s just weaning hormones or grief over nursing, but I’m a hot mess. I’m feeling so unsure about continuing to wean versus adding back pumps and I feel like I need to make a decision today to move forward with weaning or continuing. I wanted to stop to lose weight and get my cycle back as well as to just have my body back to myself for a while. I’m 35 and we want more kids so we’ll start trying for number 2 soon. Please help me decide!! 🙏🙏🙏 Will I feel better to keep weaning or regret stopping?
Posted Apr 6, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC