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How long have you breastfed all your children for, in total?

114 replies

BoobiesToTheRescue · 16/03/2019 09:41

I was just wondering how long I would end I would end up breast feeding for in total.

It was be at least 4-5 years.

I figured there would be people on here with a lot more breast feeding years under their belt and wondered how many years there were.

OP posts:
FloatingthroughSpace · 16/03/2019 09:42

Just under 6 years in total - 4 kids.

imaflutteringkite · 16/03/2019 09:43

11 years so far. 3 children.

Toughmonkeys · 16/03/2019 09:44

10 1/2 years and not finished yet! Mostly over 3 children and the other 2 I only managed a week each.

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GottaGetUp · 16/03/2019 09:44

About two and a half years in total, 2 dc. Overlapped with early pregnancy with dc2 but stopped because I was knackered. Ended up stopping around the same time with dc2 so I think I would have had enough by then anyway.

AliceAforethought · 16/03/2019 09:45

5 DC, approx 3 years in total BF.

IdaIdes · 16/03/2019 09:46

2 kids, 2 years breast feeding.

chickywoo · 16/03/2019 09:47

4 dc 2 yrs each - 8 years total!

LittleMissWeary · 16/03/2019 09:49

About 3 years in total. 2dc

WallisFrizz · 16/03/2019 09:50

20 months. 2dc, 10 months each.

CallMeCarolDanvers · 16/03/2019 09:50

Almost 4 and a half years. DC2 is still breastfeeding but I'll probably wean him soon-ish.

killpop · 16/03/2019 09:51

Oh hi OP, are you coming back to your other thread you posted yesterday about the postcard?

icannotremember · 16/03/2019 09:54

7.5 years altogether. Ds1 for 2 years, ds2 for 2.5, ds3 for 3.

Nameusernameuser · 16/03/2019 09:54

Me for 8.5 months, my mum, 6 kids and a total of 9 years! She's also spent 4 and a half years pregnant!

Babieseverywhere · 16/03/2019 09:56

I started breastfeeding in 2006 and stopped around 2017 ish.

So 11 years total, most of the years I was nursing 2 or 3 children.

BlackLambAndGreyFalcon · 16/03/2019 09:57

3.5 years - but only one child!

OddestSock · 16/03/2019 09:59

3 years 4 months (1 month with my first and the rest with my second)

TeddyIsaHe · 16/03/2019 10:01

2.4 years, 1 dd. Still trying to figure out how to stop!

stegosauruslady · 16/03/2019 10:03

15 years and counting, if you count each child separately.

9 and counting if you don't. 4 DC (so far!)

CatherineVelindre · 16/03/2019 10:04

2 DC
5 years 5 months total

RoyalChocolat · 16/03/2019 10:04

Nearly 10 years so far. I am feeding DC4 as I am typing.

mawbroon · 16/03/2019 10:04

2 kids. 8.5yrs total with a few years of it being tandem feeding

LuggsaysNotaWomen · 16/03/2019 10:05

Four children and about ten years.

duvetfan · 16/03/2019 10:06

4 years in total. 2 children.

Witchend · 16/03/2019 10:20

3 kids
About 8 years 10 months, I think including 1 month of dual feeding.

For over 10 years I was either pregnant, breastfeeding or both.

StealthPolarBear · 16/03/2019 10:21

From 2007 to 2012 so 5 years. 18 months tandem

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