Just wondering if anyone has any advice or experience on this/felt like posting would help me get it off my chest...
Am currently bf nearly 13mo ds - I am down to just morning and bedtime feeds now through ds's own choice. Just for info, ds has had two bottles of formula three days a week since 7.5mo due to me returning to work but I continued to bf mornings, evenings and nights on work days and on demand on days off. Night feeds stopped at around 11 mo, and we have been down to just morning and bedtime feeds for about 6 weeks now.
Pretty much since ds was born (he was a big baby) I have been passed from pillar to post with gynae issues mainly related to weak pelvic floor and pain/discomfort during sex. I have never been given a diagnosis and have been told a range of things from having a slight laxness in vaginal tissues, to weakened pelvic floor, to things look normal, and back to possible slight prolapse again - but they want to look again to confirm! Have seen physio, gynae, and urologists at various intervals.
Things have improved quite a lot but still not back to normal and in the apparent abscence of nothing glaringly wrong, I am beginning to wonder if it is bf related. I have read online that bf could cause painful sex and lax pelvic tissues but I have asked various health professionals and only two have given a definate confirmation that this true, whilst the rest seem unsure. The gynae i saw today said bf can lead to an almost menopausal vagina and suggested that it may be time to stop to get my oestrogen levels back up. If this was a well documented fact though, surely they would volunteer this information rather than me having to make the link and ask the question myself?
I feel so so guilty about the thought of giving up. I have cried all afternoon because if i'm honest, I want to see if stopping helps me get back to normal as it is really making me depressed, but I feel so selfish because I feel like I am literally putting my own health concerns ahead of my babies' health. I am just at a loss what to do and feel I cant get the information I need to help me decide. Thanks for taking the time to read.