If you have bf more than one dc did you feed both for the same length of time?

[littlelamb]

I've been wondering about this today. I fed dd for 10 mopnths, and it involved a lot of expressing from the first week onwards as she went to full time nursery at 8 weeks when I went back to uni. It involved going completely cold turkey, co-incided ith a streddful house move and generally when I look back it makes me feel pretty sad about the whole situation- if I'm honest, I have a lot of body image issues and I also wanted to start losing some serious weight that had been hanging around after pregnancy, and I just couldn't lose any while feeding. Ds is now 6 months old and I am having the same dilemma- I would like to start losing weight (I put on a lot when pg and am just not happy being this size) but at the same time I don't want to stop feeding. But I think if I do end up feeding ds for longer than dd I will feel even guiltier. We were out yesterday at a play cafe and I saw my first real life 3 or 4 year old bf and I thought, good on that woman. I don't intend to do it for that long but I would like to try and do it until ds is happy to stop rather than forcing him iyswim. Is it normal to feel like this?

no I fed them for different lenghts of time.
ds1 - bf until 5/6 months, mixed until 9 months.
ds2 - bf until 20 months.
I didn't/don't feel quilty about either of them.

TheButterflyEffect- I just cannot lose weight when I am feeding. When I stop, it seems to just drop off without any kind of effort really- last time I was back to pre pregnancy weight within about a month of stopping. I do a fair bit of exercise, as we walk everywhere, but not proper 'sweaty' kind of exercise as I'm just too tired, which may well be the problem. I think after Christmas I will dig out the exercise bike and start doing that while dd is at school. Also, the only way I can really lose weight is to seriously reduce my carbohydrate intake, but I tried this a few months ago and ds was incredibly grouchy, which may have been a concidence but I don't really want to get wierdy with my diet while someone else is depending on me for food.

Wanted to feed all 4 for 2 years,
dd1 2 years
ds2 did not want to after 6 mths
ds3 2 years
dd4 is 25 mths old and she does not want to stop , I am a bit stuck because I would like to but she is so cute...she's got me arround her little finger!

PS: I never lost any weight wille Bfeeding.

Och while

Ds1=6 months
Dd1= 5 weeks (she has a lot of problems and I struggled)
DD2=8 months
DS2=15 months and still going.

Ds was for 18 months and Dd is 2years this month and still going...Wanted to stop at 18 months with her too, but she's having none of it and it seems that she's in charge.

Yes, both for just over a year, ds2 just a bit longer, maybe by a month or so.