We just hit 12 months BF a couple of days ago - I am so proud and I recently posted a big proud congratulations thread to myself and DD and a big thank you to all the ladies in the BF threads that have helped us through our 12 months! We've had our share of challenges, including pretty full-on oversupply at the start and the way in which that affected DD (wind/colic/lactose overload) contributed quite a lot to my PND, but...

I have no plan to stop at all - I want DD to wean when she is ready.

However, I was really worried about having to wean her a couple of months back, as DH and I are starting to get into gear to TTC #2 - and this is most likely going to involve more AC/IVF. I was under the impression that I wouldn't be allowed to go through more AC/IVF if DD was still breastfeeding and it made me feel really torn. But... I contacted my FS back in Australia and she told me that for I wouldn't need to wean at all which I was sooooo happy about! We have 3 little embryos waiting for us, and as I got AF back regularly exactly 28 days after my lochia stopped, I don't need to wean to encourage AF back (the only happy reason for having got it back so soon after birth!), and as we will be doing natural cycles with our embryos, I don't have to worry about breastfeeding and HRT! I was so very happy to hear this.

DD is feeding about 4-5 times a day (if she's well and not waking up at night), including one feed at night (a dreamfeed before I go to bed, which we have done for so long I can't remember when I started it - probably around 4 months old) She feeds first thing in the morning, recently stopped having a mid-morning feed, though if I offer she will still have some. Another feed in the afternoon, and a very short, very bouncy/burning-off-energy feed before bath and bed. All of her feeds are very short now and she doesn't have much, and I've had to start feeding her in her dark room in her sleeping bag in the morning when she wakes up otherwise she won't take more than a couple of swallows. I need to encourage her to keep having enough as she won't drink much water and you can tell she needs more fluid as her nappies suffer and she gets a little bit dehydrated - this is also why I'm still offering her a dreamfeed and always offering a feed if she wakes up at night.

I don't know how much longer DD will continue to feed for - I hope for a long time! But as I'm in new territory, I'm not sure if she's showing signs of getting a little bit sick of BB - but she might turn around and surprise me and be really into it again. For now, she does like to have her BBs, but not for very long, and sometimes she will basically refuse unless we are in a dark quiet environment

Happy that we are still going, and will fell blessed for as long as she continues to want to BF

I'm really enjoying reading about everyone's BF journeys and I look forward to reading more.

Great thread, Leasha. Thanks!