Hi Shelby, oh, so sorry to hear you had to pump and struggled with low milk supply. Sounds like it was a real mission . Congratulations on working so hard to give your baby 5 months of breast milk. Every drop matters. I admire your dedication under tricky circumstances. I never worked out how to pump... but I was lucky...  I didn't have to.

I had all the right advice before I set out breastfeeding (great antenatal classes with an IBCLC). As a result I knew all the tricks to help me set up my milk supply in the first 6 weeks (ideally natural birth, no meds, no epidural, skin to skin directly birth, demand feeding rather than scheduling feeds etc), and so I had an oversupply of milk at first.  Plus my son loved nursing -

 Plus my son loved nursing - still does (he turned 3 on 3 October).  My plan is to keep feeding him until he weans himself, which is starting to happen. It's a gradual process though. Some days he feeds a lot and other days hardly at all.  Sometimes I say no to a feed now, (if it's an awkward social situation) and he's (usually) cool with that. He still goes down on a feed and likes to wake to a feed, but sleeps through the night now.

Sorry... rambling on... you got me on my favourite subject... he he... xx

Aw, thanks for yet another awesome message, Shelby! Glad you love happyhumanpacifier.  I see you're a pumping Mommy.  Still nursing/pumping?