You did amazingly well to breast feed for so long. It’s a shame your daughter didn’t get to self wean, but you gave her the best start you could. Well done

12 months is a long time and its great you were able to do that. There are many ways to bond in different ways such as talking/reading to her , playing , singing, etc. Hope you find that soon .

What a amazing job you done to get to 12 months, maybe try and find another way to get that special time you are missing

That’s horrible, sounds so painful But you’re right, you should focus on the fact you successfully breastfed for such a long time. You’ve done a great job

12 months is a decent amount of tkme – by this age they are getting most of their nutritional needs from food. You did well 12 months is longer than some!

you did such an amazing job … congratulations!

stories are great

We can only try and you did your best.

I remember how sad I felt when I had to give up breast feeding.

Sometimes things happen and it is out of our control, I only got to feed for 6 weeks when I had my second child and my gyno told me that that was enough as the baby has received all the good stuff they need. You cannot be upset about things you cannot control and that is how I looked at it. Glad you are feeling better about it.

I do hope that you feel better now some time has passed.

Thank you for your reply. I am now enjoying having my body back to being mine. It’s amazing how a little time can give you perspective. My daughter is still upset that she can not feed, at least once a day she will lunge for my chest and then have a tantrum that she gets nothing, but it is a huge change for her, that was her drinking source her whole life, so I can understand why she is confused.
I am now proud that I got as far as I did, we had our tough moments, but the ease, joy and privilege of breast feeding is something I get to carry with me forever.
Now back to sterilising bottles, hahaha.

Chin up hunny. Hey at least to tried. You are a great mum already i can hear ur love as u write. I hope one day u can live your dream but know if u cant ur a great mum.