So it's been 2 years
Since I posted on this blog and I was about to delete when I saw that I had a comment on it--a very old one, I'm sure! LOL. But I'm willing to keep it up, I'm sure. So what is this slightly crunchy Mom up to these days? Still nursing a "big kid," for one thing. I nursed my son until he was 3 years, 4 months, and I thought that he would hold the record, but my daughter has broken it and has been nursing 3-1/2 years as of today. Granted, she's down to once a day, at bedtime, for 5 minutes or so. But she steadfastly hangs on. So in the neverending dilemma of a slightly crunchy mom, I've been hearing from my doctor for the past couple of years "it's time to get a mammogram." My Mom had breast cancer in her late 40's, so it's a good idea for me to get a baseline mammo, soon. I always figured that I would get one by the time I turned 35, but then breastfeeding got in the way. I have to have not nursed for at least 6 months prior to getting a mammo (milk in the ducts gets in the way of an accurate reading). To many it may seem nutty that I'm still reluctant to totally wean a child this age and belive me, I feel conflicted. I probably COULD wean her without too much difficulty at this point, but I hang on because I still believe (whether accurately or not) that my breastmilk boosts her immunity a fair amount. Last winter my son was sick numerous times and she only had a few mild colds. I had a stomach bug and she didn't even get that! And now she's in preschool so I want to give her immunity whatever help I can. I probably will wean her in the next few months. But then that's it. No more kids, no more breastfeeding, I'm done. Part of me screams "FREEDOM!!!" and part of me feels the tears coming on. Such is life.
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