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Jessica Sargent CNA <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:46:00 EDT
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    Hi, I'm a senior BSN student (on temporary leave) and I am studying to 
eventually become a CNM and IBCLC.  I have posted on LactNet very few times but 
have been lurking for about 2 1/2 years.  
    I had my son at 19 and said I was going to "try" breastfeeding.  I read 
as much as I could and when my son was born, to me, there was no other way to 
feed him.  I got lots of bad information in the hospital after he was born but 
because I had read so much on the subject, I knew it was bad information.  I 
was the first person I knew that had breatfed.  He was a fussy little guy 
sometimes and nursed at least every 2-3 hrs during the day and every hour at night 
for the first year.  My husband's family all said he wasn't getting enough 
because he nursed often.  It even got so bad they were practically chasing me 
with a bottle of karo  syrup and water.  I hid and nursed my little one in the 
car.   My son got no formula, or that darn bottle of karo syrup.  When he was 
born, until he was about 12 months, my viewpoint of breastfeeding was "it's 
wonderful, except those people who do it TOO long,"  which to me was about 15 
months.  When my son hit a year, I could not take away his favortite thing.  So, I 
thought we would nurse for 18 months.  When that time came, I had met a great 
group of extended nursing girls online.  I decided then to trust my son 
enough to let him  know when it was the right time to wean.  I really began to get 
worried that he was greatly crossing my comfort threshold when he nursed 
through my pregnancy with his brother.  He self weaned at 4 years and 3 months, the 
day his brother was born, saying, "ew, it's baby milk."  I wish I could have 
one last time nursing him since I don't remember his last nursing session.  I 
didn't realize it would be the last.  But, I trust him that he knew that right 
day to wean. 

Jessica, student nurse (taking a break to be home with my new little 
nursling), and most importantly, mommy to Cristian who is 4 1/2 and my little boobie 
boy, Jaden who is 4 months

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