I breastfed my first son until just after his third birthday. The weaning was gradual, lasting about six months and was not traumatic for either of us. I could tell that breastfeeding this long is part of human biology because it worked perfectly when I didn’t fight it with cultural ideas. I am working on 20 months of breastfeeding with my second son and we’ll probably follow a similar pattern of weaning around 2.5 gradually.
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I had a waterbirth in November of 2005 at my nearest birth center, which is 1 hour away. It was one of the best experiences of my whole life. I proved to myself how strong I really am. I loved being in the water and the whole birth center experience. There’s nothing as good as going home 12 hours after the baby is born!


