Stop or continue breadtfeeding?

[Linni]

Hi Atomic!

I‘m still BF my 17m old 2-3 times a day, but I‘m getting fed up and frustrated since our nights are still horrible.
Somehow I would like to wean.. but then I think that BF could help me sway pink, at least I read that somewhere. Therefore I’m still willing to let him have his „Miiiiii!“

What do you think? Is there any evidence that it could sway pink? Or can I wean without any effect on it?

The stats show a lower rate than the overall success rate, is that true?


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[Princess Mom]

I’m sure it does sway pink the last time I read. My DD is 17 months and I had to stop BF when she’s 3 months, I really wish I didn’t have to stop but I had issues. Best of luck to you! I plan on trying again in another year or year in half my 17 month old is a handful lol . If you want to wean go ahead, there are a TON of woman who got their girls without nursing

[atomic sagebrush]

It sways pink. I am 1000% convinced it sways pink (and I can explain why if you'd like) This gets lost in the statistics because so few people are actually TTC while breastfeeding that it skews the results...it is not the norm to try to conceive while nursing or even to be still nursing at 17 months so this is not a random sample of people. People who keep nursing past 6-12 months are very likely more set for blue than the average person and this skews the results. this is not because breastfeeding sways blue after 12 months!! this is because the small group of women who a)continue nursing this long and b) are willing to try to conceive while nursing - because this is quite unusual - are likely coincidentally also set for blue due to tending to eat more healthfully/more calories to keep milk supply up, being more concerned with nutrition/healthy living overall, and being on average higher in socioeconomic status (which is associated with more boys conceived and has been shown in studies to be the case) since they have the luxury of continuing to nurse for a long time rather than returning to work.

I do not want anyone who does not want to breastfeed, to keep breastfeeding for your sway. But I do absolutely completely and totally believe it sways pink.

[mamallamadingdong]

Could you explain more? I have gotten 2 boys breastfeeding but they were over a year into nursing.

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[GirlmomXOXO]

I got pregnant with my second daughter while nursing my first daughter. I’m still nursing my second at 16 month but I know I need to stop soon cause I want to sway blue at the end of the summer.

I think I read something about the hormones from breastfeeding sway pink or something along those lines

But interested in why a long term breastfeeder sways blue and hoping that will work in my favor this time around!!


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[Linni]

Long time BF sways blue?
Or did you mean „boy moms“ simply tend to BF longer than average?


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[LMSM]

Interested to hear more too!
I breastfed DD1 until just before 12 months as she self weaned when I fell pregnant on my 2 Nd PPAF (miscarried though j.
I fell pregnant with DD2 when she was 18 months, with Clomid though. (conceived DD1 with Clomid also).
I breastfed DD2 until 17 months, and fell pregnant with DD3 (naturally!) about 4 months after weaning.
Would love to know what would be best to sway blue if we go for #4! She’s barely 8 weeks old so not on the agenda yet, but thinking of possibly weaning around 12 months ish, and ttc after she is 18 months.

[babylove24]

Oh yea, I am interested in this too. I thought it always swayed pink, I didn’t realise it swayed blue after 12 months of nursing.

[atomic sagebrush]

Could you explain more? I have gotten 2 boys breastfeeding but they were over a year into nursing.

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Ok. This is a complex issue ladies so please ask, ask, ask anything that is less than clear.

Most people do not nurse that long. Only 17 percent of US women nurse to 12 months and even fewer are trying to conceive while nursing. This is not a randomly selected sample size - it's a special group and it consists of women who are generally speaking, more crunchy, higher socioeconomic status, more into health, etc. than the average person. When we consider the group of women who are still nursing at 12-18 months or longer, AND are trying to conceive while nursing, that amount of people is MINISCULE compared to the number of people who don't do that and so you can't just look at that group of people and assume "oh this means breastfeeding sways blue." It doesn't mean that, it means that the women who are the most inclined to continue nursing for a longer than average amount of time very likely also have characteristics that predispose them to having boys. If something sways even 20% (I'm making these numbers up, BTW) you can go from being 80% likely to conceive a boy, to 60% likely to conceive a boy. This would be a HUGE pink sway, but when you look at the numbers in their raw state, you could still see more boys than girls conceived.

Breastfeeding sways pink. I am convinced that it does because breastfeeding suppresses ovulation/fertility and acts as a natural birth control and thus far everything that has done that other than PCOS (diet, exercise, weight loss, coming off BCP, miscarriage) has seemed to sway pink. It is just that this is not obvious because so few people actually try to get pregnant while nursing and most of the people who do are coming into TTC with a more blue-friendly lifestyle (the crunchy moms, the people who are very into health, people who have the luxury to continue nursing due to higher socioeconomic status).

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh yea, I am interested in this too. I thought it always swayed pink, I didn’t realise it swayed blue after 12 months of nursing.

IT DOESN"T!! Breastfeeding sways pink. That's why I said "I am 1000% convinced it sways pink!

I am not saying "once you nurse this long somehow it suddenly sways blue".

I am saying "the people who do this are more set for blue due to other factors so you can't trust the statistics".

Thanks you guys for chiming in, because I am able to clear up this misunderstanding.