What do I do now? I feel so guilty 😭

Question

I have exclusively pumped since the day my daughter was born. She would never breast feed even after almost 20 visits to several different lactation consultants. 
I pump 6 or 7 times a day, waking up at night to pump as well. It’s so time consuming and my life revolves around when i have to go pump. I made it my goal to make it one year but now that she’s almost 11 months I already feel soooo guilty about stopping. 
I feel like if I’m capable of making milk I should be giving it to her because she deserves the best from me. I’m spazzing about all of the hormones in cows milk. 
I need advice. Help!

Answer

What if you bought organic milk so you avoid the hormones and used that to sort of supplement breast milk so you could pump less but not have her only on cows milk?

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You dont have to stop if you dont want to. She can get dairy through her food, my son doesnt drink milk at all.

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Why don’t you just cut back. Definitely cut out the night pumping and many each week phase out another session. She should be eating more solids anyway so she won’t need as many ounces. At least it’s a good time of year to stop since flu season is just about over. I breastfed my son for a long time but for the last 6 months it was only twice a day. If you slowly cut back to only a couple times you might be able to keep it up a little longer and adjust a little easier.

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You don’t have to stop at 12 months, if you’ll feel better going a little longer that is fine. Your baby will eventually drink cows milk, but you don’t have to rush it. That said, forgive yourself for stopping. Exclusively pumping is a long hard road, you did a good job mama. Wether it’s next month or in 6 more this season of motherhood is going to be over, and it’s okay to feel grief and it’s okay to feel relieved.

What do I do now? I feel so guilty 😭

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