Breastfeeding again?

I'd say start with a pump first to see if you are completely dried up (try for a few minutes at a time every hour or so for a few days - it likely wont happen immediately) . I personally wouldn't want to try to have the baby latch and feed into his want if it turns out I couldnt produce

you would need a good wall pump with correct sized flanges and would have to pump around the clock, every 2-3 hours. including the middle of the night. it's possible but it will be a lot of hard work.

look into relactation! it's definitely possible!

Just putting it out there - are you sure this is what is best for you and your baby long-term? I don't presume to know anything about the answer to that FOR YOU, but I know I damn near drove myself crazy trying to increase my supply and I regret the impact that part of my journey had on my ability to be present for my son. You named that breastfeeding took a toll on your mental health previously. Assuming you are able to re-lactate (which I don't know if low supply during initial breastfeeding impacts odds of successfully re-lactating), it is going to require a lot of work and time - basically launching you back into newborn days - to even get supply back. If this is what you want to do, power to you. I think your son would move past it if you don't, as he did when you initially weaned from breastfeeding. So I think the decision really comes down to what is best for you. A present & mentally well mom is far more important for his development now than breastfeeding. The bond is already there, mamma.

Tl;Dr - it's okay if what is possible is different from what you need to be a happy human and mom. Maternal mental health >> breastfeeding. Just in case you needed someone to validate your wish to not start the pumping circus again.

It’s possible. All you need to do is have him latch on it. Nothing stimulates milk production like a baby latching ☺️

You were most likely producing enough milk since the percentage of women that can’t produce is very low. But during growth spurts( a lot and often the first 12 months) it’s exhausting and we doubt we’re producing enough because babies are constantly on the breast. Colostrumis the word you’re looking for, the first 2-3 days before producing breast milk. Pumping is exhausting and will end up hurting instead of helping unless you find a great LC to guide you. I feel like I have both survived and also struggled with mental health because of breastfeeding. Survived because the connection with my child kept me going but struggled because cluster feeding takes a toll on you.

If it took a toll on ur PPD u need to make sure this is something u actually want as it can hurt u if u end up stressing over not producing much. Also u need to consider when u plan to stop formula feeding and introducing cows milk. At 1 I introduced my daughter to cows milk and she's been drinking it since. Since ur baby is already 10.5 if u plan to introduce cows milk and get off formula when he turns one then maybe it's not a good idea to try to reintroduce breastfeeding if ur going to be stopping soon.

(1/2) It was more of being unable to feed myself, on top of also having a uterus infection, a tiny piece of the fetus that was stuck (its been treated/taken care of), which also why I struggled to produce, cause that affects production. Overall, being unable to fully feed myself, on top of being tired (sleep dep real), only parent that actually was taking care of babe, the father not understanding the importance of the mother needing to eat to breastfeed ("just breastfeed and take care of him", he's self employed mechanic, obviously no coverage if he messes up a vehicle, basically money out of his pocket/money loss than many made) Canadian studies already recommend to slowly start introducing 3.25% cows milk at 9 months old, too. So, already have that started for a while. Its just baby wanting to breastfed again

(2/2) Uterus infection & being the only parent taking care of our baby was what throw me off with my ppd. For more context of the dad, yes i already got mad at him to spend more time with our son before xmas (he has veen spending more time with baby)

Honestly I don’t think it’s worth it. To go through the process of trying to have milk again already was a huge struggle for me and never worked it got so stressful that if breastfeeding already took a toll I wouldn’t want to make it a problem again. And then to get baby to take boob again and fully wean again would be another struggle. If you really want to you totally can and sometimes getting milk again is possible. But it would take a ton of work and pumping every 3 hours around the clock even night.

I looked into re-lactation when my girl was 3 months old (stopped pumping when she was 5 weeks old) and you would basically need to have baby on the breast constantly to start with and then alternate between that and pumping constantly. With trying to get baby onto solids and with how much energy they have at this stage he probably isn’t going to want to be doing that constantly. I think Niki covered it perfectly above and ultimately it is your decision

tbh i think it's not worth it. Your baby is 10 months so they will start to transition to solids and from formula to regular milk soon. If it was too much on your body last time I personally wouldn't do it. Is it really worth it to try to produce again for a few months and than you gotta get them off of it. If you feel ready and want to then try it but make sure u think about the pros and cons and short term and long term.

This was back in January when he started to show interest again. I didn't know if it was possible. I could've asked back then and worked on, and I do understand that it's late now. Just didn't know about re-lactation