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i,ve heard that b___st feeding can mess your cycles up for a while so i,d say a yes its probably from b___stfeeding

Probably is. Your b___sts produce hormones and your body does while you b___stfeed, it might just be your body getting used to those hormones and the milk not being produced anymore. But I'm just taking a guess heh

Alright. Also, it's been about 2 weeks since I completely stopped b___stfeeding and I'm still producing? It's so weird, I'll go days without feeling like I need to pump, but then after 3-4 days I'll feel full and pump less than an ounce. How long does it take to dry up?

dude, I don't think anyone can tell you. I had the fullness and leaking problem for about two month I think. It just got less and less extreme. If you keep pumping, you're just going to prolong it because you're still giving your b___sts a demand for it. But actually all the way up until the end of the summer I still hadn't completely dried up. Sometimes my arm would kind of put pressure on my b___b and I'd feel a little dot of cold on my bra. But it was never at the level where anyone notice, except harold might, but another story completely. What's funny is when you think you're all done and 3,4,5 months have gone by since b___stfeeding and you suddenly get that random letdown tingling and panic but nothing really comes, or you get that random wet spot on your bra and you're like "what the hell." Everyone is different but I'm pretty sure the major stuff, like leaking out of your clothes or anything that might be noticeable to anyone else should be gone within a month or two, if NOTHING is taking milk from your b___b. That means pumping, baby feeding, boyfriend sucking. My sis-in-law kept freaking out because she kept having accidents when she stopped b___stfeeding, and it was mainly because she was keeping her milk supply up because she was still pumping. If you're still pumping the supply will go down, and as you pump less it'll become less of a problem until you are almost barely getting anything, but it keeps you from drying up completely. As for feeling full, I had the luxury of being at home so I might not be able to help, but I would not touch the pump once I had B on formula completely, when I got full like that, I'd go take a shower and let it release on it's own, then put the pads in my bra and had to keep up with changing them, now yes, I'd get focused on homework and end up with a wet shirt several times, but you might be more on it than me. But I guess you could keep up with pumping it out, but it'll just be a wee bit slower to dry up.

The thing is, Ellie was weaned to formula in one day. It took her forever to take it but once she actually did she wouldn't take the b___st anymore. So I had to pump to avoid getting an infection. I'm to the point where I don't need to pump anymore.. I'm only getting a clear drop here and there if something puts pressure on it or stimulates it... Like sometimes my bra rubs against it. It seems I'm down a cup size so all my bras fit funny :\ Maybe it's not so much the size of my b___b but that it's saggy now lol If I lift up my arms my b___bs fall past the wire and I have to readjust them. Anyway but yeah I also get a tingly feeling when she needs to eat... My mom says that she STILL has that feeling when she hears a baby crying and she hasn't b___stfed in 18 years. My mom is the most maternal person on the planet though.

LOL! That's sweet, no but just to make you feel better-the sagginess will go away. I seriously used to get depressed at how saggy my b___bs got but now they are pretty much how they were pre-pregnancy. And when I say saggy, I mean like 80 year old woman saggy! The skin just needs to snap back some and it will because we have youth on our side-you more than me!

Interestingly enough, when I was b___stfeeding I'd pa__s for 20... Now that my b___bs are all shriveled up people think I'm 15! Hahaha

With Addy, I only BFd for 3 days, it took a WEEK to dry up and Ionly had colostrum!