I breastfed both of my kids. My daughter I had to cut off cold turkey at 15 months because I was going on a weekend trip. By that time she was only getting her bedtime snack anyway.

My son gave it up on his own at around the 9-month mark and went straight to a sippy cup.

The thing I found the most difficult was pumping so I could keep up my supply during the work day. I worked less than a block away from my daughter's day care, so I timed my breaks and lunch around her schedule. Luckily my boss had no problem with it. The day care would call and tell me she was hungry, I'd drop my work and head up there.

I was fortunate enough to not develop saggy breasts and stretch marks, so let your moms know that that's not necessarily going to happen to them either. Then again, I was small to begin with so I didn't have a lot of sagging that could happen anyway.

For the payoffs of it, the inconveniences can't even be compared.