Finding night weaning really difficult/ mum guilt

I have started to wean my 12 month old of feeding to sleep. I am still offering milk in the night and before bed but not feeding to sleep. Baby wakes multiple times, often feeds for ages, falls asleep and wakes up again or does not transfer and I have to repeat the process again, sometimes multiple times for one wake up. I am 18 weeks pregnant and just can’t keep doing this due to exhaustion, becoming uncomfortable on my bump as baby only likes to feed whilst laying across me and I’m finding nipple sensitivity overwhelming.

I have tried offering cuddles instead but he just won’t go to sleep unless we battle through hours of sleep.

I am writing this crying as I feel extreme guilt hearing him crying for me to feed him.

I feel like a bad mum but I don’t know what else to do. I still want to bf him but I want to break this feed to sleep cycle.

Anyone been successful with this?

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