Pregnant and breast feeding?

[Sarah13]

Anyone else pregnant and breast feeding? I've only just got my BFP this week but wondering how people get on feeding with pregnancy? Are there any risks? Ds only night nurses now and I kind of hope he self weans before baby arrives as I don't fancy tandem nursing!

 

[knopk@]

wow how did i miss this? I fed A until about 4 months into pregnancy, my supply was pretty much gone so weaning was easy

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[PeaPod]

Im still feeding my son but mainly over night.As much as i want to continue, i think my supply is changing or decreasing as its starting to become a bit uncomfortable and my son is changing in his feeding habits (latching on and off lots andnot seeming satisfied). Im going to look into night weaning as feel it may help my son settle more and give me a bit more time to focus on growing mini pea 2!

 

[BevG]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh congrats
alyssa self weaned when i was about 12 weeks or so, think my milk supply was drying up and she just stopped being interested

 

[Sarah13]

Thanks girls! Only just found out so very very early days!

 

[inky]

My son self weaned when I was 25 weeks pregnant. I was gutted because I was looking forward to tandem feeding but was also quietly pleased as I was getting a bit sore and my growing bump was starting to get in the way my milk had definitely changed, it was more like colostrum at that point x

 

[Sarah13]

Guess Ill just see how things go over the coming weeks. I feel full just now tho!

 

[Nat26]

Huge congratulations Sarah, I'm so pleased your wait is finally over.

As you know I tandem nurse Jack and Grace at the moment. I plan to continue nursing until they both self wean so I have no idea when that will be! What I must say though is that it is incredibly hard breastfeeding through pregnancy and their are many hurdles...painful sore breasts, not wanting to be touched, diminishing supply, change in taste of milk, comfort or feeding?, not to mention colostrum...and then finally tandem nursing.

How much is K feeding in the night time now? I think it will go one of 2 ways really either he is not bothered by the changes and continues to nurse in which case you may want to think about weaning yourself or he will self wean before lo 3 comes along. All I will say is that if you plan to wean do it at least a couple of months before this lo is due ( or a few months incase this lo comes early too). I know you said you dont want to tandem nurse but just wanted to say on a positive note it has worked really well for me and its brilliant when your toddler can help with those early days of engorgement!

I'm currently training to become a volunteer breastfeeding peer supporter, really enjoying it. Its brilliant you have made it to 2 years breastfeeding, thats a real achievement and I totally understand weaning before lo 3 arrives! I may just have to find out about weaning myself whilst doing this course as I honestly wouldn't know where to start. I'm currently going down the road of don't offer, don't refuse - I assume when they self wean they just 'forget' the odd day and then it gradually becomes more and more often until thats it.

Anyway sorry for my rambling, congratulations again. I look forward to hearing about your journey on here.
Wishing you a very healthy, happy 9 months x

 

[Sarah13]

That's amazing Nat! Your an inspiration. My biggest worry just now is that bf might cause an early mc, is this a real worry or am I being paranoid? I feel so crampy which is worrying me.

 

[Nat26]

I think what you are experiencing is just normal crampy pregnancy symptoms, I felt exactly the same. Kellymom has loads of good advice on this too. Do mention to your midwife that you are still breastfeeding but if they are anything like my midwife they will probably just tell you that K will self wean but that wasn't the case for me!


http://kellymom.com/pregnancy/bf-preg/01safety/

 

[Sarah13]

Thanks Nat, I did look on there, they seem quite positive about it. Midwife was good, she seemed supportive of whatever way it goes and said not to worry.

 

[Alexandra84]

I'm 21 weeks pregnant with my second and my LO is about to turn two. I found that the sore nipples during the first 9 weeks or so were difficult and LO started waking much more in the night so I night weaned at that point as the early pregnancy fatigue and 3 times a night wake ups were really not working for me.

Now that I'm half way through I found that LO is not as interested as she was before and will generally suck for a shorter time and then want to play instead. She's always been a very booby baby so it's a bit of a surprise that she seems to be losing interest a bit. I have no problem with the idea of tandem feeding so it's completely up to her what she does

 

[Sarah13]

Thanks Alexandra, my boobs arnt that sore yet they feel full tbh, like I need him to feed! Guess I'll see how things go. I've got a rl friend who has just announced she's pregnant and she's Bf her 2 year old so once we go public it will be good to chat with her more as well.

 

[Nat26]

Thats really nice you will have someone to chat to about it. I don't actually know anyone who breastfed while pregnant or tandem feeds so I very much am on my own with it! Infact it seems very unacceptable nursing past a year so I'm sure a lot of people I know don't get it at all. Its a bit of luck I don't follow the crowd!

Alexandra -If you do go on to tandem feed be prepare for your toddler to feed like a newborn. My son lost interest quite a bit during my pregnancy but omg once my dd was born he wanted to be breastfed everytime he saw he saw me nursing. It did settle quickly though and he only feeds once or twice a day now

 

[Sarah13]

I know a few mums who tandem nurse, its quite common in the fluffy bum and baby wearing community which is great as I don't feel so strange!

 

[l_maclean]

SARAH!!! How did I miss you got BFP?!!!

 

[Sarah13]

Im keeping it quiet just now apart from on here! So easily missed!

 

[Nat26]

Wish it was common amongst the people I know but no....even my family are very unsupportive! I'm sure whatever happens you will do great, taking one day at a time is the best thing

 

[Sarah13]

Awww that's a shame Nat, my family are ok with it too which is nice, although I have been asked when Im stopping a fair few times! Are you in any Facebook groups like attachment parenting or similar?

 

[l_maclean]

Congrats! There's a serious fluffy bum boom going on just now!!! I should destash some of my newborn bits!!

Nat there's loads of supportive groups on fb. I was gutted DD1 weaned early in my preg, just missed a year,