Nursing while pregnant with #2

lasfresasrojas

Hello there!

 I haven't frequented this board much at all, because I have luckily had little to no issues while BF my now 8.5 month old. I am not positive yet, but there is a very strong likelihood that I am now pregnant again.

My only concern/fear about this 2nd pregnancy, which would be very welcome, would be the possible negative impact it could have on my milk supply. I haven't had any issues with supply so far, but my friend conceived when her 1st was 9 months and her supply all but dried up within two months.

What tips do you have that I could maybe start on now to hopefully be able to nurse to at least a year. My plan is to nurse for a year, and then wean her slowly. I would definitely want to be done before the baby was born.

 Also, I have read up quite a bit on nursing while pregnant, and the only possible concerns I saw were with uterine cramping. I had a bleeding scare at 30 wks with DD1, and ended up hospitalized and on bedrest for 3 weeks. They never found the cause of it, but I am thinking my OB might bring it up as a concern if I continue to nurse. Any suggestions for this?

 TIA! I really appreciate it! 

JKB1986

I got pregnant with #2 while still nursing my 12 month old. At about 6 weeks along the pain on latching was quite bad but after the first 10 seconds the pain went away so it was manageable. I noticed a large drop in my milk supply by 9 weeks along and by 16 weeks along I was pretty much dried up. I'm not sure there is anything you can do to keep your milk supply but making sure you get plenty of rest, water and calories would help I'm sure. As far as uterine cramping I believe it is no more than cramping that happens with sex so as long as you are cleared for sex you would be okay. I'm at work and don't have time to find the link but check out kellymom. I know my doctor kept telling me I should wean by 20 weeks but had I not dried up I would not have weaned.

kami1977

I nursed throughout my pregnancy and I'm now tandem nursing. I had very little cramping while nursing and actually went 10 days past my due date. My son was 17 months so mostly on table foods, but my supply did drop. Other than taking care of yourself there's not much you can do about your supply while pregnant. The supply drop is due to the changes in your hormones. I'd keep nursing and supplement with formula as necessary.