Is/Has anyone pregnant and BFing ?!?

Brittany373 · October 2011

My DH and I want to start trying for #2, but I'm still BFing(3-4 times in 24 hours). (I know I CAN get pregnant, since I have my period ) Over the last 2 months I've weaned DD to this amount, if it was up to her shed still be nursed every 3 hours!!!! So I don't think cutting anymore nursing sessions is an option right now, she still asks multiple times a day, but I just keep telling her before nap, bed time..etc. And I'll go offer her food instead. Is it possible to BF and be pregnant? How hard?! Or do you think we should put off TTC until DD is done BF? who knows when that will happen, I was hoping to let her self wean-- which they say happens around 2-3, but then my DR said some children never self wean( hoping that's not my kid

. ). I am done BFing, but I keep doing it for my DD. I am a SAHM and my husband works alot-alot, so he can't help put her to bed or down for naps-- and those are the 2 nursing sessions I don't know how I am going to get rid of. Being pregnant and successfully keeping a supply and BF?! Thoughts.... IYO... Your experiences? Sorry so long- but I thought if anyone could help, you ladies could!

nanabanana06 · October 2011

Have you gotten your period back yet? If you have then it is very possible to get pregnant and BF. The only downside (or plus side, which ever way you look at it) is that your supply could tank while pregnant. However, if your having your period and ovulating then I say go for it!

Brittany373 · October 2011

Oh , oops! I got my period along time ago, I know it's possible. But I'm wondering if anyone has been pregnant and continued to BF. Sorry for the confusion.

BFab11 · October 2011

It's really up to you. I got pg while I was still BFing, but weaned DS when I was about 3 months along. My nipples hurt so bad, and paired with exhaustion and nausea, I just couldn't handle nursing. DS thankfully made it really easy on me and accepted food or water in place of nursing and if he wanted it for comfort, he took a binky instead. We were able to wean really quickly and gently.

Brittany373 · October 2011

Ugh, I wish she took a pacifier, it would make this alot easier!!!!

Discordia1030 · October 2011

I'm only a few weeks along, but still successfully nursing. I notice a change in fullness if I haven't had enough to drink, but I haven't noticed any supply issues. Fingers crossed it stays this way, I'd like to get DS to 18m at least before I consider weaning.

adam+katie · October 2011

Yep, still nursing here! I was hoping he would self wean, but it doesn't look like it is going to go that way. I hope to have him weaned by Christmas. I have had no problems being pregnant and bf'ing.

WildcatPrincess · October 2011

We started TTC while I was still nursing 2-3 times a day and I got pregnant no problem. DD went back and forth with number of sessions for awhile, dropping some, picking them back up, then quit cold turkey when I was 10 weeks along. I was relieved because she was a boobaholic and if she didn't self wean by 2nd tri I was going to force it. I was happy with 16 months of nursing.

EHankin · October 2011

My son is almost 13 months old and still nursing 2 to 5 times daily. We got pregnant on the first try this time and although I am only like 5 and a half weeks pregnant I haven't had any difficulty to speak of so far. I was afraid I was going to be really sore but it hasn't really been an issue so far. My supply had been starting to dwindle anyway but I haven't noticed a big change. Really the only thing I have noticed is the composition of my milk has changed already but it doesn't seem to be bothering my son at all. We are starting a slow weaning process, but he is not really into the sippy cup yet, so we need some more work before I wean him entirely.

Under.the.Rose · October 2011

I'm still BF-ing (DS never took to the bottle) and he's nursing pretty frequently. No signs of stopping!

If I'm at home, DS neeeeeeds to nurse. If I'm not here, he has no trouble going down for his naps without nursing. You might need to recruit help for a week or so to help with getting rid of the nap-nursing connection so you can disappear for a little while and break the habit.

I definitely find everything more tiring now and I'm sure BFing on top of having an almost one year old, being pregnant and working is all just wearing me out.

KRB8 · October 2011

Since you have your period, I'd say you have a chance to become pregnant. So I would TTC and just see what happens.

I became pregnant with LO2 when DD was 12 months old. I was BFing 3x per day. My supply tanked shortly after my BFP. So I dropped down to 2x per day, and now I'm down to 1x per day. I had plans on 100% weaning DD by 18 months, if she hadn't self-weaned by then. But my OB doesn't want me BFing past 14-16 weeks pregnant. So my BFing days with DD are numbered.

GL TTC!

JhawkCE · October 2011

I got preg the first month we tried. I was pumping 4 times a day, nursing twice when I got home and a couple times during the night.

sapgirl76 · October 2011

I'm still breastfeeding and pregnant. DS still nurses to sleep at night and because we bed share, he's on the boob all night long. It took us a while to get pregnant but only half as long as it took to conceive DS (7 months as opposed to 14.) So far it hasn't been bad. My breasts are much less sore this time. I am hoping DS self-weans when my milk changes to colostrum, though.

BrittKav · October 2011

I nursed through my pregnancy and now I'm tandem nursing. It was hard for me, but only because DD was only 6 months old when I got pregnant and I was constantly worrying that my supply would drop and I'd have to give her formula. Luckily my supply stayed decent until DD was about a year old, and then it dropped majorly. DD probably could have weaned at that point because there was no milk left, but I encouraged it because I thought it would help relieve some jealousy once the baby arrived if they could both nurse. DD2 was born when DD1 was 14 months. Tandem nursing was a million times easier than I thought it would be.

Around 8-9 weeks pregnant, my nipples were pretty sore but it only lasted a week or so. There isn't much you can do to keep your supply up, but there is an herbal supplement called More Milk Too that you can take during pregnancy. I took it, and maybe that's why I was able to keep my supply up as long as I did...or maybe it was coincidence. I don't know.

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