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Daisyterp or anyone else- weaning while pregnant

MatildasunMatildasun member
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Daisyterp, I know you posted about weaning your daughter before, but I don't remember the details. I am trying to decide whether to wean now by dropping the night feeding, or wait a few weeks until my milk turns to colostrum, and see if she does it on her own.

If anyone else has suggestions or stories I would love to hear them. I do not want to tandem nurse, and Ada just turned two, so I feel like we are ready to wean. I just want to go about it gently. 

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  • SnoopyLuvSnoopyLuv member

    Jay Gordon has a night weaning method the AP board raves about.

    All of the women I know have just weaned pretty naturally and slowly because of lowered milk supply, LO just became disinterested. I know it can also start to hurt so you could try "don't offer, don't refuse".

     I am not pregnant, nor have I weaned but I've been reading up on it since we're TTC. 

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  • MatildasunMatildasun member

    Sorry, I should clarify. She is down to one feeding a day, the one right before bedtime. I am already 14 weeks pregnant, so we have worked throught the initial changes including the pain.

    I am trying to decide if I should cut out the bedtime feeding now or wait until my milk turns to colostrum with the hopes that she won't like it and stop on her own. My worry is that she likes to nurse so much that she won't care.

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    imagematildasun:

    Sorry, I should clarify. She is down to one feeding a day, the one right before bedtime. I am already 14 weeks pregnant, so we have worked throught the initial changes including the pain.

    I am trying to decide if I should cut out the bedtime feeding now or wait until my milk turns to colostrum with the hopes that she won't like it and stop on her own. My worry is that she likes to nurse so much that she won't care.

    I see. Congrats, btw!

    I wish I had some advice.

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  • terpchic28terpchic28

    My DD weaned on her own while I was pregnant-I didn't encourage/discourage nursing at that point. She got "serious" at weaning when I was 16ish weeks and was barely nursing by 20 weeks (latched on for a few seconds every few nights).  She was completely weaned by 22ish weeks. 

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  • anonsouthernbellanonsouthernbell member
    I would either wait a little bit and see if she does so on her own.  (I say this b/c it will be easier on you and she will be getting some antibodies still, which always helps over the holidays).  Or you could start limiting the amount of time that she nurses.  I started doing that w/my son shortly after his 2nd birthday.  I would let him nurse on one breast for as long as he wanted and then cut short the second one.  (I stopped when he got really sick and we are slowly cutting it back down again).  Personally, I am really torn b/c I don't think that I want to nurse my whole pregnancy but I am also saddened at the thought of him weaning and I obviously can't have it both ways.
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