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watercolor5watercolor5 member
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DD is 7 months old, and I just found out I'm KU again- not planned, not expected and quite the shock.  I usually hang out on the Sept'12 board, but I'm looking forward to getting some support/encouragement/feel-goodiness here too.

And my question:  what are the rules for breastfeeding while pregnant?  I know it causes contractions, but I don't think they know if the contractions contribute to earlier labor, is that right?  I'll ask my Dr. about it, but I'm still waiting for my first prenatal appt, so I thought I'd ask your experiences/advice.  Has anyone done it and had supply problems?  No supply problems?  I don't want to tandem nurse, but my goal was always to nurse DD up to the one year mark.

TIA for your help!

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  • MitoRachelMitoRachel member

    Congrats! I feel like it took me a little while with this second pregnancy to wrap my head around it, but now I am really excited to meet my second! Even though you don't want to tandem nurse I would recommend looking at the book Adventures in Tandem N

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  • orangecurlsorangecurls member
    I had supply problems. At the end of my first trimester my supply really tanked. My son wanted to nurse all the time. He pulled off and wanted the other side, then pull off mad. His wet diapers decreased and his solid intake increased. I ended up nee
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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member

    DD LOVES eating solids... she almost never gives a sign of being done eating them, and we feed her off our plate at every meal as well as a fruit puree every day.  I worry that if I up her solids, it would cause my supply to tank even more, or not

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  • orangecurlsorangecurls member
    Oh that's good! My kiddos weren't super great eaters at first. I always nursed an hour or so before offering solids. LO fills up on BM and then eats as much solids as wanted. I wouldn't replace any nursings with solids. I would also talk to your LO'
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  • QmommyQmommy member

    I'm a tandem nurser.  I know you want to wean before LO2 arrives but I still recommend reading Adventures in Tandem Nursing.  It covers BFing while pregnant extensively.  You can BF throughout your pregnancy safely as long as you don't h

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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member
    imageQmommy:

    I'm a tandem nurser.  I know you want to wean before LO2 arrives but I still recommend reading Adventu

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  • bookworm982bookworm982 member
    I'm 19.5 weeks pregnant with DS and still breastfeeding my almost 9-month-old DD without issues. Any time I've noticed a supply dip, I've refocused on getting enough water and the problem has gone away, leading me to believe that it wasn't a pregnancy cau
    Mommy to N (3), J (2), and C (10 months). LO4 is due in mid-September.
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