(Update) Preggo mamas who were BF march baby?

MamaMuslima01 · January 2014

What did you ladies do food wise for LO once you found out you were expecting? Formula? Cows milk? Stored milk? Completely solids? Tandem? Did you stop BF the day you found out?

flummadiddle85 · January 2014

Same thing we've been doing. BF on demand, and BLW for solids.

No WCM til 1yo.

Baby needs formula or BM until 1yo.

I just keep an eye on his output, and any fussiness too make sure my supply is keeping up still. So far so good. I've been downing a lot of water to try to help too.

MamaMuslima01 · January 2014

NVandGZ said:
Same thing we've been doing. BF on demand, and BLW for solids.

No WCM til 1yo.

Baby needs formula or BM until 1yo.

I just keep an eye on his output, and any fussiness too make sure my supply is keeping up still. So far so good. I've been downing a lot of water to try to help too.

What is BLW? I didnt realize many women tandem nursed! Im not sure what I will do when I become prego (if anytime soon). I am exploring my options. DH isnt too fond of tandem nursing because he thinks it will be too strenuous on me. I will do more research!

swelniak · January 2014

I'm not preggo, but why would you need to stop BFing because of it?

flummadiddle85 · January 2014

swelniak said: I'm not preggo, but why would you need to stop BFing because of it? You don't. The only concern might be if you were already at risk for preterm labor. Eventually, your supply will dry up, but there can be a wide variation on when that will happen. Some women do nurse their entire pregnancy. Some babies will self wean at some point during a pregnancy due to change in taste, or lack of supply.

Some women wean due to discomfort/pregnancy symptoms. I'm getting off easy right now as far as that goes, and everything is going well. So I am counting my blessings with that. I'm just hoping to make it to a year at this point. I'll be going into the 2nd tri at that time.

BLW= Baby Led Weaning. What we started at 6mo with DS. No purees.

homemaker5711 · January 2014

I'm 9 weeks pregnant, DS is 10.5 months old. I nurse on demand and feed solids. She seriously eats like a big kid, eating anything and everything.
I've tried to cut back on nursing as to prepare for weaning around 1 yr. for the most part she only nurses before she goes to sleep/nap and when she wakes up. Currently she's fighting a cold so I'm nursing more for comfort and nutrients.

The only reason I really want to wean in a timely manner is to have a break before baby #2 comes. So far bfing while pregnant hasn't been uncomfortable for me.

emmyfreeman27 · January 2014

We are also 9 weeks and with an 11 month old.

Still nursing on demand and she also eats everything we eat (baby food? sick!). Only thing different right now is that I am trying to nurse as long as we can-- I'd love to tandem nurse eventually. She is even fighting a cold too right now, poor thing.

Jbunny100 · February 2014

I'm 5 weeks now with a 10.5 month old. I noticed a drop in milk supply shortly after conception. Feedings used to be around 6oz each time and now they are at best 4oz. At night I used to pump an extra 5oz before going to bed, but now I only get 3oz. So I now give DS the extra 3oz right before he goes to bed after nursing. I am just worried he isn't getting enough. He is eating around 4-5oz of solids per feeding (3 feedings per day). I talked to an LC and she told me I need to work hard to keep up with BFing DS and being pregnant. It is very important to eat enough calories for both nursing and pregnancy and drink tons of water. I really want to make it to the 1 year mark before I start weaning DS. I've definitely increased water and food and I am noticing a slight difference. Hopefully that continues. I'm starting to feel like my water bottle is constantly in my mouth.

MamaMuslima01 · February 2014

Just found out we are 5 weeks pregnant and I am still breast feeding thank God! Nipples are sore right now but hopefully I can get use to this. Thanks ladies for all the advice. Time to start learning about the weaning process! We hope to make it to a year before starting though!

Jbunny100 · February 2014

MamaMuslima01 said:

Just found out we are 5 weeks pregnant and I am still breast feeding thank God! Nipples are sore right now but hopefully I can get use to this. Thanks ladies for all the advice. Time to start learning about the weaning process! We hope to make it to a year before starting though!

My nipples were sore for about 2 weeks. Then this week all of the sudden they aren't hurting much at all. So, hopefully your nipples will toughen up like mine did. I'm also hoping to make it to one year - 4 more weeks to go. I did find that increasing my calorie intake some and drinking around 120-140oz of water a day helped. I also started drinking mother's milk tea again which seems to have gotten my supply back on track.

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