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July 2017 Moms
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Anyone nursing while pregnant?
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Hey ladies! I'm sure there are other mamas out there still nursing. I'd love if we could do a regular check-in and support one another.
1) how old is your nursling?
2) plans to wean?
3) open to tandem or no?
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going?
1) how old is your nursling?
2) plans to wean?
3) open to tandem or no?
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going?
Re: Anyone nursing while pregnant?
2) plans to wean? Not at this time. She's very attached to nursing and still eats every 2 hours or so.
3) open to tandem or no? I'm not sure that DD will be ready to wean by the time baby gets here, so I'm open to giving it a try. I have no idea how to manage that though, so I'm trying to find out as much as possible about tandem feeding before July.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? I get a little more nauseated while nursing than otherwise. I also find myself incredibly hungry all the time and I worry a lot about maintaining supply.
1. 16 months and wants to nurse all day and all night.
2. I am trying - I need to sleep - it's not fair. I hoped he would self-wean but that is a distant dream.
3. Absolutely not! Will lose the rest of my mind.
4. I wasn't prepared to forcibly wean but this baby is weaning him! The milk has dropped significantly and he is very upset and frustrated. We are living in the twighlight zone of all night crying and wakefulness demanding milk. He yells, screams, cries, refuses anything else to drink or eat, hits me, scratches me. This goes on for over an hour at a time. I am also incredibly irritable when he nurses - nursing aversion is h.er.e. I'm just so flipping exhausted and I haven't slept since before he was born.
1) how old is your nursling? 17 months
2) plans to wean? Only if he wants to
3) open to tandem or no? Yes but I would prefer he wean himself prior to that
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? Not yet. I am very newly pregnant (4wks 2days) I am TERRIFIED about how he's going to react when my supply takes a hit. He's very attached to nursing and so am I for our cuddle time. I will be very sad for it to end.
2) plans to wean? not yet. I read somewhere (in the vast and trustworthy internet) that as pregnancy progresses that our breast milk becomes less sweet and more salty (weird right) and so some children will start to self wean toward the end of the pregnancy. We'll see though, if that's the case, come number 2 I may try tostill pump some for mu DS and use it in his breakfast cereal or something.
3) open to tandem or no? I'm open to it.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? Not telling everyone! I work for MIL and I bring my DS to work, so anytime she brings up "When's the next one coming?" conversation I just want to say "working on it."
2) plans to wean? No! That he might self-wean as my milk changes/ supply drops is really my only disappointment about the timing of baby #2. But I have friends who have nursed through their pregnancies so I hope to be able to continue.
3) open to tandem or no? Definitely.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? My nipples feel sore but fortunately it hasn't made BF uncomfortable yet. Praying that continues!
2) plans to wean? yes... at some point. he's only nursing a few times in a 24 hour period, mostly at night. he is a terrible sleeper and it is a simple go to to get him back down. I'm scared to loose that, especially with the first tri exhaustion that's going hit soon.
3) open to tandem or no? I'd really rather not.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going. He doesn't seem to notice any difference. like I said we aren't nursing much any more so if I am drying up maybe it will just encourage him to wean on his own!
Our Angel: EDD: 05/11/17. MC at 6 weeks
Baby #2- EDD: 07/18/17
1) how old is your nursling?
He will be 14 months on Monday.
2) plans to wean?
Yes and no. I still want to let him self wean, but I'm "helping him along" because he's angry at my supply dip.
3) open to tandem or no?
Open to it, but not thrilled about the idea currently.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going?
He gets angry because I'm not making enough for him now.
@born2runrn I worry about how my little one will take the drop in supply too. Thankfully we haven't reached that point yet. She's very attached to nursing and isn't quite a year old yet so we can't supplement with whole milk yet.
@VMonte I'd heard that too, that breastmilk becomes more salty while pregnant. Wild!
@mamadcb I hope you are able to breastfeed as long as you'd like! I'm a little worried about my LO deciding to self-wean too, but so far- so good.
@MrsN092714 I wish you luck with the sleep struggles. My daughter still nurses to sleep too, and I have no idea how we're going to change that before the baby comes.
@MrsPyrowiz Good luck! That sounds like a tough situation, maybe similar to what @caribbeanmama is going through.
2) I've wanted to wean only because we had a hard time conceiving compared to the first time (2weeks..honeymoon baby... vs 6 months of actively trying) but my gyno said I'll need to wean him ASAP because my body needs to focus on making the new baby not making milk... ever heard of that??
3) totally open to tandem but my son is very possessive so I can totally see him pushing the new babe away and saying "my milk"
4) only issue I'm forseeing is continuing to nurse while my obgyn tells me I need to wean.. any input on that??
picture for cuteness
In any case, if my OB encourages me to wean I will have a lot of questions about why! (Although my DS is currently only 9 months).
BTW, your little boy is adorable!
2) plans to wean? Nope, although it's starting to take a physical toll on me.
3) open to tandem or no? Yes, but I'm hoping to drop my daughter down to once a day or so once new baby arrives.
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? These symptoms! My nipples hurt, my breasts are getting bruised easily (by her karate kicks and punches), and I'm finding it tough to keep up my energy. The nausea hit me hard, so I've been finding it hard to eat enough, and if I don't eat enough I just have to lay down.
1) how old is your nursling? 17 months
2) plans to wean? Whenever she feels like it. DD1 self-weaned in my third tri, IIRC, but I encouraged a reduction in daytime nursing before then (which she was not happy about). DD2 rarely asks and is generally content with only before naps/bed
3) open to tandem or no? Yes
4) any challenges you are facing as a result of your pregnancy? How is it going? Nope. When I was pregnant with DD2, DH thought for sure DD1 would be jealous when 2 came along and insisted I should wean early. But she self-weaned and there was no jealousy, so I'm hoping not to get any pressure in that department this time.
2. I hope to wean, but at the same time hope to make it through cold and flu season before that happens.
3. I'm not sure if I'm open to tandem. It's a possibility but I also don't have a maternity leave and was back to work after 2 weeks with my daughter. So I'm not sure if my body can handle nursing 2 and working.
4. No changes so far, I think I'm waiting for it to become uncomfortable.
I have no intention of weaning, hoping my son is getting enough milk too so I don't have to supplement.
I would love to tandem nurse!
Only issue I'm having is I'm producing just enough for him, maybe as he starts on food in a couple months I'll be making just enough for him!
*And no I am not allowing him to hit me over and over - I gently grab his hands and say no but the poor guy (tyrant) is frustrated and cannot understand where the milk went.
Possible *TW*
When I was last pregnant, I kept taking fenugreek to boost my supply which my midwife said was fine but which I later read could lead to spontaneous abortion. I have no idea in what quantity and if it played a role or not but I did end up miscarrying. So, this time around I stopped taking all the supplements I was on including fenugreek because of course I'm now paranoid.
We weaned quickly because he was down to 1-2x/day, for only a couple minutes each. And I went on a business trip, and just didn't nurse again when I came back. He cried a bit the first two nights, but on Night 2, I explained that it was "all gone" and offered a cup of milk instead. He was ok with that. We talked several times about how "mommy's milk is all gone."
I always read it would be sad and emotional to stop. I feel only relief. It took a week for the painful boobs to figure themselves out, but now I feel great physically, too. I love not having to dress to nurse.