Breastfeeding when pregnant Chatter Thread

**Ladylove** · August 10th, 2013, 12:16 AM

I'm wanting to keep up the one feed with DD too for immune reasons. Not sure if one pretty average feed would be enough for mama milk goodness though. Another strike tonight. She just likes to look at them and touch my nipples and talk to them!

**HotI** · August 22nd, 2013, 06:42 PM

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**HotI** · August 22nd, 2013, 06:43 PM

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i have mega breastfeeding aversion atm. ds is also on keen once a day or so. so it kinda works out.

a major trigger is ds moving his head while feeding, and so feeding while dd is around or anybody else is pretty tough.

so, DS is tired tonight and so i gave him early dinner and bath. dh and dd head out to pick up dinner for the 3 of us, and my plan is to get LO to sleep. get everything ready and he crawls on to my lap and he is having a really nice feed for the first time in weeks. Then bloody dhh (and the first dh are not dear husband tonght) rings my mobile which is across the other side of the room, and then the house phone. DS and i sit down again and i try to feed him on same side. can't do it, and take him off. swap sides hoping that will be better. nup, can't handle it and have to take him off. so now DS is hyper again and will be probably up to stupid o clock.

argh pregnancy is just ****house.

ETA - now i am crying. blah blah. this sucks

**Jennifer13** · August 22nd, 2013, 07:12 PM

Hot1. I am not enjoying bfing atm either. Frankly, if anyone asked me whether they should TTC before or after weaning, I'd recommend after. *sigh* The only thing that keeps me going is thinking of after DD3 is born. Then I won't mind bfing DD2 again.

**Eenee** · August 22nd, 2013, 08:53 PM

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i have mega breastfeeding aversion atm. ds is also on keen once a day or so. so it kinda works out.

a major trigger is ds moving his head while feeding, and so feeding while dd is around or anybody else is pretty tough.

so, DS is tired tonight and so i gave him early dinner and bath. dh and dd head out to pick up dinner for the 3 of us, and my plan is to get LO to sleep. get everything ready and he crawls on to my lap and he is having a really nice feed for the first time in weeks. Then bloody dhh (and the first dh are not dear husband tonght) rings my mobile which is across the other side of the room, and then the house phone. DS and i sit down again and i try to feed him on same side. can't do it, and take him off. swap sides hoping that will be better. nup, can't handle it and have to take him off. so now DS is hyper again and will be probably up to stupid o clock.

argh pregnancy is just ****house.

ETA - now i am crying. blah blah. this sucks

So know the feeling, and DS still feeds most of the night so I end up sitting up feeding him and crying.

DD is still feeding also twice a day, DS I lose count of the amount of feeds he has.

**TeniBear** · September 9th, 2013, 01:39 PM

Sore throat + reflux/heartburn that gets worse when laying on my right side + Breastfeeding aversion to every position OTHER THAN laying on my right side = miserable Teni

I'm in so much pain, and Milly's not helping

**k4t** · September 9th, 2013, 03:46 PM

I only just noticed this thread existed. I'm 11 weeks pregnant and still breastfeeding DD 13 months. Probably 2-3 daytime feeds plus countless nighttime ones. DH and I have just started trying to gradually wean the night feeds but its going to be a slow process

**Jennifer13** · September 9th, 2013, 06:56 PM

Ah, Teni.

I'm not having a bad week this week, but still not loving it. On the plus side, DD1 has a virus with a sore throat (unusual for her, she's rarely sick). We've all got a touch but DD2 is the least affected. Good reminder of why I'm still bfing.

Congrats, k4t!

**HotI** · September 9th, 2013, 07:53 PM

Well, after DS not feeding for close to 2 weeks, yesterday he was on my lap and asked for a feed. I'm not sure how much milk he got, hopefully a bit of an immune boost anyway, and he then fell asleep. Nothing today, but it's nice to know the door may not be closed fully yet.

:hugs: Teni. aversion is just horrible, let alone sickness bringing down your threshold. hope you feel better soon.

**Ladylove** · September 9th, 2013, 10:58 PM

Hotl, DD is the same. Hasn't fed for two weeks and now my milk is creamy and yellowy. Hasn't asked at all.

**Jennifer13** · September 10th, 2013, 08:42 PM

I think DD2 is going off her midday before nap bf. today she latched on, came straight off and cried. I got her back, but I think my supply is dropping again. I wouldn't be sorry to lose that bf, since DD1 dropped it before now, but I'm worried it's going to impact my supply a lot more than usual.

I am hoping that if it doesn't happen for a little while then it's close enough to DD3's birth that she might come back to it. I'm only a few weeks off the third tri, after all.

**Sterla** · November 22nd, 2013, 11:39 AM

Well, here I am again, breastfeeding while pregnant.

Last time I was worried about my DS weaning when I was pregnant with DD. Now I'm really, really hoping this pregnancy will cause DD to wean on her own. I'm already pretty over feeding her (she is very demanding about it), I can imagine pregnancy is only going to make it more difficult and less enjoyable.

**Jennifer13** · November 22nd, 2013, 04:40 PM

Welcome, Sterla. I had a drop in supply and that cut back DD2's bfs. If she was another year older, I probably would have encouraged weaning, I have NOT enjoyed bfing while pg.

Hopefully, your DD will at least demand it less.

**Sterla** · November 22nd, 2013, 05:06 PM

DD is a whole year older than DS was when I was still feeding him and fell pregnant. That year makes a big difference. I wasn't ready for DS to wean, but being that DD is so much older, I definitely am. I had breastfeeding aversion when feeding DS while pregnant with DD. It was awful. Toe-curling, teeth gritting awful. I'm really hoping DD cuts back significantly, or weans.

Still, I want to remind myself to attempt to enjoy these possible last few weeks/months of feeding DD, and hold onto her being my baby for a little bit longer.

**Jennifer13** · December 30th, 2013, 11:05 AM

Milk has officially changed and it is now just watery. I assume colostrum will kick in very soon. Doesn't seem to be bothering DD2, but I think 39 weeks was the changing point for us.

I assume this probably means baby is not far away!

**Sterla** · December 31st, 2013, 08:24 AM

Wow, you've done amazing to feed through your whole pregnancy! Well done!

I have started cutting DD back again. I'm basically trying to not feed her at all through the day (unless she is desperate for it), and just feed her to sleep at night and a few times through the night. Going okay so far. She doesn't necessarily have to wean, but I'd be happy for her to be only on one or two feeds in a day. I'd also be okay with her weaning though

**Jennifer13** · December 31st, 2013, 12:55 PM

Sterla, I hated it in the first tri, but it got better. DD2 was cut back (partly of her own accord, partly me) to morning, nap and bedtime feeds only. And the nap time one didn't happen if I went to work for the day, so has been short. The night time one became more routine in the last few months, which meant only the morning one was a 'proper' feed that I let her enjoy and take her time over. Much, much more bearable for me. Still never really liked bfing during pg, but I could manage it and see the benefits, esp since she's not yet two.

**Jennifer13** · January 17th, 2014, 11:27 AM

So I'm no longer bfing while pg, but just a quick note to say it's much better tandem feeding! I've only fed them together a few times, but DD2 was very helpful in combating early engorgement especially. She made a point of telling me "yummy milk!" after it came in (took two days). She only had colostrum for four days total - two days before DD3 was born and then the time it took my milk to come in.

Two weeks down the track and I'm glad we persisted throughout the pg.