Breastfeeding & pregnancy

[Inanna]

Liz - It never ceases to amaze me just how quickly folk are to make baseless comments!

LIke Angel I don't know that you will find stats - perhaps just antectodal ones.
I tandem fed throughout pregnancy - I have always been a follower and believer in infant led weaning. My second child breastfed throughout pregnancy and afterwards. My third child breastfed throughout pregnancy too she even hopped into the birthing tub for a feed during labour. Neither of them baulked at feeding - their habits didnt' change.

If you would like to tandem feed then it certainly can be done successfully. Good luck Liz and try to ignore all of those naysayers!

[MantaRay]

Liz, I wish you heaps of luck. I am sure you will be able to do it. I know heaps of people who have, I even know of someone feeding 3 kids (no mulitples there either!).

Unfortunately I am one of those whose child did self-wean during pg. He was 14months when I was about 5 months pg, and he just dropped one feed every week or so until he didn't want any at all. I was devastated as I was hoping to tandem feed, but at least it was infant led. Although I suspect my milk dropped right off. I don't think this would be a usual thing though. In my case, I was losing HEAPS of weight bfing and TBH I was stunned that my body actually let me fall pg. I was so underweight I think growing a fetus and bfing was just taking too much of a toll. I kept getting ill too. So I am quite sure that my case is unusual and there is no reason believe that it would happen to anyone else.

The most annoying thing about Jack weaning was all the people saying what a good thing it was before the baby arrived. This really upset me as they KNEW I wanted to keep feeding. So I definitely feel for you there. Just ignore those people and do with what is right for you.