How often do babies wean when you get pregnant again??

[MantaRay]

I think Barb posted once about the percentage of babies who feed through a pg. It was low, I think something like 30%, but then the 70% also includes the mums who choose to wean, so it doesn't really tell you much about how many want to keep feeding but don't.

My DS1 weaned at 4 1/2 months into my pg, so we made it to halfway. I do know of lots of people though who have fed all the way through and tandem fed so it certainly can work out.

It's a tough decision I guess

[~kellie~]

My DD, who was 21 months at the time, kind of lost interest when I was about 7 weeks, and I then kind of encouraged the weaning, she didnt miss it all though, I think she may have asked for it about twice after our last feed, and even when we were feeding she'd often ask for cows milk over breast, so I think she was definitely ready

[Heaven]

Hmm... so it seems like it's fairly common for them to wean
DD might not though. She is no where near ready, she is still having lots and lots of feeds both for hunger and comfort. ATM she is teething and BF must make her feel better, she's been asking for it every hr today and won't be distracted!! God knows what I'd do if she was weaned, teething would be miserable!!

[megs]

Hi Heaven,

I accidently fell pregnant with DS2, when my eldest son was 7 months old. It didn't effect me breastfeeding at all and he didn't change at all. He wasn't a comfort feeder so slowly weaned the feeds down as solids increased but he was still having a morning and night feed at 12 months.

He weaned himself at around 14 months, I think I was about 30 weeks pregnant at the time.

Good Luck with it all

[feeb]

DS1 was 9 months when i conceived and he kept feeding around 17 months as milk droped right back but he would still have a few sucks a few times a day then crawl off, now that DS2 is here DS1 is feeding more and for longer as of course there is milk there now. Its hard getting him to wait till DS2 is on 2nd side or finished thought as at 18 months he doesnt understand wait or gentle!! or anything else that would help with a little baby also.

God luck

[Heaven]

I am thinking about this more and more as we are getting closer to TTC again. I feel like if I get pg again I am being selfish and might be making her wean before she's ready Is it still self-weaning if she weans bc I'm pregnant?

I just feel like she's nowhere near ready yet, she hasn't dropped ANY feeds yet and she's almost 1!! She loves booby so much! lol.

Does the amount of milk you have before your pg have any effect on if your milk supply drops or not? Or does it just happen to everyone? I have always had a lot of milk. 11 months on and I still get let downs during the day when she's not feeding and leak a couple of times a day. Maybe I will keep making enough so she doesn't wean. Hmm...it's such a tough decision isn't it??

I never thought of it as being a problem, I thought I'd wean around 1 yr old but now that I have an almost 1 year old I see that she's still a baby!! And I want her to wean in her own time.

[Sterla]

I am thinking about this more and more as we are getting closer to TTC again. I feel like if I get pg again I am being selfish and might be making her wean before she's ready Is it still self-weaning if she weans bc I'm pregnant?

I just feel like she's nowhere near ready yet, she hasn't dropped ANY feeds yet and she's almost 1!! She loves booby so much! lol.

Does the amount of milk you have before your pg have any effect on if your milk supply drops or not? Or does it just happen to everyone? I have always had a lot of milk. 11 months on and I still get let downs during the day when she's not feeding and leak a couple of times a day. Maybe I will keep making enough so she doesn't wean. Hmm...it's such a tough decision isn't it??

I never thought of it as being a problem, I thought I'd wean around 1 yr old but now that I have an almost 1 year old I see that she's still a baby!! And I want her to wean in her own time.

Heaven, I know exactly how you feel! I've wondered the same thing.

DS has only just started dropping a couple of feeds, but he won't be fully weaning anytime soon on his own. It's so hard - I don't want to force DS to wean before he's ready, but I don't want to wait too long to start TTC either. It's a tough one.