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

[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.

[MummyTummy]

Heaven - I think if she loves booby that much and you still have a strong supply then she will continue as long as she feels the need. My DS had dropped so many feeds and could go a whole day without booby with no complaints (in fact he would choose that rather than EBM if I wasn't around). He never sucked for comfort and always seemed as if he could take it or leave it, so I was expecting that he would have weaned in the few months following anyway.

[OceanPrincess]

Heaven, don't depair - like you I've always had a plentiful supply and I have found DD showing NO interest in weaning at all!

In fact yesterday (also teething) she had four feeds during the day whereas since I've been back at work she's dropped day feeds altogether. Obviously a comfort thing yesterday!!

So not all babies do- we are half way and she shows no intention of weaning!

I am pretty happy about this, even if similar to a PP my BBs have become pretty sensitive and it can hurt, esp when she is anxious or upset - the first latch can be a killer. But we are persisting as like you I can't bear the thought of my little baby weaning!!

So it can happen!

[Panda74]

Heaven, I have been worried about this for awhile too! Your DD sounds very much like my DS and I get all teared up thinking about weaning so I was very relieved to read your replies - thanks for the thread!

Anyhoo it seems I may also be able to shed some light for you as I have now been pregnant and breastfeeding for one week (or two I guess I don't know)!!

So far so good!! I was worried my milk would taste funny but he's still going nuts on it! My nipples are a tiny bit sore and a couple of weeks ago DS grunted a bit at my boobs and turned away in the night (I thought I may have had PMS or something) but other than that its business as usual. I know its early days but I'm thankful for every day we breastfeed!