Did you find bf the same second time round?

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Bf Ds for 11mths. I was lucky and found it fairly easy, never got sore nipples etc. He gave up on his own accord. All happy.

29wks with no.2. Am I likely to find it as easy this time round or does it more depend on the baby and latch etc? Just curious if you found bf easier/harder/the same 2nd time round?

Hmm - well, I knew what I was doing better, so latched him on straight away, and remembered to wiggle him, etc to get latch right, blah blah. But ds is a much more wriggly, snacky feeder than his sister was (and Oh Dear God more puky) so it has been quite a different experience, although they were both very good feeders.

much easier second time round, but the gap was very short as I was still bf into second pregnancy
he latched on straight away and the milk was flowing :)
first time round - a nightmare :)

ds2 was a bit trickier than ds1 which surprised me as i thought i knew exactly what i was doing . luckily i got lots of help with latch from brilliant indy midwife.

dd was easier than both of them.

First time nightmare,no weight game gave up at 6 weeks totally stressed ,in fact it really affected me badly Second time no problem,fed till 1 year(when DS2 bit me!!

Sorry no weight gain ( shaky just thinking about it !!

Fed both for 14 mths.

Definitely different - DD took about 30-45mins a feed, DS (2nd baby) took no more than 15mins but the let-down was always a bit eye-watering - he was like a vacuum pump :)

Got sore at start both times but once midwife had reminded me to go back to basics with DS (feeding a newborn is different to feeding a toddler) it didn't take long.

Both sort of wound down before we stopped but I did have to 'help' DS stop in the end.

DD was brilliant when I fed DS, mainly I think because I had explained to her that once he was sorted we could sit and read together. Within 2 weeks she was fetching a book every time I lifted my top
(Tip is to start reading sitting next to each other before the baby arrives)

Good luck and enjoy :)

I found is a breeze first time around and horrible the second time around. It was several months before we could feed without screaming and tears and even longer before dd began to get comfort rather than just food from feeding. However, even through the worst part the advantage of having had everything go so well first time was that I knew I could do it and had the confidence to carry on.

Dc1 was a doddle, latched on straight after birth, all went well until 5mths then she pitched me! Dc2 took longer to get going, was a nightmare painful latch, was hungrier, had 3 bouts of mastitis in first 6wks, fussed, refused, screamed and then finally it clicked after about 8wks. I was NOT expecting that much trouble!

With DS was v painful for first 6 weeks and had problems with his latch. But then fine.

With DD I had more confidence in my ability to bf and so would stop the feed to sort out the latch and so it was more comfortable. She was a lot more sicky than DS though

DD1 was a nightmare and I ended up giving up at 6 weeks (after a number of days expressing and giving it to her in a bottle). DD2 is now 13 weeks and we're still going strong ; I had more milk from an earlier stage this time round, DD2 has always been a very efficient feeder and I also decided to only offer one side each feed this time to give my nipples more time to recover in the early days and it has worked a treat.

Easier because I knew what to expect/look for and that parenting books are full of shit.

Harder in that DS2 is a boob monster in a way that DS1 never was.