bfeeding while pregnant

[otchayaniye]

I'm still bfeeding a 2-1/2 year old and about 20 weeks pregnant. My supply went down when I became pregnant (had to stop demand feeding in order to get a period at all) and now she has a go about once a day and has told me my milk has all but dried up (not that she cares!) but the whole thing is winding down, which is fine by me as it hurts like hell.

But the midwives I've spoken to have said that I should stop it soon. Since it is stopping of its own accord, I didn't get
into a conversation about it, but I did wonder afterwards why they told me this?

I am not totally against tandem feeding if it will help my daughter ease into the idea of a sibling, so I also wasn't dead set on stopping it right this minute and pushing her to stop.

scones - dd1 was 9 months when I got pregnant with DD2. She coped fine with the drop in supply - dropped down to 1 feed a day during the pregnancy and ate like a horse. She's still feeding now that DD2 is 10 months old, and often seems to feed more than the baby.

I fed all through my second pregnancy,until about 8m,when dd chose to stop.she was feeding a lot for most of that time,only the last couple of months was it starting to be less frequent.No one ever suggested I stop.

I tandem fed for a while - can't remember how long, probably a year or so. Your midwives are barking. Just because they aren't familiar with it doesn't mean it doesn't happen or isn't normal. Good luck to you :)

DD told me my milk tasted like ice cream when I was in the third trimester!