Is there a breastfeeding while pregnant thread already?

[MummyBerryJuice]

If not would anyone like to join me?

Experienced and first time feeding while pregnant mums welcome. I'm almost 11 weeks with DC2 and am still feeding DS (15 months). We are currently working at night weaning him (although he is incredibly persistent) and he still feeds 3/4/5 time per day, although he is starting to eat more solids.

I don't know anyone in RL who has fed whilst pregnant or tandemed and it would be great to be able to share frustrations etc with others.

So please come and join me, or point me in the direction of the right thread

hey ladies had a bit of a crappy night/morning so far... Feel so sorry for ds he still wants to bf and be held by me and wants to touch my arm while sleeping at night (he spends about 4 hours in cot at start of night but invariably ends up in our bed around midnight/1am). I just cant bear him attached to my breast anymore it feels so horrible and i feel like hurling him across room (obviously im never actually going to). Just feel so trapped...i know this attached stage wont last and he will grow up so quick and i should enjoy this unconditional adoration its just gotten to me big time today...right my rant is over gna go have a cup of tea xo

Don't beat yourself up, Mango, I think everyone has days like that BF during pregnancy- it's a tough thing to do! It's OK to not love BF all the time, sometimes I wish DD1 would leave me alone for 10 minutes too. Could you get your DH to take DS out somewhere nice one afternoon so you can have a nice long soak in the bath or something?

Oh mango, I know how you feel. DS was exactly like that until I managed to night wean him and now he still comes into bed with us around midnight and sleeps on top of my head . Not sure what I'm going to do when the new baby comes. It can be really tough dealing with bf while you are pregnant and there is no shame in admitting it or wanting it to stop.

Take heart in the fact that you are responding to your child's needs and that sometimes you need to listen to yourself and respond to your own needs too. Come let off some steam with us.

mango i have felt like tha too.
Try not to beat yourself up about it...it's not you...it's the hormones!

Hi all. Just to let you know. Baby has turned. We are no longer breech.

I'm starting to feel like we're getting towards the end AND I have so, so, so, so much that I still need to do. aaaarrrrrrrggggghhhh!!,

Sorry you've had such a rubbish day mango
from reading this thread I think the vast majority of people feel that way at some point in their pregnancy. We all love our DCs loads but that doesn't mean there aren't times we get annoyed or frustrated etc. And that's without all the hormonal stuff that's going on with you. I can't remember what they called it in the LLL tandem feeding book but it said there too that the feeling of wanting to shove the baby off you is vv common.

Pleased baby has turned mbj it must be a relief to you to know baby's now facing the right way, but I can see how it can make the baby's arrival seem more imminent.

No further weaning chat with DH. He's so busy with work at the moment and going away again on Friday for another week and I think we just both have more on our minds than discussing whether to wean DD. Personally I am just focussing on getting through each day!

That's great news mbj! How many weeks are you now? It will all come together i'm sure. (sorry...that's an annoying thing to say but probably true )

Kd, getting through the day is a major achievement imo and deserves celebrating with chocolate.

Mango i thought of you last night. Ds fed for hours, swapping sides, biting, hitting and pummeling my boob like some evil kitten. Inside i was screaming and just wanted to walk away.

How are you doing today mango ?
the word my book used for the annoyed feeling when child is nursing was 'agitation'. Seems a very good word for what loads of folk experience.

Well DH would not be pleased with me today as I've given DD an extra feed today! She was really pulling at my top and seemed quite upset at about five o'clock (just after she had demolished a bowl of porridge and half a banana!) so I offered her a feed and she launched herself at me so cleat that was what she wanted. She is now tucking into a bowl of fruit. So obviously a hungry afternoon!

Maybe she is going through a bit of a growth spurt KD? DS sometimes does that, he isn't a great eater but some days he'll eat loads and loads and request loads and loads of feeds.

I think my baby is getting ready to meet us. I am feeling a lot of sensitivity in the lower segment, my Braxton-Hicks are getting more frequent and I've got a sudden increase in discharge. I'm betting on 2 weeks.

The mw thinks it is wishful thinking, and my friends tease me that I'm going to go to 42 weeks BUT, mark my words...

hey all thank you for ur reassuring words glad to hear that im not alone in feeling this way...today has been better he hasnt had a bf all day just had one now before sleep so i cant begrudge him that much. Thinkin about future tho and i really dont think i want to tandem feed...will keep giving it thought till then but based on current feelings i dont want to. Is that really bad of me? I feel so neglectful :( anyway keeping in short as on phone so will log in again from comp soon as wanted to say more in response to you guys. Night night for now x

I don't think that you are neglectful or horrible to not want to tandem feed. It really isn't for everyone and you aren't a bad person or mother if you can't do it. I thinknthere are weaning tips in Anventures too.

Oh mango you're not neglectful at all. You're doing the same as all the rest of us which is trying to balance the needs of you, your DS and your unborn baby. Not an easy juggling task. And tandem feeding isn't for everybody. I haven't yet made up my mind what I'm going to do. And if I do decide to wean DD, it may not be the most pleasant period while I achieve that, but our DCs have had much much more breastmilk than the vast majority of babies. And weaning won't change the sort of mum you are. You can still give loads of cuddles and be affectionate. In fact if BFing continues to give you the agitation thingimyjig then maybe stopping BFing will in fact make you more touchy feely and affectionate with your DS.

Just see how you go, and keep your options open, but know that we are all here to support you whatever you decide and nobody here (and certainly nobody in RL!!) will think any the less of you if you decide to wean.

Hope that made some sense. It's too late and I really should be asleep.

absolutly agree with others. Tandem or bf while pg isn't for everyone. No need to feel bad mango (although as mothers i think we always will!). As mbj says there are tactics for weaning in "adventures..." and also advice on limiting bf if it's doing your head in but you don't want to stop completely. Infact maybe that would help while you decide about weaning?

Two weeks mbj! why doesn't your mw agree? Mind says it's hard to tell after the first as the don't engage.

Have you seen a consultant yet kd?

Loopy...?

Mango- if it's any help, I've found tandem feeding much easier than BF during pregnancy. All those feelings of wanting to just shake DD1 off me were gone as soon as DD2 arrived.

Glad to see there are some babies arriving imminently

I was just wondering today whether anybody knew any update on baby poppet ?

No I've not seen consultant yet. Apparently it's in the system and will def be next week. If I've not received an app in the post by Monday I need to phone my midwife and she'll chase it up for me

Me too! I saw a post of hers in 'slings' today. Hopefully she'll come and update us soon.

Hi everyone,

sorry not been around much, as went back to work on 1 Sept, and doing four days a week. So not much time to myself anymore.

Can't believe that there will be babies arriving soon! I'm 25 weeks tomorrow and we have just sold our house, so got to move to our new house within the next 15 weeks.

Ds had a stomach bug on sunday, the day after his first birthday, so had to take monday off of work, then yesterday both me and dh get it but worse as it was like gastric flu! Felt terrible and DS wanted feeding lots between me puking - not a pretty sight. Luckily mil took him off us for the day so we could recover, good thing too as was in no fit state to give him any food.

He has been very clingy today, and last night he came in with us at 1am as he woke up and wouldn't settle, so had at least 3 more feeds before breakfast. Just hoping he doesn't re-catch the bug. How come babies take up so much room in the bed? He had the middle and me and DH were left on the edge.

Anyways, enough of my trauma, hope everyone else is keeping well. Can't believe I have now breastfed for a whole year and half of which was whilst pregnant.

Hi all. Gosh I am v tired today. DD woke at 4.30 and basically screamed for two hours. Don't think she was ill because she stopped for about 30 secs if something distracted her. I think it was night terrors at first then she just couldn't shake it off. She cried so much she was even sick on DH.

Anyway she eventually fell asleep on me on the sofa (she was calmer downstairs than upstairs) and I managed to creep into my bed with her and doze for a few hours.

I'm going to play it by ear but I'm anxious about taking her to swimming this pm. I'll see how she is this morning.

Hi all, how's everyone doing?

I'm nearly 34 wks now. I was nursing my DS (21mths) the other day and after a few minutes he came off the boob, smacked his lips together and said 'Mmm, nice!' So I'm assuming that my colostrum has come in, as up till now I don't think there's been anything there at all and that he's been comfort sucking. It totally made the last 16wks of painful nursing worth it, seeing his happy little face.

Now he has a cold, so I'm having to suffer him bobbing on and off so that he can breathe, poor boy.

I've been reading back on the posts as I haven't been on here since my last post . When are the first babies due?

Hi every one.

Well done for getting to 1 year clarde

KD you must be knackered. It's awful when they won't settle and you can't find the problem. Hope you managed to get some rest today and that tonight is easier.

That is so sweet Tiger DS is also 21months but a little slow verbally. I have not yet had any appreciation, although I know that I am producing something.

I am 36+3 and due on the 18th and Moon is 39 weeks now, I think (or is it 38?!?)

Haven't much to report. Things still plodding along here. Have finished DD's teddy bear, finally and have started on the cardigan, but will need at least 2 weeks to finish it, so she better wait.

hi all,

Sorry to hear about the unhappy lo's kd and clarde. That is adorable tiger.

39+1 here. Eeek! Nowt much happening bar b-h and my hips feeling a bit "wiggley".

Keep knitting mbj!

Baby here! In fact, my wonderful dd2 arrived late Tuesday night by emergency c-section- we only got out of hospital yesterday. I will try and make this brief, but just wanted to give you all a quick update!

Don't really know where to start! Firstly, despite c-section dd1 seems so far to be a natural feeder, and I guess that may well have a lot to do with how relaxed I am now about it. I hated being away from dd1 for 3 nights in hospital, but I have to say I think that probably helped as I could focus on dd2 and getting myself better so I could give dd1 the time and love she needed on getting home. DD1 has so far been an absolute superstar, kissing and cuddling her little sister. She nursed on her first hospital visit while dd2 was sleeping, then again the next day while dd2 was also nursing, and she did the whole hand-holding, stroking and coped very well.

But..! Not all plain sailing, as to be expected. She has been good at waiting her turn, or even me refusing her completly during the day, but last night, our first night all together, was rather different! She absolutely lost it when I tried to tell her to wait until morning, and was so distressed! So I caved and fed her pretty much straight away- I just felt she'd been through so much, having been away from me all that time, I couldn't say no. Dh was very unimpressed and we ended up having an argument, and dh basically wants me to wean dd1 now. Which I think would be disastrous. I have to say, I partly wish I had weaned her earlier in pregnancy, but I didn't, and we're here now. And overall so far, the experience has been largely positive. I realise there are many more ups and downs to come now, but I think that's life with 2 small children, rather than tandem feeding. And I am just so proud of dd1 and how she has managed (she does seem MASSIVE though .

Sorry to write a whole post just about me! Hope it is interesting for you though, and thinking of all of you

Congratulations loopy! And well done to big sister DD1. Of course the whole post should be about you! We want to know everything. How you feel? Is it easier?

Yay! Congratulations loopy
we want to hear all about it, keep writing whole posts about yourself.

I'm impressed at your craftiness MBJ I am completely useless at anything like that.

You're definitely on the home straight moon
Looking forward to hearing your baby news, hopefully soon.

Congrats Loopy! I'm glad you're all doing well.

I also gave up the night-weaning when DD2 came along, I decided that it was such a major upheaval for DD1 that she really needed it, and it was great to be able to get her back to sleep quickly so that I could get back to sleep and get some rest. Having had a C section you will definitely need to rest as much as you can!