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

oh wow, congrats loopy, hope you all are doing wonderful, and good luck to all the other imminent arrivals, looking forward to hearing all about them! hearing about number 2 babies arriving is making all that more real for me, that there will eventually be two little terrors angels running around!

i'm feeling sooooo sick today, so far its the worst its ever been, and ds is being overly clingy, and not to mention the fact that i am home alone on a saturday, and i am feeling slightly sorry for myself!!

I am starting to suspect that ds is feeding not cos he particularly needs the milk as such, more that he just enjoying hanging around with my boob! I fed him earlier as he was really wingey and sleepy and was fighting it big time despite showing all the signs of needing sleep right now, and after his feed he popped his head up, gave me a massive cheeky smile and toddled off to play! what a player!

awesome mbj, i tried knitting a cardigan for ds before he was born and it was a complete disaster, the arms were too long and each side came out lopsided. it was from this this gorgeous book of designs called sublime baby knits and i still am coveting most of them, but have achieved nothing from it!

Ooh, mango. I think I have that book. Is it the one with patterns for both mum and baby? If it is, I knitted s the teddy out of it and the big, slouchy cardigan for myself last time around. I also did a cardi and hat for DS but had so much more time when I was pregnant with him as my contract ended in mid-October and he wasn't due for another 2 months! I wish I had appreciated the luxury of having no responsibility last time around.

Most I'd DS's feeding is comfort driven as he can't be getting much milk at all, but I figure he needs it and he is definitely more clingy when he doesn't get fed a lot. DH made a comment aboutnhim not needing feeding any longer (just having it as a nice 'extra') a few days ago and I tried to explain to him that I think he does need it on an emotional level. Not sure he understood though . he's not pushing weaning though, which is good.

Anyway, we all have a bit of a cold at the moment and I have felt really knackered this afternoon. MIL has kindly takes DS for a few hours while we get on with some jobs around the house and we had a sneaky, short nap. Need to go and fetch him shortly though.

Sympathy mango it's not nice feeling ill and having to take care of a wee one.
I'm impressed you even managed to attempt to knit a cardigan even if it did go wrong. I'm blessed with a mum and a mil who can both knit and have knitted dd some lovely things.

Well, dd is still not right. She just had a 45 min nap yesterday and ate very little. Last night she slept ok though she was up at 5.30 for a feed. Today again she's not eaten a lot and just hasn't been herself. Then about an hour ago she was sick. She has issues pooing. Not that it's hard, I don't know it just seems that she struggles to push them out (sorry tmi!). She was trying to poo when she was sick and I think it was that which caused her to vomit rather than a bug or something.
Anyway, I'm very pleased to be able to bf her when she's off her food. She was really upset after she vomited, but a feed really calmed her.

Hope you got a lot done with your child free afternoon MBJ
I agree that we didn't know how lucky we were when pregnant with dc1. Although I obviously wasn't far into my preparations for baby's arrival when dd turned up! I also look back to the days I spent just sat on the sofa feeding dd, no way will I be able to do nearly as much of that with dc2. Think feeding in a sling is the way ahead!

congratulations loopy! Tell us more!

I'm on the pineapple, rasp leaf tea etc. I'm about ready now....and dh is on lates this week so i'll be knackered by the weekend!

Hope you feel better soon mango and kd's dd.

Thinking of you mbj.

Hello everybody. Hope the lack of posts over the weekend means everybody's had a good weekend?

Whenever there's a bit of silence from moon or MBJ I do get excited though!!

All fine here. Dating scan will be a week today. DD seems much improved. I'm really not sure what was wrong with her.
My milk is starting to dry up I think. This morning dd took a feed then clearly wanted more so I put cows milk in her sippy cup and she drank over 100ml.

Hope baby loopy still doing well.

We are still only 3 at the moment. We did. Have a very busy weekend though as DH had decided that it was imperative that he suddenly sort out our wardrobe (it's needed doing for 2 years) before the baby comes. So we had a busy time unpacking while he stripped wall paper, painted and put up shelves.

I think he is nesting

37 weeks today, so we are going to launch into full labour inducing activities from today , including but not limited to spicy food and extra feeds for DS.

Unfortunately, it looks like DH might have to go up to Inverness for a meeting sometime this week, which will mean spending a night away from home but rather this week than next, I suppose.

Oops, posted too early.

How is everyone else doing? Wonder what is happening with Moon?

Do you think DD might self wean KD, now that your milk supply is dropping?

hi all,

No news here, just lots of braxton hicks, esp when ds has been nursing, so guess my oxy receptors are switching on.

Two not so great nights sleep so would be glad to crack on while i still have it in me. But can't see it happening for a few days.

Hope you are all well. Enjoy your labour inducing activities mbj ...some are more difficult with a toddler around ime.

Hi all,
How exciting to be nearly there Moon!
KD: similar things going on here: there seems to be less milk and DS asks for water as soon as he comes off. Nipples had been less tender, but tonight they were tender again... How are you generally? I seem to have some niggles much earlier than last time: SPD and wrist pain, for example...

Have taken MBJ's advice and replaced the missing "mothering your nursing toddler" with adventures...

Nowt happening here still. Unless you count insomnia.

Oh poo you moon.

We've got a tour of the low dependency unit at the hospital this evening.

don't mind me mbj...was just feeling sorry for myself! Ds and both had listless nights. I hoped wondered if it was a sign...but only a sign of the heat me thinks.

Why the tour mbj? Have i missed something?

How's everyone else?

Nope, just a different hospital from the one where I had DS, so wanted to go have a look round to familiarise myself with the environment. They do one every 2 weeks and were fully booked, so we were on the waiting list. They rune yesterday today that a space has become available.

Hope you get better sleep tonight moon

No news here really. DD didn't have a morning feed yesterday as her grandma got her up and gave her milk in a sippy cup, then she just wasn't interested when I got up 15 mins later (that was fine, I'd told mil it was fine to give her cows milk). Today she took a feed but again wanted cows milk straight after. So I think she might drop her morning feed.

She still seems keen on her bedtime feed but we'll just see how it goes.

Mil made a joke about 'just imagine, if you didn't wean dd you could end up feeding two children at once, one on each boob'. I said yes lots of people do that and she was shocked. Poor mil. She is very middle England. She reads the daily mail and believes everything in it. I was going to show her some of the photos in adventures in tandem feeding but I thought she might have a funny turn!

I'm feeling well overall. I remember when I was pg with dd I was really smug because other than bad pains in my bump from about 14 weeks, I was totally fine. I'm now concerned that those pains were the precursor to labour pains and wonder if I was lucky to hold into dd till 31 weeks. But that's another (long) story.

Sending lots of labour vibes to moon and MBJ
Are you overdue now moon ?

Oh kd! I had a similar conversation with my mil. Infact i've lost count of the number of times i've had to point out that i have two boobs.
Hopefully your consultant will be able to put your mind at rest about the pains you had last time.
I had sharp pains at times but they were more like stitch and i put them down to muscles stretching as i walked. I haven't had anything i'd associate with labour pains.

Well today is due day and...nada!
Did see mw and baby is 3/5 engaged. Yay! Do feel like a few brisk walks would help move things along, but not at a toddlers pace. That or lots of sex. Chance would be a fine thing!

Have managed to sneak off for a couple of walks today and have prepped spicy paneer tikka for tomorrow. Will keep on with the rasp leaf tea, pineapple and PMA!

How are you feeling mbj?

Morning.

I think DD may be engaging, having dull low-back pain and and had one quite painful Braxton-hicks last night but nothing else.

DS woke up SCREAMING at 4:19 this morning, absolutely inconsolable. It was very, very strange. He wouldn't let me or DH touch him. Eventually I offered him na-na and he calmed down and fed. I am in two minds about having 'given in' he was clearly distressed and completely (neurologically) disorganised, after he fed, he was happy to lie next to me for 30 minutes calmly etc. He also had tough day yesterday, wouldn't settle in the crèche at peer-supporter training (I'm a trainer) and then we went to a birthday party where he was the youngest, so go into a couple of scraps.

Anyway. Up at 5

The low- dependency tour was great. I feelmquite excited about labour and birth now. The unit is filled with lovely supportive MWs who are trained in labour massage and all mums are offered one on arrival, the delivery suites have a sofa bed for dad to sleep in after the birth (he can stay for the full duration of the stay), en suite bathrooms in all rooms with HUGE baths, bean bags, birthing balls and birthing stools in all rooms. Low lighting.

Lots of emphasis in remaining active throughout labour and finding your own most comfortable position for delivery, active discouragement of the stranded beetle position. Actively encore aromatherapy during labour

It looks to me like I could have a great experience.

Oh no, just realised that post was all about me.

My MIL hasn't asked me about feeding, but she has obviously discussed it with DH as a friend of her decided to discuss 'duel feeding' with me. Have you seen the consultant yet KD? Hopefully you can get some reassurance from her/him.

moon about reaching your due date with nothing. When was DS born?

Morning, up early here too: SPD Is back with a vengeance and despite buying an enormous curly pillow I've been up since 5.30 and awake and hungry from earlier. Quite depressed: when I got it at 20 weeks last time I was told it was very unusually early: this time it's ten weeks (and have been having twinges for a while). Apparently bf hormones slow recovery (it took 9 months after the birth) so I wonder what they'll say this time.DS now awake...

DS now fed back to sleep. It sounds like there is a lot of exciting news to come... Fingers crossed for you!

Wow MBJ the low dependency unit you visited sounds great. Sounds a lovely atmosphere, and wonderful that dads can stay for the duration.

Hope your baby puts in an appearance soon moon
As you said in one of your earlier posts, it would be good if the baby comes while you still feel up to it! Are you sleeping any better?

It's such a hard one MBJ about you feeding your DS in the night but I'm inclined to think that as he was so distressed and it was a one off it was the right thing to do. If he wakes in a similar state in the night tonight again you may need to rethink but I think all parenting is gut feeling and trial and error.

Sui your SPD sounds awful. I hope you manage to find some relief, I'm afraid I know nothing about it so can't suggest anything though!

And I hope everybody gets more sleep.
I was joined in my single bed (staying at mums) by a toddler at 1.30 am but at least she then had the good grace to sleep till 7.30, though since I was hanging off the bed I didn't sleep too well. Won't be able to fit both of us in a single bed for long!!

My consultant app and scan are on Tuesday. I'm starting to get a bit nervous. Partly because I want to make sure I ask everything I need to, and be the right balance of assertive and 'respectful' (not sure if that's the right word, I mean not an arrogant twonk telling the cons their job). But also because it's the scan, first time I see baby etc.

MBJ, my DD1 went through a similar phase of having night terrors, it's quite common in toddlers.

Good luck to everyone :)

Sorry, that was not very helpful at all Here is some info on night terrors. I found making the room cooler and getting to bed earlier helped.

Thanks Eau. Yes, it did seem like a night terror, interesting that they say not to try and wake them. He did settle when I fed him though, so I'm not sure that it really was one?

Sui it sounds really difficult. Was your mobility affected last time?

loads to catch on up but brief update from me first.

am 38 weeks today

am going for a VB with caveats, so pushing stage won't be allowed to last more than 45mins/1hr and then switch to CS (was 2.5hrs last time) and also things like positions, no water and no to certain interventions but CS instead. The VBAC MWs wrote a clinical plan (like a birth plan) so that MWs on duty will get the message in a way readily for them. Already have post-natal referrals for physio and perineum clinic to work on current issues.

New nappies have arrived, very pleased with their quality and cost. Any tips for changing bags that work with a Phil and Teds explorer?

Morning everyone,

Hope you're all doing well... hopefully you've been able to get a bit more rest this morning, maybe back to bed, MBJ? I hate when dd1 wakes at 5, but at least we often go back to bed about 9 for another hour, which was lovely in late pregnancy, almost made early waking worthwhile.
Moon, thinking of you lots, hope it's not long now. Could be happening as I type!

We're doing really well (it's when dh goes back to work that I'm dreading!). DD1 continues to be a superstar, apart from the occasional total meltdown over something very small. We're so proud of her. And turns out we haven't gone too far back on night-weaning. I was worried that she might go back to regular (as in hourly) waking for a feed once I caved in slightly, but most nights she isn't even asking. And when she does ask, I ask her is she can wait till morning, soemtimes she does, other times she gets upset and I let her feed. The great thing about having a poor sleeper is that we're not used to sleep anyway, so the arrival of dd2 hasn't yet been a shock. Although, when the first growth spurt comes, I may feel differently! Did you find night times relatively OK eaurouge?

In the daytime, dd1 has been very understanding about not nursing, even when dd2 is. I let her nurse form abour 4pm, makes the witching hour so much easier! And I'm always engorged by then, so it is also a great relief! DD2 seems to be feeding really well, I haven;t really been keeping track of what side they're on, just going by 'feel'- did you have any kind of system eaurouge? (So useful to have someone to ask these questions! )

Anyway, good luck everyone. I expect by my next post, when dh is back at work, i will be sounding rather more harassed and stressed! But, to give you all encouragement, this first 10 days has been so much better than I thought it would ( I did try to expect the worst!). And seeing dd1 being a big sister is just incredible!
to all of you.