BF, pregnant, and bleeding

[astreetcarnamedknackered]

I'm pregnant I think 5 to 6 weeks.

I had a bleed on the day my period was due and for a further one day, but felt 'pregnant' so a few days later I took a test and, lo and behold.

Since then, I have had an incidence of vaginal bleeding after a bowel movement (this was common during my first pregnancy as I have a friable cervix apparently and a cervical ectropian).

Basically, I've been starting to think about the wisdom of continuing to bf my 17mo. Does bf when pregnant raise the risk of miscarriage? Are there any wonderful ladies out there who have experience of bf and bleeding in pregnancy?

TIA

astreetcar - bfing in pg generally considered fine unless you are on pelvic rest (no sex play, intercourse/penetration or orgasms) as the oxytocin receptors won't be activated until labour is near unless a miscarriage is imminent (so when you might be put on pelvic rest).

Oxytocin receptors are what cause contractions in the uterus and they don't develop until they are needed otherwise no one would be able to have sex, eat chocolate, cuddle their children/spouse while pg without triggering a miscarriage.

Have you been/would you be put on pelvic rest due to your friable cervix? I think this is one for the HCP in charge of your gynae treatment (assuming they know anything about bfing....).

On a personal note I am bfing through my 3rd pg (am 6m now) and two of those have been tandem nursing (though as my 'babies' are 4 1/2y & 2 1/2y they aren't bfing very often at all).

I bled an awful lot with this pg as I had a LLETZ procedure in October and through various complications didn't stop bleeding until late Feb/early March time (also didn't know I was pg until about 6w!) but baby is growing fine and no-one has told me to stop bfing. I also bled with DD1's pg (not bfing anyone at that point) and with DD2's & DD3's pg (when I was bfing/tandem bfing) but they were minimal bleeds and not large volumes. I never noticed a link between nursing and bleeding.

Truth thank you so much.

I wasn't advised to stop sex or anything in my first pregnancy- the cervix thing apparently is just that it loses a drop or two of blood at times from a graze type thing. I think my main worry is the early period type bleed. I've been referred for an early preg scan.

In the meantime I suppose I'm just concerned that I don't want to wean unnecessarily and abruptly. I'm not experiencing bleed or pain during or after bf.

Thanks again, I'll have a chat at the scan and see what happens. Just hoping good news really.

I was bf when became pg with dd. I continued for a few months although this made me v tired! I stopped when Ds was about 15/16 months and I was about 4 months gone.

I didn't have Any bleeding though. I did make a conscious decision to stop when I did so I made a clear few months between ds and dd! Ds wasn't at all jealous of dd bfing but he did remember. He was 20 months when she was born. Now 12 and 14 they r still v close. I think he just felt ad though I was protecting her and we did a lot of she's so tiny we've got to look after her.

I can definitely see this being pretty tiring! (trying to see every symptom as a good sign at the moment.