I'm 17 weeks pg. As described on my thread over in Pregnancy, I was in hospital on Fri/Sat after having a sudden and fairly copious but painless bleed, which apparently came from my placenta, which is low-lying and part of which appears to be touching the cervix. I know it can and probably will 'move' up over the next few weeks, and am hoping it will. But the doctor who examined my when I was admitted said I should be weaning ds (who'll be 2 next month) over the next few weeks because the oxytocin-induced contractions from bf can provoke further bleeds. I really don't want to wean him - he's currently showing no real signs of imminent self-weaning, although he is asking for milk less frequently (or often he'll ask and then be distracted by something else before I have a chance to feed him) and although I usually still do have to bf him to sleep, he'll often bf but only go to sleep when I hold and rock him (without him bf at the same time) for a bit. I didn't feed him at all from Thurs evening until Sat morning (due to being in hospital) and my breasts really weren't engorged at all, which is making me think my supply is dwindling anyway (and dh didn't have much of a struggle at all to get him off to sleep). But the last thing I want is to wean him against his wishes. I thought I'd get a second opinion here, as I could see the scepticism on the doctor's face when I told him how old ds is (you know, the old 'what, she's still at it?' reaction ). Any advice, anyone? What if this does actually turn into placenta praevia?
TIA