This is the point I had to stop feeding my eldest. When 4m pregnant with my 2nd. It was agony. But she was almost 3yrs and I could explain it to her that we were stopping etc, and comfort her with words when needed.
I'm now 4m pregnant again, but my 2nd is only 14m and so doesn't have the same ability to understand if i say we're stopping. So it would feel more cruel to just stop?! Does that make sense? (She feeds to sleep, and once in the morning though that one can be more easily distracted from).
So... do i plough on through the agonising pain and possibly end up tandem feeding, or do i use this pain to kick start the weaning process? (Obvs she's already on 3 good meals a day. She doesn't drink milk though, so no other milk intake, and she's not showing any interest in starting to drink cows milk. Just ignores the stuff).
Those with experience, does the nipple pain continue to 9m of pregnancy, or will it get better again soon? Not desperate to tandem feed tbh, but would possibly prefer that to causing unnecessary stress to my daughter by stopping whilst she doesn't fully understand why. She might not be as stressed by it as I'm imagining though I suppose!
Any advice appreciated :)