dd still "feeding" even though i have dried up

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pud1 · 30/03/2009 13:21

i am currently 20 wks pg and i am very sure that i have no more milk but my dd (13 months) is still " feeding" i am sure she is not getting anything and it is a comfort thing. is this normal and should i stop it before new baby arrives

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Gracie123 · 30/03/2009 15:26

It's totally up to you. Are you 100% sure she is not getting anything? Have you tried expressing a little to see (I recommend a hand-pump. Electric ones make a scary noise and I couldn't get anything with them)?

I say this because it sometimes feels like you are dried up, but the child might still be getting a little. It would also seem strange that you would have dried up if she was still feeding. Did you go through a phase of not feeding her?

Either way it is absolutely fine to breast feed throughout pregnancy. I have a friend who is very successfully feeding a 3 yr old and her new born at the same time.

SlebMner · 30/03/2009 15:29

sorry am confused, did you not post a bottle feeding query this morning?

it is possible to breastfeed when pregnant and then tandem feed with the new baby

if your breasts are still being stimulated by your child feeding then i thikn there will still be milk

even if it is for comfort only, is that so bad?

if you are happy and so is she, i don;t thin it is an issue

mrsgboring · 30/03/2009 15:32

I've been feeding through pregnancy and it's quite disconcerting because so different - it does feel like you've "dried up" but although the milk will be different and milk volume much smaller, it's really doubtful you've dried up altogether. I'm feeding a 3yo so have quizzed him quite closely on whether he's drinking and he says he is. For a while I could see no milk, even by hand expressing (that was round 20 weeks) but now I'm 35wks and can see milk again, even get a tiny bit out with a pump sometimes.

Totally up to you if you want to stop feeding - it is uncomfortable to feed sometimes, in pg. But if you do keep going, it could be a help with BFing the new baby - everything will establish much faster, and if you get engorged, a feeding toddler is the best thing.

My baby may need to be in SCBU when it's born, which is the main reason I've let my 3yo keep feeding - BF clinic at the hospital backed me up that this was a good thing to do in my situation.

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pud1 · 31/03/2009 10:10

slebmner - i am bottle feeding but she seams to want to breastfeed for comfort when she is not feeling well or if she has got too tired

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pud1 · 31/03/2009 10:16

thanks mrsboring. thats really helped

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