Pregnant and BF

[LittleSilver]

Anyone done this? DD3 6mo and think am pg again (very very faint line this am). Don't want to stop bf, what have others done?

Keep on feeding, there is no reason to stop unless you want to.

My Dd was 2.5 yrs when i stopped feeding her & I was 5 months pregnant. I only stopped because she wasn't interested anymore. I will say that for a little while it was a bit tender to feed due to hormonal tender boobs.

I have lots of friends who have continued feeding through pregnancy & some to tandem feed too.

Good luck & congratulations if you are pregnant (sounds like you are!!)

I continued bf ds1 whilst pregnant and then tandem fed for 2 months when ds1 self weaned at 17months old. It was quite tender/sore at some points, esp at the begining of pregnancy and towards the end but very do-able. It did make feeding new born much much easier! Ds2 didn't lose any weight and had yellow poos by day 2!! Put it down to having such a good supply due to ds1 still feeding

It's fine to breastfeed while pregnant but some babies do self-wean at this time because the milk can begin to taste different. (My friend's DS was 11mo when she got PG again and he self-weaned, we think that was why) I think this is quite rare under a year though, especially at only 6 months, though I may be wrong.

Congratulations

I have done this. Am currently feeding 3.9 yr old dd, 13 month old ds, and am 8 or 9 weeks pregnant with number 3. If you don't want to stop then just carry on - your milk supply will get less during 2nd and 3rd trimesters, but keep putting baby to breast to keep things going. Establishing feeding with ds was very easy because I was already feeding dd.

DS weaned when I was 4 months pg, but he was nearly 2 yrs and had only been having 1-2 feeds a day. My breasts were a bit sore at first but nothing too bad.

CSWS - are you pg?! CONGRATUBABYLATIONS!

Sorry for hijack OP!

I force weaned my ds when I was pg which with hindsight was a big mistake. He asked to start nursing after dd was born and now I tandem nurse, but I think if I'd just nursed through pregnancy he probably would've self weaned by now. He was older though, I think if your youngest is only 6 months it's going to be much easier to carry on nursing, certainly a few people I know who've done this have felt it was the right decision.

Thanks ladies .

Yes, on the painful latch thing, I did find it agonising for the first few weeks at least, and then fairly uncomfortable throughout the pregnancy, but this time I am not finding it painful at all yet, thank goodness!