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I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? -- Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 ? 1/19/05 ? |
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"Dagny" wrote I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? -- Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 ? 1/19/05 ? Congratulations! First off - you may not have any problem with Meg self-weaning. Mine were older than Meg is when I became pregnant again, but I never lost the milk at all, though the amount was lower for a couple months. Mine were very excited to not only have enough milk again, but more than enoughg One word of warning - the older child gets very weird diapers with the colostrum. Blah. During pregnancy - you may experience some very sore nipples. I have no advice other than grin and bear it. Since mine were older I was able to distract them for a session or two if it was really bad. Lots of nice warm showers or baths, maybe Tylenol or something if it's really bad. Mine was the worst for the first couple months and then again towards the end. I didn't get the pain every time though, if that helps Probably the hardest thing about nursing through pregnancy for me - other than the pain factor - was the need to be alone. You can't be alone with an actively nursing baby or toddlerg I tend to start going inwards in the past few months of pregnancy - don't want to be around a lot of people, need the solitude to get my mind in the right place for birthing. Getting that need fulfilled while also taking care of other kids isn't easy. Nursing littles have needs too though, so I found myself getting into a weird sleep pattern in order to make everyone happy! We don't have babysitters or such so that was the option I had I've been nursing one or more kids at a time since 1986, and my current baby is the last one.. While it's been hard at times, and I really could have used a break once in awhile - I wouldn't trade these last ~18 years for anything. All the nursing (solo and tandem), the years of family-bed, seldom breaks since we live so far from relatives and don't have much in common with most of the parents in our area - any possible negative is so outweighed by the positives that I would do it again if I were to go back.I might start later than I didg, but I would still have them all. Congrats again, and I do hope that this time around, you have the pregnancy and birth you want. A good one can change your whole outlook on life Stephanie mom to 7 - 4 hospital births and 3 unassisted homebirths 17, 15, 12, 8, 6 3 and 11 months (1 yr in 5 days..it went so fast) |
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"Dagny" wrote in message
I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? Wow, Dagny! Congratulations! I have definitely seen the temptation in just letting Nature take its course and have #2 make its appearance on its own time table. I'm too uptight to *really* do that though! I do keep trying to decide what our number 2 timeline is though, and it would be nice in a way to have it be out of my hands. I'm somewhat obsessed with making the decision actually, which is silly because I don't *have* to decide anything at the moment and could change my mind even if I decided anyway! -- Em mama to L-baby, 7.5 months old |
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Dagny wrote in message .. . I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? I nursed through pregnancy. #1 anounced there was no milk there two days during 2nd trimestre. On the third day she looked up and grinned and said "you've put the milk back!". I let her suckle for a brief time when there was some milk. She tasted the milk a week after #2 was born and decided she didn't like it, but she still ame back. She rarely nurses now, but will if I let her. Debbie |
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I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Ooh, congratulations! Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? I nursed my first straight through my second pregnancy with no problems. He was 15 months old when his sister was conceived, so obviously, he was older than Meg, but he was *very* attached to nursing and certainly not the least bit interested in self-weaning. (In fact, I tandem nursed him and his sister for 14 months and only weaned him when he was 3y2m by bribing him with a remote control monster truck. And I think he adored his baby sister early on in large part because the milk came back when she arrived g!) Some women find nursing through pregnancy to be very difficult because they experience a lot of nipple soreness. I didn't have that problem, but during my third pregnancy, I did wind up weaning my second child because her latch became lazy in a way that was tickly and annoying to me. Because there wasn't much milk at that stage, she couldn't distinguish between a good latch and a bad one, so I couldn't figure out how to help her correct it, and since I was white-knuckling it through each feeding and really starting to resent it, so I knew it was time to wean her. Fortunately, she weaned easily (cold turkey), so she was obviously ready. I think the main thing I would be concerned about in your situation aside from nipple soreness and potential latch issues is that Meg won't be 12 months old yet when your milk supply starts returning to colostrum and dwindling. If you don't have enough milk to satisfy her (whether she continues to nurse throughout the pregnancy or not), you'll have to supplement with formula for a couple of months because she won't be old enough for straight cow's milk. Good luck and HTH! -- Be well, Barbara Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the Rising Son (Julian, 6) Aurora (in the bathroom with her dad)--"It looks like an elephant, Daddy." Me (later)--"You should feel flattered." All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman |
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Dagny wrote:
|| I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I || have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. || || Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready || to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be || drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! || I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk || comes back if she self-weans then. || || Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, || and what was it like? || || -- Dagny || Mom to Meg, 10/03 || ? 1/19/05 ? Wow Dagny! I have no experience with preg/tandem nursing but I had to say congrats --? Jenn -On bedrest due to PE -DS Feb'92 -DD Feb'97 -Jellyfish due June 25/04 |
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On Tue, 11 May 2004 04:37:58 -0400, "Dagny"
wrote: I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? No advice on the nursing issue, but congratulations! Nan |
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"Dagny" wrote in message .. . I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? -- Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 ? 1/19/05 ? Thanks everyone. We are still in the no-man's land between not pregnant and pregnant, and all of this is much on my mind. I appreciate your support. |
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Can't speak from personal experience, but there is 16 months between my
brother & I and my mother nursed me right through her pg, I never weaned until about 18 months old. It was fine for her. "Dagny" wrote in message .. . I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Advice, comfort? Anybody nursed all the way through her pregnancy, and what was it like? -- Dagny Mom to Meg, 10/03 ? 1/19/05 ? |
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Dagny wrote:
I can't say for certain I'm having #2 in nine months' time, but I have a doubling hcg interval and a late period. Oh this is so soon -- I was going to let #2 come when it was ready to come, but I have fears particularly about what Meg will be drinking when my milk changes when she is only ten or eleven months! I really, really want her to come back to the breast when the milk comes back if she self-weans then. Wow, congrats! I'm not the right person to give any advice about tandem nursing - DD (then 14 months) self-weaned very abruptly the minute I got pregnant. Good luck with it all. Cathy EDD 8 Dec 04 |
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