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post #21 of 91
1/1/10 at 3:25pm
i'm still nursing my almost 2 year old, though we night weaned a months or so ago and mostly nurse first thing in the morning, at nap time and at bedtime.

I'm finding my nipples are SO sensitive already and DS has a terrible habit of playing with one side while he nurses on the other. I've been trying (not consistently, I admit) to stop him, because it drives me batty, but since getting my BFP it's gotten worse and I'm so sensitive!

For those that say their milk supply has dropped- how can you tell? I'm curious, and not sure about mine....
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post #22 of 91
1/1/10 at 3:33pm
I could tell my supply dropped really early because I still would consistently have letdowns that I could feel. DD also started making the swallowing sounds much less often (maybe every couple nursing sessions instead of during each one).

I started taking Motherlove More Milk Two a few days ago and I noticed my supply is increasing a little bit.

DD has been very dissatisfied with night nursing, so I know I am not producing as much at night.

I am hoping she will continue.

http://www.motherlove.com/product_mo..._glycerite.php
post #23 of 91
1/1/10 at 4:00pm
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Has anyone noticed nipple pain coming and going? I seem to have a couple days of really bad pain and then nothing for a few days. My supply has gotten a bit better as well, though DD is literally latched on all night, so I'm sure that plays a part.
post #24 of 91
1/1/10 at 5:31pm
Yeah, my nips are sore on and off (more towards on) and DD holds on most of the night. My supply seems to be fine. I haven't heard swallowing sounds since she was real little and never felt let-down (that I know of), but I just checked by squeezing and squirted the keyboard .
post #25 of 91
1/1/10 at 5:34pm
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just checked by squeezing and squirted the keyboard .
HA HA HA HA HA! I think that made my afternoon
post #26 of 91
1/2/10 at 1:01pm
Glad to have brightened your day SLF. Congrats on your BFP and welcome to the DDC!
post #27 of 91
1/2/10 at 1:12pm
I'm nursing too, and I REALLY hope to continue throughout the pregnancy. My LO is just turning 11 months tomorrow, so I am hoping to nurse him for at least another year. I have one friend whose supply never dried up completely during pregnancy and another whose supply only ran out in the third trimester. Both nursed their babies all the way through. I am perfectly happy to tandem nurse, even though it will be really hard at first, since DS will still be so young when the new baby arrives. Good luck to everyone! Nursing during pregnancy can be really tough.
post #28 of 91
1/2/10 at 2:41pm
Still nursing my almost 3.5 year old. At this time I am not interested in tandem nursing which is why I waited until she was a little older to get pregnant. Wanted to make sure she had at least 3.5 years of nursing in before milk disappeared on her. She should be closer to 4 before it disappears and I was kind of hoping she'd wean herself when the milk went away. We'll see I guess!
post #29 of 91
1/3/10 at 11:44pm
Still nursing my 24-month-old. We night-weaned back in October and went down from 3 to 2 nursings a day in Nov. both in the hopes of bringing back AF so we could TTC again (and it worked, we caught the first PP egg.. no AF!).

My supply has totally tanked and my nipples hurt a lot. I think I would like to tandem nurse as well but we'll see if DD and I keep nursing for the next 8/9 months.
post #30 of 91
1/4/10 at 1:06am
Wow, there are a lot of us! I am nursing two! not very often for my 3.5 year-old, but I did nurse him through my last pregnancy as well. It was very painful and irritating and I am not looking forward to it at all, but I am in for the long haul again! It was sad to think about losing my milk since I lost it at 12 weeks last time even with tons of More Milk Two tincture. I am going to start the tincture now and stop when the milk is gone. I just stopped pumping at work, so that might affect my milk too. Bummer.
Seems like we are all in good company.
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post #31 of 91
1/8/10 at 7:27am
Night nursing is starting to get uncomfortable. Whether I'm more sensitive or DD is chomping down more or both, the result is starting to really hurt. I feel too lazy to night wean really. I don't want to sleep in the basement .
Any ideas? How is everyone else?
post #32 of 91
1/8/10 at 10:58am
I am nursing my 20 month old DS, I nursed my DD through his entire pregnancy and tandem nursed for 11 months .. yet i am still kind of nervous about all this! I got the creepy crawly thing BAD last time at about 8-10 weeks until .. well, it didn't go away completely until DD weaned (only had it with her, not DS) i never felt really good nursing her again i stuck it out though and i'm very happy that i did.. i did have to night wean because it got to where i couldn't sleep while nursing (10-12 weeks).. i am so upset knowing that is coming with DS, even though i have no intention of weaning him, i just feel bad cause i want to keep enjoying nursing him.. so, i'm going to really try a mind over matter approach .. i also know i will not completely wean him because i didn't wean DD.. i would feel like that was unfair to stick it out the first time and not do the same for DS.. i'm debating whether to start setting limits with DS .. he is already starting to try to nurse more because my supply is dropping .. i'm only 4 weeks 2 days .. 2 days ago i was leaking enough to soak my PJs and last night i could barely hear any swallowing .. DS is waking up more at night and asking to nurse more during the day ..
post #33 of 91
1/8/10 at 11:05am
I nursed for the first 16w of my 2nd pregnancy when my milk completely dried up and DD lost interest completely. I have to say every time I see this thread, I feel a very, very strong sense of relief because NWP was so hard for me. DD2 self weaned late this spring after nightweaning. She just was too busy to be bothered.

I wanted to comment on what you said, Staci--during my 2nd pgcy, my supply dropped even before I got a BFP. It was one of my clues that I was pg, actually. So It's so hard.

HUGE kudos to you mommies sticking it out!! What a gift to your children.
post #34 of 91
1/8/10 at 11:19am
I'm still nursing my nearly 3 year old but we will be weaning very soon. We are down to nursing to sleep, once in the middle of the night, and in the morning if I'm still in bed. I have very little milk before I got pregnant, and now there is virtually none. DS has said it tastes funny too, not that that stops him from wanting to nurse. We are going to have a little weaning party, with cupcakes, and I'm giving him the book "Someday" and a new lovey, then we'll tough out a couple days. I am ready to be done, and have been for sometime now. I love nursing, but the squicky feeling my body is giving me, combined with the pain, and the knowledge that he will be 3 in less than two weeks, is enough for me to know I can, in good conscience, end our nursing relationship now. DS knows we will be done with nursies soon, and although he is not happy, he is understanding of it.

In my first pregnancy, I nursed to 20 weeks, and my supply slowly dropped until it was completely gone. I hated nursing, and I didn't end it as kindly as I had planned, so I would rather be proactive, at the first yucky feelings, and have a nice ending.

Kudos to those of you planning to stick it out and tandem!!
post #35 of 91
1/8/10 at 12:37pm
Hi. I'm still nursing my almost 2.5 year old. I nursed his older sister through his pregnancy and tandem nursed for a while. I loved tandem nursing and am sad that he might wean before the baby comes. He has started to ask to nurse more lately, and I'm not sure it's because my milk supply has dropped or because I'm just laying around more due to the morning sickness kicking in. Mama laying around seems to be an invitation for "nunnies".
post #36 of 91
1/8/10 at 12:43pm
We're currently working on nightweaning. I'm hoping it will allow me to get some more sleep. DD has been waking up at 3am every night to nurse. I think it is also time to cut back her nap to see if it helps with the nightwaking. We just completed night two of nightweaning. Night two was a bit better than night one thankfully. I'm hoping the worst is over.
post #37 of 91
1/8/10 at 1:52pm
my milk seems to have increased a little (not nearly as much as before the BFP). DD doesn't seem dissuaded at all. I am glad since I thought she would wean right away. We will see how it goes.
post #38 of 91
1/8/10 at 5:10pm
I sleeping at work tonight so problem solved for tonight in any case.
post #39 of 91
1/8/10 at 10:24pm
We nightweaned using a plan we found on Jay Gordon's website when DD was about 21 months old.

http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/ap/sleep.asp

It wasn't much fun but she now usually wakes up only once at night and we are able to get her back to sleep without nursing.

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Originally Posted by foodmachine View Post
Night nursing is starting to get uncomfortable. Whether I'm more sensitive or DD is chomping down more or both, the result is starting to really hurt. I feel too lazy to night wean really. I don't want to sleep in the basement .
Any ideas? How is everyone else?
post #40 of 91
1/8/10 at 10:52pm
I also used the Dr. Jay Gordon method with both my kids. I liked it because it was gentle and I could modify it to fit my needs.