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Anybody have any stories to share with me on tandem nursing? I am newly pregnant and nursing my 23 mos DS about 3x a day and I'm really getting annoyed. I am nauseous a lot and it hurts so much. I'm ready to quit but I know he would freak out and I'm not sure what to do.

I'm tired, I feel depleted, basically, I feel pregnant

Thanks!

SAHM to DS 23 mos
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Moving out to Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy, as per the forum guidelines.
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BTDT, mama. I dried up in my first trimester and wanted to wean DD every moment after that. But I stuck with it, through pain and the skin crawling "get off me" feeling. I could not stand it some days, so I set time limits. I'd count to 10 or 20 and then take her off. Some days that was fine, other days, she'd scream bloody murder. At the end of my pregnancy, she was down to nursing two or three times a day, just because I couldn't take any more sessions. However, I was REALLY committed to nursing her for two years. If you are sick and tired of having your LO all over you, the pain and utter discomfort of it, then it's your choice to wean. No one would blame you for it - een I had some serious soul-searching nights where I just wanted her to stop nursing so I wouldn't have to make to decision myself.

What it boils down to is this - it's your choice. If it's something that you just can't tolerate anymore, then it's time to wean. But if you really want to continue nursing, then you have to grit your teeth and bear it until your baby is born. Trust me, it's not easy to do it, but for me at least, it was worth it. HTH because tandem nursing is so amazing. Seeing my DD holding hands with my DS is so heartbreakingly beautiful. I think it's really helped them bond and really helped DD transition to being a new sister.
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