Anyone nursing? - Page 4

[Aurora]

Hello mamas! I haven't posted an intro but I wanted to jump in here. We are expecting a new little one in Jan. I am nursing our 19 month old ds and we co-sleep. He LOVES his nee-nee and I don't see him weaning anytime soon. He nurses 8 or so times a day and 5-6 times at night. I am praying my milk doesn't dry up. Hopefully I will be doing this :2tandem come Jan.

[OhMel]

Hey Mamas,

Someone posted somewhere in this forum that nursing while pregnant reduces normal pg symptoms. Is anyone else feeling like this is a pretty benign pg so far?

I feel relatively well and I'm kinda bothered by it! I was a little anemic and some iron helped with the fatigue, but I don't have nearly the ms I had with ds and overall I feel good. It's kinda a weird thing to be worried about.

[VikingKvinna]

Hiya!

Due in late January, and still nursing 20-month-old DS. I am uncertain whether I'll wean him or not -- ideally, I'd like him to self-wean before #2 comes along. I don't think I want to tandem nurse, although I never thought I'd a) have kids at all; or b) be nursing an almost-2-year-old! So who knows. But he's down to 4x/day -- upon waking, before and after nap, and before bed. None of these times are high-volume nursing, either; it's more about the connection and the routine. So I think we could pretty easily transition out of nursing if necessary or desireable. I have a little nipple pain but not too much, no more so than I get occasionally when DS goes through a biting phase, but then again I'm still very early on.

Interesting to read this thread! Good luck to all you nursing mamas!

~Nick

[vegetalien]

hi,
my son is 32 months old and still nursing, although i just recently day-weaned him, which went over a lot more smoothly than i thought. we still co-sleep (he's got his own twin bed which is pushed right up against ours) and i guess i plan on having the new baby in bed with us at first and then we'll just figure out how to manage all of us in the same room when the time comes (our bed is pretty small, it's just a double).
anyway, i'm a tad worried because i felt quite a bit of nipple pain a couple of days after we conceived (may 11) which lasted about 3 or 4 days and then completely disappeared. my last pg i miscarried at 12 weeks and my nips stopped hurting right before so now i'm a bit paranoid. i know i should just relax and enjoy the fact that it's not painful but instead i keep hoping to be reassured by that pain. i'm currently 5 weeks pg.

[hankiesmama]

I'm still nursing my 18 month old right now. He nurses ALL the time and even though pain isn't a problem yet, the nursing nausea is. I haven't heard about anyone else having that. Maybe it's just me?

[gethane]

I was looking at kellymom and ran across this:

http://www.kellymom.com/tandem/faq/1...gsickness.html

so apparently other people have reported nursing nausea

[LolaEight]

Wow, because of the extra surge of hormones, I guess? I haven't noticed any extra nausea, but I also don't really feel the let downs anymore.

Ds is just screaming at night, because I guess he's hungry and there's not enough milk to fill him up. Makes me sad. This is a hard time, isn't it?

[gethane]

Yes, my milk supply has dropped already too and its hard for my guy too. He still sucking .. and sucking... and sucking... But just isn't getting all that he wants.

[nichole]

wow i'm all of a sudden scared to nurse two babies, especially at night. last night was pretty awful. he wanted milk to be there and there wasn't. i went to the bathroom and he tried to come get me and fell out of the bed. ugh. my husband is gone to sea so it is just me. i have been putting him in a toddler bed half the night. we used to have a crib but he can climb out of it. i am not sure if i am doing the right thing by putting him in it. also i put him in it awake after nursing. he doesn't cry but he doesn't prefer it i don't think. i'm wondering if it is worth all the trouble. today we took a nap together and he was really happy to snuggle. thanks for listening

[rosemorningstar]

nursing and pregnacy troubles

Hiya new mommas! I am still new to this group even though I have posted a couple of replies. My third baby is due Jan. 2 even though I just have one I care for now, and she is 10 mos old and still bf. My hormones have really reeked havoc with me since the start. I don't feel like my old self at all, and frankly am probably a little depressed since this wasn't how I pictured things going and the new baby was such a suprise.

Anyway, my 10 mos old dd has been such a good nurser and she cosleeps with us and we generally have regular naps and get through the night ok. But, the last couple of weeks she has started these loud screaming-screeching fits about 7-11 pm. So, I have been soooo naseous and have even skipped dinner the other night because I was so sick and that isn't even like me. She eats alot of organic fruits and veggies, that I either chop of strain thru the food mill. Her ped. took her off brown rice or any grains when we started with him about 7 mos, and told me to feed her egg yolk boiled or cooked in butter or coconut oil since babies need fats. I am really struggling with this diet plan. It just doesn't seem right, even though she is healthy and growing fine with the bf.

I am actively pursuing a new pediatrician that can help, by actively listening and not tell me to feed her foods like egg yolk that I feel uncomfortable with. I don't want to wean dd yet, she will turn 1 yr in 2 mos. I want to make it at least that far. We need to find a mw, since we want another planned homebith and waterbirth, but where we live most mws cost about $4000. We don't have any money saved and have to move in Sept.1, so those cost are also a priority. So right now I have nobody to commiserate with at least and share my concerns and sadness, but I am looking and I will be strong and do whatever it takes to preserve my full womanhood and self-esteem thru all this. I refuse to becom a victim, even if I am emotionally having a very hard time right now.

Thanks for letting me vent my frustrations here, I really needed to.

Be well all you mommas,

Lisa

[LoveMyLil'B]

to you, Lisa.
Good luck in finding a new ped and mw.
My ds is 14 mo. old, and he doesn't eat that type of food. He loves peas, so I thaw out some organic frozen peas, bake him a sweet potato, cut him up some fresh strawberries, that sort of thing. He will also eat what we eat sometimes. He loves cheese and yogurt, so he gets most of his fats from that.
I would just go back to the foods you were feeding her. You obviously don't trust this ped, so trust yourself.

[rosemorningstar]

Thanks Jen for your warm thoughts. I was at the end of my rope, but things will improve I'm sure. Sorry this went so off thread.

Lisa