Nursing Mamas, how goes it?

[Naughty Dingo]

For the nursing Mamas, how is it going as the pregnancy progresses?

My 2 year old is nursing, but not too much anymore, mostly before naps and nighttime, in the AM, and some "special occasion" nursing.

It seems like my right side has dried up. She nurses for a short while on the left and tells me that milk comes, but will only nurse 15 seconds or so on the right before telling me "all done" I try to put her on the right side first but she goes straight to the left.

I am also having quite bit of pain too. Ouch.


It is interesting, DD has been such a comfort nurser that I pretty much assumed she would dry nurse if the milk went away, but it seems like she isn't going to be into that. She has been more clingy and needy than normal. I wonder if that has to do with my milk supply diminishing?

DD is pretty protective of my breasts, she gets mad if older DD or Mr. Dingo touches them. She will verbalize and physically try to block the contact. I have been trying to imagine what tandem nursing would be like with her I think even if she wouldn't be nursing anymore she will be pretty jealous of a new baby nursing. I think it will be hard.

Anyway, I haven't really thought about the idea of DD finally weaning. It has been unimaginable up 'til now. Wow, it makes me pretty sad but I guess it is nature taking it's course.................

How are the other nursing pairs doing here?

ND :

[milk_maker]

So so. DS is really not wanting to eat food yet and I'm really wanting him to. I'm feeling pretty resentful right now. Maybe if he were eating more food and depending less upon me I wouldn't feel that way, but I'm really frustrated with him attacking me every time I sit down. He's also leaving teeth marks every time he nurses and my poor nipples are super sensitive/sore right now.

Nursing is NOT a joy right now.

[cutic]

I have a little miss unpredictable here. One day she will be so busy with the world she won't ask at all until it is time to sleep, she doesn't nap anymore. The next day she is so into nursing, she will ask many times. I still have plenty of milk because I hear her swallowing for a quite long time. I don't have too much nipple pain either so I am wondering what will happen eventually. When I ask dd if she loves my boob (she drinks from the right one only) she puts on the most beautiful smile and tenderly cuddles it. She sounds like an addict to me . But I see that there is a chance for her to wean at least some of our nursing sessions as she is recently really growing more mature and verbal. I was able recently to persuade her from asking to nurse in our car, this was really bothering me too much. Now we have a deal that we don't nurse in a car and she keeps her promise. I am planning to ask her to stop night nursing closer to my due date, I think she will be ready for it by then.

[amyandelle]

Things are really changing around here. In the past few days Elle has gone from playing independently to wanting me to play with her continusly all day long and if I am busy doing something she will beg me to play until I do. She seems to nurse better on the right side but when she is on the left she is twisting and turning and standing on her head which causes me a great amount of discomfort She has pretty much stopped nursing during the day except for maybe once if I offer and only maybe once in the very early morning. She nursed for about 3 minuets before bed tonight. She has also started eating about 6 times (but not too much at a time) a day so I feel like i am preparing meals constantly So, that is pretty much what is going on around here.
Amy

[Mama~Love]

Things have REALLY slowed down here. My oldest DD (4) only nurses about once every other day, if that. DD#2 nurses a couple times a day. It doesn't hurt, but just really irritates me when they nurse. And I'm ready for DD#1 to be done. I hope DD#2 keeps at it, even though my supply is gone, so I can tandem her & the new baby.

[Owen'nZoe]

I've got an unpredictable one here, too. Some days he forgets to nurse until bedtime, somedays he asks every time I sit down. I know I have less milk than before, but he doesn't seem too bothered by it. He does try to switch sides every two seconds though, which drives me nuts, so we had to institute a "2 times per side" rule. So far that is working out OK. When he gets to his second time on the last breast, I warn him that it is the last one, and then he stays latched on for-e-ver comfort nursing. Luckily, I am finding comfort nursing MUCH less annoying than I did a few weeks ago, and for the most part it is fine with me.

[Naughty Dingo]

Mollie, did you have any issues with DD1 and jealousy?

ND

[LizaBear]

DD (21 months) seems to want to nurse constantly, but is getting very frustrated at the breast. I'm guessing my supply is going down.

Plus, I find I'm getting more antsy with her constant nursing, and trying to put a longer time between nursing sessions.

[Mama~Love]

Originally Posted by Naughty Dingo

Mollie, did you have any issues with DD1 and jealousy?

ND

Nope, never had any jealousy. DD#1 was glad to share her yummies with her little sister. They loved nursing together. I talked with her while I was PG about how the baby was going to have yummies too, and that she would have to share. When DD#2 came, no kids were allowed on the maternity floor because of the flu/RSV season. I told the nurse that my other daughter was still nursing, so they made the exception for her. Of course, it upset the other moms (not sure how they found out), so I had to go out to the waiting room to nurse DD#1 while DD#2 was in the nursery (I could see her thru the window). I went home about 24 hours after the birth, since DH was having a hard time with all the other kids, and I was feeling very frustrated being there. Things went smoothly after that. Never had any real problems (except leakage).

I hope things go just as smoothly this time!

[bc1995]

Things are going along fine here. DS1 went 11 days without nursing and it has not been 6 days since the last time he did. I am not ready to say the "W" word, but I think we are almost there. DS2 is still nursing 6+ times a day. The hardest for me is at night. If he wakes up every 2 hours than I start getting the heeby geebies when he is nursing and can't sleep. I hated that feeling when nursing through my last pregnancy. I am very sad that it is starting so soon this time.

[Cathi]

Well, I'm sad I can't post ont his thread anymore because dd has stopped nursing completely. I think it's been about a week and a half or maybe more since she even asked. Good luck nursing mamas!!

[boscopup]

DS was already down to just nap time and bedtime when I got preg, and that hasn't changed. Some days, he falls asleep in the car on the way home at nap time, and then he ends up skipping that nursing session. And one night when I was sick last week, DH put DS down to bed, so obviously he didn't get a nursing session then.

I do want DS to wean before baby comes - I don't want to nurse two. But so far, I am not able to put him down without nursing first (he's wide awake when I put him down too). So we'll see how it goes. I think when we move him to his big boy bed instead of the crib this summer, he'll probably wean easily because I can start him out in his bed and read his books and say his prayer all in his bed. We'll see how that goes! But we need to build DH's office in the garage (needs to be framed out), move DH's office out to the new room, move DS's things into the old office bedroom, and set up a big boy bed (twin) in the new room. The office hasn't been started yet, but DH says it will be done by July. We'll see! I imagine we'll probably be weaned by August or September. DS is 23 months, btw.

[raversangel]

mine are KILLING ME!! i had gotten it down to naps and night and morning (three feedings) and the past couple nights he's gotten up every other hour wanting to feed!! and to top it off he just got 4, yes 4 teeth in, three of them top teeth...i'm in PAIN!!

[Fuamami]

I'm trying SOO hard to night-wean. He was just nursing 2-3 times a night and going straight back to sleep, so it wasn't too bad, but now he's wanting to nurse every hour on both sides. I think it's because my milk's drying up, so I think he's going to have to get his metabolism used to not getting so many calories at night before he stops trying. I've been trying to rock him first, and then if he protests, nurse. I've also been trying the stupid No Cry Sleep Solution since January, but it doesn't work with my kid. Just ticks him off.

If I could get him night weaned, I'll keep nursing for a few more months. But I refuse to tandem nurse, so we'll have to stop eventually.

[AspenRayne]

I haven't been around much lately b/c of the 1T ick that I've had: Dizziness/faintness to the EXTREME, nausea and LOTS of fatigue.....but we are still nursing. WE have officially night-weaned, though, and that has really helped me to get more rest. DH has really picked up the slack and taken over ALL nighttime parenting as well as taking some time off work to help with DD since I have been unable to care for her. Nursing has been a challenge b/c I feel real antsy during it and my supply is dropping. I'm finally starting to feel alittle better and hopefully things will improve in that department as well.

[MotherWhimsey]

my boobs hurt this week for the first time. it's like if I get at all engorged they get so sore. They haven't hurt at all so far, but now they do. I don't get it. But aside from that it's going well.

I hope we don't have the jelousy problem, I don't think we will. She already says "two boobies, two babies, A and tiny baby share." So I hope that will continue, she'll be two years and eight ish months when the baby's born.

[paxye]

Nothing has changed the nursing habits of my two...
Ds#1 nurses 2 times a day and Ds#2 nurses at least 10 times a day minimum... I don't think my milk has dried up yet and I hope it won't for a while...Last time my milk only changed near the very end so I hope that it will be the same... I offer often so there is always demand...
I am practicing CLW so no night-weaning here but ds is starting to sleep longer by himself now most nights....

[velveeta]

For me, my breasts are very sore the whole time DS nurses. One is so much moreso than the other. However, I did begin to experience soreness a couple of months before I got pregnant. That issue seemed to resolve itself and then, here we are again. So, I am starting to wonder if maybe we have a deeper yeast infection down in the cracks in my nipples. What is *really* weird is that I gave DS my "bad" one yesterday, and he was sitting next to me, and I supported the breast which is now a little bigger. And it didn't hurt at all! I even asked him whether he was nursing!! So far, I haven't been able to duplicate that position (DRAT!). But, I am going to have the midwife look at the nipples tomorrow.

My ideal situation would be that DS at least weans for a couple of month break before Baby comes, and then if he resumes later, no big deal. He has just gone back to nursing a lot, and many times I have had to say no because my nipples start to bleed. :-( I hope it gets better. I have been wondering if he is getting a lazy latch. He just turned three, so he should be a professional nurser by now, right?

[kalisis]

Mine are finally getting to be less sore. YAY! The left one was SOOOO painful for about three weeks, but it's getting much better. The right one is fine and seems to have more milk than ever since I kept trying to direct him to that one.

DS tells me sometimes tho that the milk is 'yucky' and 'owie'. I don't know exactly what the means b/c he'll pop off, tell me that, and then almost devour my nipple again, so

I'm not doing anything proactive about the nightnursing, but I have started sleeping with DH in a different bed, so he doesn't have all night access. Some nights he'll nurse once around 11 and then again at 5 and other nights, I end up just sleeping in there b/c he wants to be attached the whole night. We're just playing it by ear - some nights I feel like I need the sleep and/or closeness with DH, so that's what I do.

Hope you're all feeling good today.