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| My DD is 18 months and still nurses about 3-4x a day. I plan to continue as long as she wants. |
how much was she nureing at 15 months -- we are at like 12+ a day AT LEAST -- i do not NOT not think he has cut down any since birth.....he has DAYS, one here or there, when he does less, but not as a rule...
amylizpat - it is true that is is luck of the draw and hormones -- however there are things to help (but will not prevent it) think of them as optimizing what you have -- I have been trolling for suggestions the whole 6 months we were TTC:
WATER -- more and more and more water, the first thing you loose is milk....and remember iwth amnio and all that the new baby is taking a lot of water too
NURSE A LOT -- more and more -- there is big part in AITN about this -- when your tot (or baby) slows down the nurseing -- at any time, pg or not -- the milk tree in your boobs starts to pare itself down, and thus make less and less milk -- a natural weaning process. the milk will also change and become more salty -- again the natural weaning process -- a dance between your booba nd the baby / tot.
wellllllllllll if you are Preggo and the baby / tot nurese less then your body jump into wean mode a lot lot faster than if you are not preggo -- changing the milk faster and cutting it back faster.
aslo -- if you are not pg and the baby is younger enough, and starts to up demand again, your tree can regrow -- but if you are preggo (or the child is much older) the tree doesn't rebound (till the new baby).
so keep up the nurseing.
from my notes:
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•Inositol and Choline. Inositol is a B vitamin (It may or may not be unofficially "numbered" B8).
•nettle tea
•"More Milk Two" (available at “Motherlove.com”), is specifically intended for pregnancy and contains: Red Raspberry Leaf (RRL), Nettle, and Alfalfa.
•Oatmeal
•Red raspberry leaf tea
•Alfafa
•A calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement per day
Flax oil supplement daily
•Oatstraw Tea
I should also emphasize here that some of the research I did warns against Inositol in pregnancy for the same reason Red Raspberry Leaf is warned against, due to the Oxytocin / Contraction connection. However, that is the same reason even well-informed Ob-Gyns warn against nursing through pregnancy.
The Kellymom site explains that there are not as many uterine receptors for Oxytocin early in pregnancy and that Oxytocin should not induce labor unless one is at full term or otherwise in jeopardy for early or short delivery
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also thigns to avoid
Galactogogues that are contraindicated for pregnancy:
goat's rue
sage
blessed thistle
fungreek
So -- I agree -- if it is going -- it is going, and MOST do report a dip at least....but many moms nurse allt eh way though and are fine.
It can't hurt to do all you can....
I am also finding
Adventures in Tandam Nurseing to be very informatioal -- I get tired of all the mom's stories (all LLL books are that way) buttttt the science of milk production, and how it works with and is effect by pregancy -- is great.
Aimee
If she wants to nurse again when the new baby comes, tht will probably be fine- But I kinda doubt she will after so much time, beyond an experimental time or two.
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