Pregnant and nursing?

[lilylove]

Ds is 2 1/2. He still nurses a LOT!
My breasts are getting sore and my nipples hurt almost every time he nurses
Weaning him isn't an option for us. So I guess I just need to try to limit the number and the length of the sessions. ~sigh~

Anyone else going through this too?

[Ooey]

Me too Don't have any advice, mine have already started to feel sore as well, but I remember it passing by the second trimester last time around. Hopefully that is the case, I can't stand nursing right now ugh!

[frogleymom]

We're still nursing too, but thankfully it hasn't been painful so far. I had horrible nipple pain between ovulation and menstration my last two cycles, but not after I got pg.

One of my best friends is pg and nursing her 2 1/2 year old DD. When nursing becomes unbearably painful she counts to 10 and expects her daughter to unlatch after 10. She said her DD is nursing less and less, but will still be tandem nursing when her baby comes in the next two months.

Good luck!!

Emily

[paniscus]

I am worried about this too - I haven't had any real pain yet. Just some nipple soreness but that could also be from more frequent nursing because a molar is coming through. I am really worried about the upcoming pain though.

[KittyTheCat]

Count me in. However, it seems to only hurt on my left side, the right one is a little sensitive but it doesn't hurt. I also think it has something to do with his latch getting worse with age. I sometimes tell him to let go and latch on again, that helps.
I'll just wait and see. Should it get to the point where it's unbearable, I'll have to find other means of bringing him to bed, but right now, it's okay. *ramble*

[mamabird32]

I feel your pain!!
My DS nurses alllll the time....he'd nurse all day and not pop off if I'd let him.
My nipples feel like they are bruised....
And sorry I don't have any answers for you....hopefully it'll pass~

[simplehome]

No pain or discomfort for me so far, but I'm just 5 weeks now. I always have nipple pain right around ovulation, so I kinda expected to be irritated by now. Hopefully it lasts! In my LLL group, it seems to be about a 50/50 split between women who find it unbearable while pregnant and those who find no discomfort in it. Hopefully I'll be part of the latter group :, because weaning isn't an option for my son's personality at this age.

[lil'mama]

I'm nursing my one year old and I was sore at latch on starting b/f I even knew I was pg! I've also gotten some cramps while nursing. The latch one pain comes and goes and is most of the time not unbearable so hopefully we can continue nursing!

[soybeansmama]

My breasts were sore from the beginning (and milkless)and have remained sore throughout my entire pregnancy so far. My son is 3.5 and is finally adjusting to the 10 second sessions while mommy cringes. This was devastating for the both of us in the beginning, but we are both adjusting and looking forward to when the milk comes in. I hope to tandem!

I have no real advice for you but to not be hard on yourself for not being able to nurse as often. My son and I have found so many other cuddly, quiet things to do together at the times when we would be nursing, but it has been too painful. Good Luck! And may you be a happy tandeming family soon!

Jessica

[soybeansmama]

I just realized that I posted in the Jan ddc...I am much further along (july) Hang in there!

[leafwood]

Dd is 3y and she is still nursing (although had cut down considerably right before I found out I was pregnant). The constant night-nursing was way too much for me. I had been feeling so burnt out months ago, but decided last week to night-wean : : :

I never thought I would write that, but she wasn't sleeping, I wasn't sleeping and it was a mess. I would nurse her to sleep some nights for over an hour only for her to be up again every hour throught the night.

We talked and talked about it and now I nurse her while Dh reads her bedtime stories and the we have special cuddle time until she falls asleep. If she gets up we can cuddle more and then she nurses a bit in the morning before we get up. It was amazingly seamless, and she actually has been sleeping through the night so I feel it might have been the right thing (trying to justify my instincts I guess).

So, we are still nursing, but only a little at night and in the morning. I am really not that sore at all (which is strange since with dd I was sore from the get-go). Hopefully it continues!

I hope you are able to find some comfort while still comforting and feeding your little one!

[lilylove]

Thanks everyone I've only limited him a bit today, and I just kind of dealt with it. I hope to gradually decrease frequency and duration slowly over the next couple of weeks. We will be gone for the weekend and I think he will be too busy to nurse much during the day, so that should help. Seems rather odd to be going to a LLL conference and hope my son is too busy to nurse too much

Leafwood, we actually night weaned about a month ago. We were in the same boat, nobody was getting any sleep. He would nurse all night long. Once he night weaned we were both in a better mood in the mornings I can't image night nursing now with my breasts feeling this way. I would have to do some serious relaxation work!

[*knittingmomma*]

My 4 year old is still nursing also but I haven't experienced much pain yet. I have a feeling that she's not going to nurse through the whole pregnancy, she's talking a lot about not needing milkies much anymore, I'm quite relieved actually!

[jraohc]

My 3yo dd is nursing but thankfully I haven't experienced breast pain yet. One thing that has helped in the past is asking her to relatch, but from what I hear pregnancy breast pain isn't quite the same as non-pregnancy breast pain so I don't know if that'll help.

[Eaglevoice]

Hi, I'm not from your DDC, but I thought I'd send you a link to this thread which might be helpful to you.