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post #21 of 69
12/9/07 at 2:57am
Still nursing my 9 mo old around the clock. I am hoping she will keep it up for a while longer!

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post #22 of 69
12/9/07 at 10:17am
Thread Starter 
We're nursing around the clock around here too! Last night was a serious nurse-fest!
post #23 of 69
12/9/07 at 12:06pm
my 2 year old still nurses and we just found out yesterday we were pg again.. similar story with our first dd..took us over 2 years to conceive her. then the second was first try! this one was about 4 months with 2 chemicals in there. i'm praying this baby sticks!

i am actually hoping my dd weans herself like my first dd did. my nips are killing me right now!
post #24 of 69
12/9/07 at 9:25pm
Still nursing my 2 1/2 year old. She just nurses once a day now for nap time.

I nursed my son when pregnant with her and it got really excruciating toward the end so I gradually weaned him about a month before dd was born. I figured we needed to bond in other ways because it was just getting too painful for me. After she was born he asked to nurse a few times and I obliged, but he decided he wasn't all that interested anymore. Have some cute pics of him "nursing" his doll at 2 1/2.

In light of that, I wouldn't mind if my daughter decides to wean. She already tells me after a few minutes that the milk is "all gone!" She doesn't seem too disappointed though. Nursing her was a beautiful time for us, but I won't mind moving on to the next phase...
post #25 of 69
12/11/07 at 3:34am
I'm due Aug 11 and feeling the NEED to WEAN almost 4 yr old. I at least want her down to once/twice a day by then. Also nursing 18 month old- not weaning him yet. I hope my milk supply drops and they both stop nursing so much. Only did three times today with DD- YAY!!
Christine
post #26 of 69
12/12/07 at 8:40pm

My supply is GONE

I have lost over 10oz just this week and a total of about 15 since I became preggers 7wks ago tomorrow. This is leaving me with less than 3oz total for today!!!!!!!
Since I am just pumping I think I may be able to keep this up for a week or so more but thats it. I imagine if this keeps up no matter how much I pump I will be down to less than 1oz/day, and I can't for my sanity keep pumping for so little. I am currently pumping 1.5hrs/day to only get less than 3oz/day and even that is a bit crazy in my mind.

I knew I had a really good possibility of totally loosing my Supply but I never realized it could happen so fast. I had a really established supply also since I had been religiously doing this for 22mths. But I guess my body had other plans. I just wish my DD actually nursed and I might be able to convince her to continue even though their was no milk.

I am not planning on telling my family until after the new year but this is going to involve some lieing on my part. I EPump so everyone knows that I have to go off to pump at least once when I visit. But if I don't go pump at xmas and new-years they will know something is up. I rather not tell them that I QUIT pumping "just because I wanted to or I got tired of it" but because I am pregnant and my supply totally dissapeared. (In reality I would have kept pumping at least until she was 2. ) I have not had the best support with pumping and I want them to know the REAL reason why I stopped not some made up reason to cover that I am pregnant. So I think i will just go off to pump and instead read a book and relax for 30mins. Then in Jan when I see them again they can hear that I am preggers and that I stopped pumping when my supply went to zero. If they can't respect that then forget them.
post #27 of 69
12/12/07 at 8:52pm
I'm still nursing both of my kids. My DS will be 3 in January and DD is 15 months. I'm trying to convince DS that he might be done nursing when he has his #3 birthday. It's not going over at all. DD is still nursing all the time, as 15 month olds do. When I got pregnant with DD, DS was 12 months old. I had all the discomfort and almost no milk, but I still nursed him for the entire 9 months and he's still going strong. So I expect to nurse DD for this entire pregnancy and past it.

If you keep nursing through your entire pregnancy, tandem nursing is EASY after that! I LOVE tandem nursing. . . my kids hold hands and look at each other and at me while we nurse. It is a very special time.
post #28 of 69
12/12/07 at 10:51pm
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It is so great to hear all of your stories! My nipples are really sore to the touch, but nursing doesn't hurt much (knock on wood). I have also found that nursing cures my nausea!! Anyone else have that experience or is it just in my head?!
post #29 of 69
12/13/07 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by sweetney View Post
I have also found that nursing cures my nausea!! Anyone else have that experience or is it just in my head?!
OMG, I hope this works for me! I am not nauseous yet (it usually develops later for me) but I would be thrilled if nursing helped with it!

I've never nursed through an entire pregnancy before. Are there any tips or things I should keep in mind to keep my supply up and my own health good?
post #30 of 69
12/13/07 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by mommyddeville View Post
I'm still nursing both of my kids. My DS will be 3 in January and DD is 15 months. I'm trying to convince DS that he might be done nursing when he has his #3 birthday. It's not going over at all. DD is still nursing all the time, as 15 month olds do. When I got pregnant with DD, DS was 12 months old. I had all the discomfort and almost no milk, but I still nursed him for the entire 9 months and he's still going strong. So I expect to nurse DD for this entire pregnancy and past it.

If you keep nursing through your entire pregnancy, tandem nursing is EASY after that! I LOVE tandem nursing. . . my kids hold hands and look at each other and at me while we nurse. It is a very special time.
Someone I knew almost nursed 3 kids at the same time, but her older one weaned when the milk came in, they didn't like how fast it came out!! I bet that would be awesome though!!

DD keeps talking about sharing the nummies. She will almost be 4 when the baby will be born and I see her nursing till atleast 5 or so...but maybe pregnancy will change that!
post #31 of 69
12/13/07 at 7:43pm

Weaning

Just wanted to share. I posted above that milk was dwindling well it has taken a further turn for the worst, I don't think it will last another 2 weeks so this is the end. I posted about it in the BFing forum. So I guess my stay here has been shortened dramatically. Well wishes to everyone lucky enough to continue thought this pregnancy and beyond.
post #32 of 69
12/18/07 at 1:59am
I have a 20 mnth DD nursing still, but she has been starting to slow down. Not sure if its the pregnancy or what, she nurses about 3 times a day. I would love to nurse her right through and tandum nurse but I'm not sure whats going on with her.
post #33 of 69
12/18/07 at 3:24am
I'm still bfing 17mo ds. I went through 23 weeks of pg this year and really had to work to keep my supply. Like you all, I ate oatmeal, drank bfing tea, hydrated like crazy, etc. I know we dipped way low, but I gritted my teeth through the nipple pain and let ds nurse as often and as long as he wanted. I know he got frustrated, but it was all worth it when my milk came back in. He was sooooo happy (and so was I) I am planning on tandem nursing, too. I loved reading Adventures in Tandem Nursing, it helped me understand how flexible I'll be able to be with it and still serve the best interests of us all as nursing partners in this relationship. Oh, and I wanted to add that, ds dropped some weight when my milk supply dipped as it coincided with him getting mobile. He's back up now in his weight, so I'l be interested to see what happens this time.

BakerALM- It sounds like you are going through a really tough time with bfing. I hope you don't mind my asking (and please excuse me if I missed your explanation), why do you exclusively pump?
post #34 of 69
12/18/07 at 2:36pm
Anyone else's nipples giving them lots of pain? They are very sore and everytime 3 year old DD attaches, it's bad, then goes away... I sure hope this ends soon!! She seems to wanting to nurse around the clock since I got pregnant. Milk supply is still the same.
post #35 of 69
12/18/07 at 2:46pm
I am nursing my 8-month-old around the clock. I have my first OB app't today and I am really afraid that he is going to recommend that I stop nursing! I am worried about my supply too since I have never nursed through an entire pregnancy. Is anyone else nursing such a young babe?
post #36 of 69
12/18/07 at 5:24pm
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Originally Posted by mommyddeville View Post
I LOVE tandem nursing. . . my kids hold hands and look at each other and at me while we nurse. It is a very special time.
That's my favorite part, too! I hope that my DS3 and the next babe will be able to share that relationship, too!

My 18m DS is nursing still, but my supply seems to have picked up! I had surgery for abscesses in one breast when he was 6m old and weaned him from that side (bad story! ) and we've learned to function with only one breast. This breast feels more full and I can feel the letdown stronger since I've been pregnant. He gulps now; he didn't before, and he nurses much longer each session...
post #37 of 69
12/18/07 at 5:57pm
My supply is dropping rapidly and the nipple pain is excrutiating... DD had her first bottle of formula last night. She has been a bear for several days - I really think that she is just hungry. She grabbed the bottle and went to town and it was only like her 5th tiome with the bottle (others were EBF). I am not going to go cold turkey with the BF but I guess we are slowing down.
post #38 of 69
12/18/07 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by zoie2013 View Post

BakerALM- It sounds like you are going through a really tough time with bfing. I hope you don't mind my asking (and please excuse me if I missed your explanation), why do you exclusively pump?
Totally Ok to ask! Well the short story (since i would really need a whole afternoon to write out the full version, it is more complicated and more drawn out than even any birth story I have read basically my DD came out with a REALLY bad latch, she had what was called clampdown bite reflex along with a short latch. The hospital LCs were very very hurtful, when I was crying in pain they just told me to grin and bear it the latch looks fine. Well after awhile in the hospital I think behind the scenes I was labeled as a "complaining mom who really does not truly want to BF". I had only read the basics about BFing, like how to latch a babe and not to restrict access to the breast but not how to deal with a very complicated problem. By the time I left the hospital I was told to let my "nipples rest" and the pain would get better, just pump some feedings and give bottles when my nipples got really bad. So when I got home I called EVERYONE I could think of but of course they turned out to be all the WRONG people. I told my family doc the situation and that even pumping hurt a TON, like put me in tears so he just told me not to pump either for a few days. (the bad advice keeps coming!!!) So by this time I have run to the store for formula since I was not pumping either, I was just crying all the time, I did not know what to do or who to turn to. By day 2 my babe was already REFUSING the breast for the bottle, she was the poster child for NIPPLE CONFUSION! It hit hard and made everything else impossible. I could not get her to latch just a few days after birth. :cry AFter toting her around the state from LC to doc to talking to LLL leaders on the phone we figgred out she had clampdown bite and a VERY short latch. I went back to the hospital and talked to the original IBCLC that was so horrible in the begining and she said that in all her years she has only seen a few babes with clampdown and all the moms quit BFing, no-one was successful, she did not really even know how to treat the condition. (More bad advice!)

Well at about week 3 I am still pumping and have obtained a hospital grade pump, crying every time I pump since I want to BF and it hurts so bad. I found a good IBCLC at about that time and she really saw the latch problem AND the bigger problem, MAJOR Nipple Confusion and a VERY temperamental babe. My babe would SCREAM bloody murder if you just turned her into my breast to try to BF, she would feel the position and SCREAM. It was impossible to even get her to put the nipple in her mouth to even work on the horrible latch. The hospital really Messed this all up, I trusted the so called professionals at my time of need and learned a very valuable lesson, I really can't trust anyone! :

Well in the end at about 4mths PP I gave up truly trying to get my babe to BF, I had all the crazy apparatuses, SNS, finger feeders, cups, you name it but she would not latch ever! So I pumped and pumped and pumped, the pain never went away until at 8mths PP, I got a very very high temp with a stomach bug, when the cold subsided so did the breast pain. My LC thinks I must have had an infection in my breast causing the severe pain. But it never look suspicious, red or swollen. she really does not know what it could have been.

I know better next time and who not to trust, I have basically read everything I can get my hands on to do with BFing so I feel armed and ready to make this work. I feel with the right set of circumstances and alot of pain and suffering i could have got my DD to BF but too much bad advice and not knowing how to filter it out just left for a horrible outcome. And a very very long road for my Family to endure, EPing was really hard.

sorry for the downer, and I guess this turned into a long post either way, but I promise I left a ton out!
post #39 of 69
12/18/07 at 7:56pm
Still nursing my 3 yr old. My 5 yr old when last month on his 5th bday. After tandem nursing for 3 yrs, I am enjoying having just one nursling in and one on the way. My 3 yr old will probably wena during the pg though, he isn't a big boob-a-holic like my older son was. My breasts feel firmer but don't seem to have much milk. Tender nips, hurts to have them bumped.

I agree, if you make it through pg, the tandem part is a joy!
post #40 of 69
12/18/07 at 8:06pm
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Originally Posted by peacelovingmama View Post
I am nursing my 8-month-old around the clock. I have my first OB app't today and I am really afraid that he is going to recommend that I stop nursing! I am worried about my supply too since I have never nursed through an entire pregnancy. Is anyone else nursing such a young babe?
I am nursing my 7 month old, and I have no idea when my EDD is b/c I never got AF back. I have my 1st appt on the 24th, maybe the MW will be able to tell me. I can definitely tell that my supply is dipping and I am having a hard time eating as much as I should be b/c I am so nauseus (sp?). I am going to get some formula tomorrow just in case I need to supplement...it breaks my heart after 7 months!
I plan to tandem nurse if DD still wants to
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