Nursing mamas?

[applecider]

I thought I would start a thread for any other nursing moms! I am still nursing DS who is almost 3. I never started out to nurse him this long, but he definitely requires it! I haven't noticed anything different yet, but I suppose time will tell. Currently he nurses a minimum of 2x per day, am and pm, but sometimes he'll nurse 5 or more times depending on what we're doing and how he's feeling. I'm not sure about tandeming yet, but I am not opposed to it. We'll just see how things go! Anyone else?

[chic2chic]

hi, count me in as a nursing mama!
my dd2 is also almost 3, and nurses constantly, night & day. i nursed dd1 through 7 months of my pregnancy with dd2, and we weaned by mutual consent... (my milk supply dropped dramatically in the 2d trimester)
this time, i'll just wait & see what happens with the nursing as well. dd2 is very attached to me & to the breast

[purplepaisleymama]

i am nursing ds who is 2.5yo, he is my fifth and I have tandemed through the last 4 kids. I do wish that he would nurse a bit less, but he seems to think that he is going to starve unless he gets some every few hours or so. Oh and about 2 hours at night and for almost an hour in the morning, so I am a bit tired here. I am on the countdown until I start with hg and hopefully it will let me get him to sleep so I can rest..... I can hope, right?
I wasn't sure that I was pg but when he jacked his nursing to around the clock and I wanted to rip his little fingernails off for twiddling the other side I decided that I was ready to test!!
Laura

[PolyEstr28]

Since my daughter is only 3 months old I am definitely still nursing, and just trying not to loose my milk supply. So far so good

[3for_me]

I am nursing DD who is 22ish months old. She nurses all the time. I don't mind her nursing, I have nursed during all of my Pg but my first, and all my babies have weaned during the PG. I jsut can't handle the all night nursing. We have been working on night weaning and it is going really slow.

[kayak4ever]

I'm nursing a 2.25 year old who isn't a great eater. And can I say eek!?! You know those cartoon cats hanging onto the ceiling with their nails when they've been scared... Well, I feel like that's going to happen to me every time he latches on. Ouch! Does this normally last all the way through or does it get better?

[amjo0675]

I'm new here. I'm somewhere around 5 weeks with a SURPRISE baby! (We thought we were done with #3!) My 23 mo old is nursing (we don't have any plans to wean) and he's been nursing like a madman the past week or so. I tested yesterday and realized why! I think I'm drying up.......I wonder if that's why it's so uncomfortable for him to nurse right now. I can totally relate to the wanting to pull off their fingernails. I'm dealing with that right now, too. It seems like it feels like his latch isn't what it should be, but I know that's not the case. He also nurses with a fervency that he hasn't had before like he's working REALLY hard and not getting anything. I have such mixed feelings....I'm so sad for him, but I also just want to push him away because it's SO uncomfortable.

[catballou24]

i am still nursing my 2.5 year old (much to my MIL's displeasure ), and i'll be 6 weeks tomorrow. the last couple days it's started to get really uncomfortable. my bbs are getting really tender, so when she latches on i have to grit my teeth, and she likes to hold the "mum mum" like a bottle so that drives me crazy! she has finally night-weaned, and is showing signs of being ready to give it up during the day too...i'll be happy to have a break. i've been pregnant and/or nursing for over 5 years now.. looks like it will be for at least another couple years after this too...

[applecider]

Man, I don't know what happened, but last night I DID NOT want to nurse DS before bed. I did of course, but not after asking him to wait a minute or two. And then I only let him nurse about 1-2 min per side, which he is fine with. For some reason it is just driving me nuts. But I'll stick with it as long as I can. Fortunately, as long as he just gets even less than 1 min he is content!

[mommy&gigi]

My daughter is almost 2 1/2, and still nurses lots. I'm finding it hard with these sore nipples, but it's bearable, so far.
So glad to "meet" other pregnant nursing moms, I don't feel like such a freak!

[superlori]

Count me in too. Fiona is 14 months and still nursing 'round the clock. At least she has in the past week - probably because I'm pregnant! I'm not opposed to tandeming, though I'll be weirding out a lot of people. I really wanted to go to at least 2 years with her, so we'll see how it works out. No pain yet. *Fingers crossed.

[Motherto4]

I am about 6 weeks pregnant with my 4th and have a 10 month old that shows no signs of wanting to stop nursing. My motherin law said something about weining him and I didn't say anything but I thought thats crazy why would I do that? I'm glad other moms are still nursing. I don't know if anyone else has 3 kids with a 4th on the way but like I said I'm only 6 weeks and look like I'm 4 months. Is this a comon thing with the 4th?

[AutumnMama]

Nursing Mama here! Actually NAK atm DS2 is almost 19 months, and I figure we'll taper off within the next few months. I tend to mostly dry up towards the end of the first trimester.

I nursed DS1 till a couple of days before I gave birth to DS 2, and I also tandemed DD and DS1 a little, but I know my limitations and don't think I should be doing that again (just me personally, I think it's awesome that lots of Mamas are able to do that ).

DS is doing pretty good about nursing at bedtime and then going to sleep on his own afterwards when I tell him we're all done. It usually takes quite a while, but he's just being restless, not crying or anything.

We're also still co-sleeping, so I'll be transitioning him to his own bed sometime within the next few months too. DH is going to build bunk beds for the boys I think

[BakingMama]

Nursing mama here too. DS is 26 1/2 months (who's counting) but I'm planning to decrease in the next couple months with the initial plan of being done by the end of June. He's been quite a strong and frequent nurser but a few weeks ago we started decreasing so that's already been good. Although, I'd admit I already feel sad about ending our nursing relationship. If we hadn't of gotten pregnant as soon as we did I would still continue. Although I totally felt fine with stopping if we did get pregnant. I know lots of mamas do nurse through their pregnancy and tandem with the new babe but I'm not wanting to do that.
We co-sleep as well. I'm also planning on changing our sleeping arrangement too, as I'm not sure I'd be getting any sleep with a new babe and a toddler next to me in addition to DH who snores very loud and gets up very early, but not until after night-weaning.

[rstump]

This pregnancy is a BIG surprise to us. My youngest turned 1 yo on April Fool's day....so yes I am a nursing mama. My kids usually nurse until 18-26 months. My last nursed until I was 5 month along but he was already over 2. I am worried I will lose my milk again due to my hyperemesis. We will see.

[superlori]

Wow, I feel really naive now, but I didn't even consider my milk drying up! I considered that feeding might be misery and that maybe Fiona will wean because she doesn't like the taste or something, but I forgot about the possibility I could lose my milk supply! That makes me sad. She has totally gone off food in the past week and wants to nurse like a newborn again... I wonder if this is an indication of anything? I really don't want our nursing relationship to end yet. She's only 14 months.

[chic2chic]

Originally Posted by superlori

She has totally gone off food in the past week and wants to nurse like a newborn again... I wonder if this is an indication of anything? I really don't want our nursing relationship to end yet. She's only 14 months.

the increase in nursing frequency might be a sign that she's trying to stimulate your supply...
some mothers do experience a drop in supply (i did in my 2d trimester with my previous pregnancy) -- but not all. and if you're comfortable with your dd continuing to nurse on demand, there's no reason why your supply wouldn't be adequate -- just make sure you're eating & drinking plenty.

many moms nurse successfully throughout their pregnancies, if they choose to do so, and even go on to tandem nurse (there's a great la leche league book that covers nursing during pregnancy in great detail: "adventures in tandem nursing").

good luck, superlori

[rstump]

Oh yes....MANY moms can nurse all the way thru. THe LLL book is a WONDERFUL resource. Many time kids change their nursing habit when you get pregnant because the taste makes a DRAMATIC change in many women. Some kids love it and some kids don't.

I know I have trouble because of my HG....my own body goes into a starvation. It is hard to nurse another when you haven't had anything to eat or barely drink in 6-8 weeks.

[magpiedee]

I'm still nursing my 19-monther, but I am desperate to be done. : It just hurts so bad, combined with the fact that she isn't sweetly snuggled up to me, she's doing yoga on my stomach or jumping on the bed and pinching the other nip while she nurses. I feel like I am being sucked dry. At least she has finally nightweaned and is sleeping amazingly well in her own room, in her own bed, which is great, because I desperately need the sleep when pregnant!

But I feel horribly guilty because I so desperately don't want her to nurse. I dread it. I'm actually thinking about having my mom and husband keep her while I go to the GA LLL conference to wean her, if that's not the most horrible and ironic thing ever spoken.

[esthersmom]

magpiedee! I relate with you because I would like to stop nursing as well (well at least at night)! My DD is born in the same time frame and my nipples are so sore right now, I grit my teeth while she's nursing... she doesn't nurse so much in the day but every 2 hours at night and for long stretches before naps or bedtime and before waking up -- plus she loves to switch sides over and over -- it's just a pain.

I'm wondering what to change before the new little one comes -- whether i should night wean her, or move her into her own bed. It seems like she's a light sleeper and might actually benefit from being removed from us a little bit. If anyone else successfully changes their sleep arrangements, i'd like to hear about it!