ouch! who's still nursing while pg? [Archive]

wirewendy

08-13-2006, 05:43 PM

Hi, I am pregnant, and am nursing my 8-month old. I am not experiencing any pain yet, but my daughter has just gotten 2 teeth and is testing biting my nipple. Ouch! A woman from my 8-month old mothering board is having lots of pain.

MonTana Mama

08-13-2006, 06:11 PM

ME too! But no pain yet. My Dr. just said up your calories-OK!!!:wink

ETA:ds is 23 months

neetling

08-13-2006, 06:29 PM

I'm still nursing my 27 month old. Ideally I would like her to self wean in a few months. I was nursing her sister when I was pregnant with her and my milk dried up around 7 months of pregnancy. It was too painful to continue.

peacelovingmama

08-13-2006, 07:22 PM

I am nursing my nearly-two-year-old and am also having some discomfort. I'm not sure yet if I plan to nurse throughout the pregnancy (and beyond). I had wanted to do CLW but now I am not so sure....

rstump

08-13-2006, 07:41 PM

I am only 7 weeks and still nursing my 26 month old. So far no real pain. I have a history of severe MS so I am trying to wean him so during the day because I don't want it to be a horrible shock if I have to wean him quickly.

We are playing it by ear. I know that if the MS is like it has been in the past that I will not be able to continue nursing him. I am very upset by this as I KNOW he is no where near ready to wean himself. We will have to see how things go.

annettemarie

08-13-2006, 08:34 PM

Not this time around, but I did my first few times. I'm really tired right now, but if you need some tips or a listening ear, let me know!

super kitty

08-13-2006, 10:34 PM

super kitty

08-13-2006, 10:36 PM

crunchy_mama

08-13-2006, 11:17 PM

just found out and still nursing my 24.5 m.o., no pain at all yet. However, I have noticed a supply dip as he is all over me all the time.

neetling

08-14-2006, 07:40 AM

I would like her to choose to stop, but she is an obsessive nurser so I don't know it that will happen. I don't under stand why this is an oxymoron. Do I just have pregnancy brain? Did I miss the joke?

MoMommy

08-14-2006, 08:42 AM

My dd (30 mos) is still a champion nurser. No pain yet, but I am pretty irratible and it's getting annoying. I am going to do my best, however, to let her keep nursing as long as she needs to.

annettemarie

08-14-2006, 08:45 AM

Well, while I'm sort of fresh this morning :lol here are my two pieces of advice that got me through nursing through 2 pregnancies.

1. Count. Ask your child "Should we count to 10 or 20 (or pick another number) and then nurse as long as you count.

2. The Milker Chair. We had one specific place where we nursed, a rocking chair in the bedroom. If they wanted to nurse, that's where we did it. So if they were playing and asked to nurse I would say "Let's go to the milker chair!" and sometimes it just wouldn't be worth it to them to stop and go. There was also eventually the "out of sight, out of mind" factor.

I also bribed shamelessly if I couldn't stand it, but I don't think that's to be recommended. :D

super kitty

08-14-2006, 11:27 AM

imosbc

08-14-2006, 11:44 AM

I'm nursing a 16 month old and it's driving me crazy! It's painful, but mostly annoying. Since he's really only nursing to sleep, I just want to sleep, but he's now waking up several time's a night if he's not in my arms. He can be sleeping right next to me and he still wakes up crying because he wants to nurse. I'm feeling soooo:fever: and I wish I could just sleep. My oldest son self weaned at a little over age 1 and also transitioned into his own bed at the age of 1 1/2. I don't see this happening with my youngest, he wont even talk yet (except for "There it is" when we hide something). Ok, this has turned into a rant:( of miscillaneous complaints...sorry:duck:

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Drummer's Wife

08-14-2006, 11:52 AM

I'm nursing my 17 month old millions of times per day (it feels like it!) and so far haven't noticed any changes. I'll be 7 weeks tomorrow and am not sore at all and my supply seems the same. I am really hoping it stays like this. I really don't want discomfort and I really, really, really don't want to loose my milk. I have planned on nursing atleast until age 2 and the baby is due when he is 25 months so tandeming just might be what happens :love

Velvet005

08-16-2006, 08:20 AM

I am nursing my 16 month old still. He loves nursing, especially at night. It seems like he nursed all night last night and it kind of got on my nerves.
My friend just told me I need to wean him because it's bad for me, him, and the baby. I thought people were able to nurse fine through pregnancies, at least until their supply dropped. I don't think ds is ready to wean and quite frankly I'm not ready to put him through that.

magstphil

08-16-2006, 10:29 AM

i just found out i'm PG and am nursing my 6 month old. OUCH is right!! it feels like she's biting me and pouring acid on my nipples every time she's latched on.

onemoretime

08-16-2006, 12:13 PM

My 2yo is still nursing. No pain yet. I have nursed during my other pregnanices, and usually get uncomfortable at about 15-20 weeks. My babies usually wean during the pregnancy.

magstphil

08-16-2006, 12:17 PM

i just found out you lose your milk supply or it drops way low. is this totally true for everyone? i'm worried i'll have to give my baby formula which i don't want to do.

MonkeyPrincess

08-16-2006, 12:22 PM

My 21 month old is nursing and I am 4 weeks pregnant. No pain...just drives me crazy. :dizzy: Poor little guy! I not be a 24 milk bar anymore, I will be setting limits now so he doesn't connect it to the baby at all. I am willing to nurse him in the am, at nap, at bedtime and if he's hurt or sick. But not all through the night and not everytime he catches a glimpse of my chest. :duck:

treemom2

08-16-2006, 09:04 PM

I am still nursing my 22 mo. I find myself getting frustrated with the nursing while I am trying to sleep, but I am desparate not to make him wean. I really hope my supply stays up enough so he doesn't wean. I'm just soooo tired!

MiBabyChris03

08-18-2006, 06:24 AM

I just found out I'm pg and I'm still nursing my almost 3 yr old (he'll be 3 in October), he mainly nurses at naptime and bedtime. I haven't had any pain so far, thank goodness. I plan to let him nurse as long a he likes.

rozzie'sma

08-18-2006, 09:38 AM

nursng my 20mo, no pain

scbegonias

08-18-2006, 10:44 AM

I'm glad to know there are so many other nursing pg mamas! and so many w/out pain. i'm jealous! my nips have burned for two weeks...and now comes the full on bb pain. i think talking myself through this will be the only way to do what i want...be able to nurse dd as long as she wants.

Fairy4tmama

08-19-2006, 02:12 AM

i just found out you lose your milk supply or it drops way low. is this totally true for everyone? i'm worried i'll have to give my baby formula which i don't want to do.

Nope I had PLenty of milk through out my last pg. I am sure everybody is different just as every woman has differences in milk production when not pg but I wouldn't be overly concerned there are LOTS of momma here at MDC who have nursed through pg :lol thats part of the reason I love MDC:thumb

PajamaMama

08-20-2006, 01:10 AM

My dd is 3 years, 3 months and still is nursing. It's driving me up the wall. I do the counting thing and depending on how aggravated I am, I count slow or fast. :)

crunchy_mama

08-20-2006, 07:37 AM

I am feeling a bit annoyed by nursing as well. It really isn't painful or anything, I just feel a greater need to have some control over my body.

RobbyRe

08-20-2006, 11:17 PM

I'm still nursing my 12 month old (he just turned 1 on Thursday!) and I'm about 6 1/2 weeks pregnant by best guess (we weren't paying attention, and this is a bit of a surprise for us!) It's a bit painful, but I'm hoping it will get better soon. I was still nursing my then 2 1/2 yr old when I got pregnant with my son, and she did wean with a little encouragement from me when I was about 4 months pregnant. She'd been telling me for a little while that there was no more milk at that time. It seems to be more painful this time, probably partly because my son is still so young and nursing so often. Last time while there was tenderness, I remember being more "touched out" than anything else, and I don't feel that way this time...yet! :)
I don't know what Ryan will do...he'll only be 20 months when the new baby comes, and I was hoping he'd nurse to 2. We'll see how it goes! One or the other of us may be done before April... lol...

moppity

08-21-2006, 04:59 AM

My DD is 16 months old and I found out today that I am pregnant!! Anyway, nursing is hurting already, feels like my nips are on fire every time she nurses. Thank goodness she has mostly nightweaned so they get a break at night :)

JessC

08-21-2006, 09:03 PM

yeah... I thought we had thrush again... but nope, my 8 month old is going to be a big brother! I have been worrying about the supply issues too.. I hope I don't have to wean...:(

Mama K

08-21-2006, 09:13 PM

I am nursing my 11 month old. No pain, really, though.

I was nursing my first DD when I became pg with DD #2 (DD#1 was 8 months old). My milk supply did decrease a LOT, unfortunately. We never used formula, though. A few weeks before her first birthday I started her on whole cow milk, though, because she was getting pretty thin. :(

Fairy4tmama

08-22-2006, 08:15 AM

mezzaluna

08-22-2006, 08:14 PM

i'm about 6.5 weeks along now, nursing a 20 month old. (same as rozzie'sma!) no soreness yet. i feel like my supply is lower - some days he's been refusing when i offer to nurse, though he still nurses a lot anyway. and some days he wants it every half hour. and almost every time we nurse he asks for both sides, which he never used to do. he says "side? side?" it's very cute :)

he has been sleeping better at night, which i am so grateful for - i had been swearing up and down i wouldn't get pregnant before #1 was sleeping through the night, but then i relented... he is sleeping at least one 4 hour stretch at night now, and very commonly as much as 6 or 7 hours, which is soooo new! the last two nights he's only been up once in the night - at 4am. i don't know if it's just him maturing, or my milk supply dropping, but whatever it is i'll take it if it means him sleeping better! i so need my beauty rest these days, and i didn't want to have to nightwean him.

i'm hoping he'll nurse at least to 24 months... i've had that in mind as a minimum all along, but we'll see what pregnancy does...

momtoS

08-23-2006, 09:48 AM

My dd will be two next month and I am still nursing. No real soreness just a little more sensitive. I just started reading Adventures in Tandem nursing. I need info before telling people about it!

Jes

08-23-2006, 10:00 AM

I'm still nursing my 20 month old. I haven't noticed much pain or anything so far. There are times that when he's nursing it drives me nuts, but I know that's just in my mind.

augustgirl69

08-23-2006, 09:02 PM

Can anyone eles no longer sleep through night nursing:bang it doesn't hurt, I just CAN'T sleep through it and I am SO tired. I did not night wean DS 1 during my last pg, but I am definatly starting to consider it for this PG:zzz

I can't sleep either - but it IS because of the pain. It hurts so badly!!! But when I refuse or just try to cuddle him he screams so loudly and ydd is often in bed with us too (OK that's a whole other story:wink) and it wakes her so my only choice is to nurse him:bang

So I know where you're coming from- I am so dang tired!

wirewendy

08-24-2006, 11:19 AM

SashaBear

08-25-2006, 09:49 AM

Velvet005

08-25-2006, 10:32 AM

Velvet, your friend is totally wrong. Geez, how do people end up thinking crap like that?

My nipples have been getting really sore, and Ranjana (8 months old) has been nursing every half hour all night. I haven't decided what to do yet. I don't know why she is doing that, if it is because of the pregnancy, or a phase she is going through. I seem to always have milk, so I don't think it is a supply problem. I am going to try feeding her a big solid foods meal in the evening. Maybe that will help. She also is going through this phase of wanting to be near me all the time. I think that it is because we just moved to a new house. That might be why she is so attached to me at night.

I know she is and she actually took it upon herself to research it and sent me links showing it was ok. I already figured it was ok and normal to nurse during pregnancy, not to mention I did my own research.

Well, it doesn't hurt but I am with the others on not being able to sleep through the night nursing. I feel guilty about saying this but it is actually getting on my nerves quite a bit. :( I will deal with it though. I am thankful for anything I get as long as this baby is thriving and growing!!!

Velvet005

08-25-2006, 10:33 AM

6 weeks pregnant and still nursing 17 month old DS. No pain yet thank goodness. I night weaned him two weeks ago but he still gets up 2-3 times a night for a drink of water. I started lactating early with DS so I am hoping that my milk doesn't dry up.

Not sure how long we are going to continue tandem nursing. Just going to play it by ear for now.

We haven't told anyone yet because my SIL just had a baby yesterday. I don't want to invade on her spotlight!

One of my best friends informed me she was pregnant the day we came home from the hospital after having ds. I was so happy for her but at the same time a little sad my pregnancy was over (my horomones were in full rage!!!)

Ok that was off topic :)

magstphil

08-25-2006, 11:41 AM

i'm really shocked but every time i tell someone 'in real life' that i'm PG they all start giving me advice on weaning and what not. like last night for the UPTEENTH time a friend of my moms (who just had a baby and refused to 'waste time' with breastfeeding. grrrrrrrrrr!!!) was asking me about her having formula. she says 'you have to wean her so you have time to dry up!'. i just stared at her blankly for a minute and then she was like 'oh, you can breastfeed while pregnant?' i was just like YES! DUH!!

i guess i'm wondering why people dont already know this. i've told about 10 women and 7 out of those ten (in real life, mind you) have told me how sorry they were that i had to quit breastfeeding. i'm floored by the lack of knowledge.

MoMommy

08-25-2006, 11:59 AM

At our last Parents as Teachers appointment, I told our parent educator that we were planning on getting pregnant again soon. She knows dd is still nursing (and I can tell she thinks it's weird) and she asked if I was planning to wean her before getting pregnant. I said no, and she said she was pretty sure that nursing whiel pregnant takes nutrients away from the unborn baby. I told her that was not true. I know she thinks I'm nuts, but I'm so annoyed that someone who is supposed to be an informed educator is spewing crap like that.

ashleylesh

08-25-2006, 09:34 PM

I am nursing my 14 1/2 month old son and am about eight weeks into my pregnancy.
To the momma with the six month old, I hope you have an ample milk supply all the way! It has happened before...
I am experiencing a bit of pain, mostly at night time and about half the time when we nurse during the day. There is no way I could wean my son right now, whether fully or just at night. Sometimes when I really, really, really do not want to nurse him at night we have tried having dad soothe Taso, but that just doesn't work so well. DH gets upset right along with DS. One thing a friend recommended that works 100% better than just popping Taso off my nipple is to pinch my nipple to stop the flow of milk, this sort of makes Taso think that the milk is done for now and he stops nursing of what he thinks is his own accord. Sneaky, sneaky, huh?!
He is just way too small for me to tell him he can not nurse anymore. I can not imagine not nursing him! First of all, how would I get him to sleep? :dizzy:

lesley&grace

08-26-2006, 01:10 PM

I'm about 5 months pregnant and still nursing my almost 18 month old. I am considering encouraging her to wean...she's not nursing as often and now it's more about comfort than nutrition. And my breasts are super-sensitive right now so nursing her is agony for the first few minutes each session. I don't want her last bit of nursing to be Mommy wincing every time she latches on, so I really try to hide my discomfort. And I know myself well enough to know that I do not want to tandem nurse a newborn and 2year old, and I don't want Grace to be suddenly cut off either. I'd also like to have a break before starting to nurse someone else. I'm not sure exactly how to go about weaning her, but I figure that (like everything else we've done) we'll sort it out as we go along.

jecaly

08-26-2006, 01:58 PM

hazel (21 mos) is taking well so far to my gently encouraging her in a weaning direction; we're down to 3 a day, sometimes 2, and when she nurses in the early early morning i can get her to pull off on her own by asking "would you like the other side?" or saying "all done?" it really does hurt, and i feel like she's ready, and my supply seems a little down, but probably more from less nursing than from preg hormones, so far--i still get let down once in awhile (at 8.5 weeks pregnant).

i can't believe all the people telling you mamas that you have to wean, though! that's just silly.

*j

gardenmommy

08-26-2006, 08:23 PM

I'm newly pregnant (haven't figured the weeks yet). I'm still nursing my 27 month old. She is fiercely attached to her nursies, and DEMANDS to nurse about 3 or 4 times throughout the day. She is very gentle, so it's possible that she'll be the first one to make it all the way through. She tells me almost every day that she loves my "mook", and nursies are yummy!

sparkprincess

08-29-2006, 10:08 AM

I'm still nursing my 26 month old. I'm 9 weeks now and I think the pain is subsiding a bit - but my supply seems to be decreasing also. Ds only nurses before sleep and first thing in the morning. I'm curious to see if he'll wean, but not pushing it.

My fil was asking if Luke would be weaned soon and I heard mil in the background say, "well of course he'll be weaned soon - they have another baby coming along!"....:W

crunchymomof2

08-29-2006, 10:52 AM

I nursed ds through my pregnancy with dd and I weaned him the month he turned 3 so about a year after dd was born. mil did not know he had been weaned and that was one of the first things she asked when she found out I was pregnant. "Is Simon STILL nursing?" She has a big issue with extended nursing being solely for the pleasure of the mother. :irked: Obviously she never nursed that long. I think all of hers were weaned by the time a year came around.

gardenmommy

08-29-2006, 12:43 PM

Yah, my MIL has issues with extended nursing, as well. I just figure they're her issues, and not mine. It helps that we live 1200 miles away from her.

LinzluvsGJ

09-02-2006, 11:15 PM

I'm still nursing my 15 month old :) I did notice a drop in my supply about two weeks go though not overly significant. I noticed it mostly because my daughter had previously dropped a number of day feedings, and added them back in as well as taken to nursing on both sides to where previously she only nursed on one side to be satiated.

Pregnancy so far hasn't made my breasts hurt, but her deciding to bite me while nursing lately has!