[poiyt]

I intend/intended to do child led weaning with dd. My husband and I discovered I was pregnanct about 7 weeks ago (currently 10wks pregnant) and my milk began drying up, or at least I thought it did. dd would nurse more, get more angry at the boob, and the nursing sessions would be a lot shorter.

My challenge is how do I preserve what is left of my supply the best?

I know when nursing a newborn the key is frequency: the more you nurse often you nurse the more milk you will produce. But when milk is drying up, due to prgnancy, does it dry up in a defined amount (even if that varies from woman to woman each week)?, or if I nurse her more often will I produce a little more, or should I be saving up (for say bedtime when she "needs" the milkd the most) and then have her get it all at bed time?

FWIW, dd is 15months.

TIA

 

[alegna]

It's very individual and there is very little to be done about it

As I recall, more milk two is safe to use while pregnant, it might help a touch.

-Angela

 

[kriket]

I've heard the other mamas say that they switch to colostrum at some point too. I've noticed wetness, I'm 17 wks with my first, so maybe if you can get through the next month or 2 you will start getting the baby milk in! I don't know if saving up for bed time would help. From what I've seen here and read, breasts are very "use them or lose them!"

Good luck, hang in there! I would love to be a able to tandem nurse

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[alegna]

I'd let her nurse as much as you can stand. That's the best way to keep supply up.

-Angela