Breastfeeding while pregnant

I fed the whole way through my third pregnancy with no issues. I’d kind of been hoping it would convince my second to stop lol but no luck there.

I breastfeed my 2 year old the whole pregnancy was actually easy to transition for both my kids with boobs boundaries , it was hard but definitely worth it

@Kate might make them stop when it’s not “milk” and it’s colostrum. My first stopped 4 days after having my second cause milk was yucky

@Mairead he’s stopped now that was two years ago but damn he was very determined to continue the whole time lol

Firstly huge congrats!! I fed my 2.5 year old through my whole pregnancy and also had a fair bit of tenderness and discomfort through the first trimester and it eased off more towards the middle to end of my second trimester. The milk changed around that time too so my toddler didn't feed as much for a while (still daily but for only short feeds). I talked to him alot about the baby needing boobies when he arrived and that he'll be such a good big brother for sharing, and once baby came I set boundaries to just boob for bedtime (with plenty of warning) and it's been totally fine. He still has boob for bed and they will often share at the same time even and I think it's absolutely beautiful for them to be able to do that. My youngest is now 5 months old and I'm just starting to think about getting the oldest off the boob completely. I think as long as you set boundaries in advance it'll be fine. Good job mama bear and best of luck with the pregnancy and birth🥰

Congrats mumma! I am also 11 weeks pregnant and breastfeeding and 11 month old. Tender nipples yes, but I do believe it will ease up. There's no way my bub will stop drinking anytime soon so I'm just going with it until he weans himself.

I bf my first until he was 4m and then fell pregnant, but I had HG and got COVID so my supply tanked. However I was still feeding my 16m at 6m pregnant but I had to stop for my own sake - I just couldn’t do it, the sensitivity, he was biting, only one side was actually producing milk, and he was waking multiple times through the night for it. I too was really worried I wouldn’t enjoy bf after that but my LG is 8wks today and I’m enjoying every minute of it (oh minus the mastitis! lol) It’s okay to stop, it’s okay to continue. You do what’s right for you. But just make sure you’re getting plenty of nutrition and hydration - you’re providing for 3.

Congratulations! I’m 20 weeks pregnant and still breastfeeding my 14 month old. I’m having the same struggle, it’s become quite painful and I’m not enjoying it anymore but he’s nowhere near ready to stop I’m trying to limit him to 1-2 feeds a day and then whatever he wants at night but so far that just means tantrums all day and feeding every hour overnight I’m just hopeful he’ll stop on his own once the milk changes and that I’ll enjoy breastfeeding the new baby once I stop being pregnant

Thank you so much everyone for sharing your stories!! It gives me hope 💕 just got to ride this wave like all the other ones in motherhood!

I had breast feeding aversion bad during my pregnancy, unfortunately I decided I had to stop for my own comfort and mood after trying to stick it out. My toddler was just comfort feeding at this point- so we once I decided to stop we spent about a week gently weaning.