Ok, so I am very new here but I recently started TTC but am also still nursing my one yr old. I came across 3 seperate articles that had womens posts, and almost EVERY women on there had stated that they had miscarried while breastfeeding... and all had very similar syptoms. Welllll I had plans to nurse through pregnancy but am scared to death to do so. IDK if I should wean or what... would definetly love to hear what u guys have to say on the matter thank u
I think there are so many factors! Did they get pregnant before having three normal cycles or before AF returned, etc. I just m/c a few weeks ago while BF my 9 month old, but I have also had two other m/cs before having DD. I don't think my uterine lining was thick enough to maintain a pregnancy because of the hormones involved with BF which was preventing my getting AF. We are already TTC before having a cycle after my M/C and I know it's a risk for having another one. I also refuse to wean DD :)
Unless you are having preterm labor/at risk for early labor, I wouldn't be that concerned. I have nursed during 4 pregnancies now. I nursed entirely through one of them and am currently hoping to nurse through this one (I am 6 months pregnant). As I got farther along, I did notice contractions when I nursed, but they always stopped when I was done nursing. (same type of contractions you might get during sex - they don't really do anything)
I guessmy biggest concern is, after my 3 yr old was born, we had a miscarriage just before concieving my 1 yr old and it was extremely hard on my husband and I, and I dont know if I could go through that.... so I dont know if I should wean before hand to avoid a miscarriage. I had my IUD removed just over a month ago, but have had normal periods for about 3 months now... Im just so scared. Maybe Ill keep nursing unless I got a positive , and then try weaning... ugh IDK!
Quoting PoodleMum:I think there are so many factors! Did they get pregnant before having three normal cycles or before AF returned, etc. I just m/c a few weeks ago while BF my 9 month old, but I have also had two other m/cs before having DD. I don't think my uterine lining was thick enough to maintain a pregnancy because of the hormones involved with BF which was preventing my getting AF. We are already TTC before having a cycle after my M/C and I know it's a risk for having another one. I also refuse to wean DD :)
I know it's so hard not to worry. All the experts I've talked to on this subject have agreed that nursing won't cause a m/c and if you can have sex, then you can nurse. If you're going to m/c, it's going to happen no matter what :( If you're religious maybe pray and see what feels right, I know that has helped me tremendously. (((HUGS))) and Good luck! You'll know when you're ready, on both the weaning and trying for another
Quoting momma_alie20:
I guessmy biggest concern is, after my 3 yr old was born, we had a miscarriage just before concieving my 1 yr old and it was extremely hard on my husband and I, and I dont know if I could go through that.... so I dont know if I should wean before hand to avoid a miscarriage. I had my IUD removed just over a month ago, but have had normal periods for about 3 months now... Im just so scared. Maybe Ill keep nursing unless I got a positive , and then try weaning... ugh IDK!
Quoting PoodleMum:
I think there are so many factors! Did they get pregnant before having three normal cycles or before AF returned, etc. I just m/c a few weeks ago while BF my 9 month old, but I have also had two other m/cs before having DD. I don't think my uterine lining was thick enough to maintain a pregnancy because of the hormones involved with BF which was preventing my getting AF. We are already TTC before having a cycle after my M/C and I know it's a risk for having another one. I also refuse to wean DD :)
I got pregnant with my second when my first was 9.5 months old. I had never had a period, I had just introduced solids (we delay solids to at least 9 months). I nursed my entire pregnancy and tandem nurse(d?). My oldest is now 3 years old and nursed every once in a while, maybe 1-5 times a month now and my youngest is 18 months and nurses every 3 hrs with an 8 hour break at night. They are 19 months apart to the day. I never had preterm labor or lost my milk.
I have had miscarriages (due to fertility issues that were pre-existing), nursed through pregnancy AND had two kids wean during pregnancy (the same one--my 4.5 and 2.5 year olds both weaned during my last pregnancy--on their own). I had a friend say to me once, "If a pregnancy isn't strong enough to survive nursing, something else would have likely ended it anyway."
I decided to not change nursing at all when ttc. I figured if I could get pregnant nursing, then my body could handle it. I had other friends who were adjusting nursing, giving baby a bottle, etc so they'd have a better chance of conceiving.
I nursed DD as much as she wanted all through the pregnancy (which was 2-3 hours/day. seriously) and had DS at 40.5 weeks.
well on an update, I have concieved twice in the last 6 months and miscarried both aaround 5 weeks. My doc suggested that if I wanted to get pregnant that I should stop nursing. idk, we have stopped ttc for now
Quoting momma_alie20:well on an update, I have concieved twice in the last 6 months and miscarried both aaround 5 weeks. My doc suggested that if I wanted to get pregnant that I should stop nursing. idk, we have stopped ttc for now
Weaning
- momma_alie20
on Oct. 17, 2011 at 10:12 PM