Just found out that I am expecting again...surprise! Was totally not planned but I just found out Friday night & am warming up to the idea & the shock is wearing off! My head is really spinning with thoughts on how different everything will soon be. I can't shake this guilty feeling towards my baby daughter that she might not get all her needs met or vise versa with the newborn. I was planning on nursing for at least a year but now I think I need to wean at a year so that she won't be jealous. I can't see myself nursing both. I am worried about getting enough nutrients for nursing & baby growing. Does anyone know if fenugreek tea is OK while preggo? And what will happen when I wean while preggo & give birth 4 months later, will I prolly still lactate while preggo?
Any help is soooo appreciated & I am sure I will be asking for more advice! Thanks!
Congratulations to you and goodluck. I love them babies. Fenugreek is safe for breastfeeding and pregnancy. You can nurse while pregnant. I'm on the breast feeding group and a lot of them do it. Don't worry everything will go smooth, i forsee. :)
Mother of two boys-James (9-16-05)& Jacob (9-15-08)Wife to Jim (Their father). I'm a step mom to his daughter Alexsis(7-17-99) I love being a mommy & a wife.
not sure on all the breastfeeding info but i can tell you that it's easy, i got preggo 7 months after having ds. it's easy as long as you keep them on schedule together, let you dd help you with her new sibling, pick out clothes, get a diaper, throw one away, ect, and also make sure you get some one on one time with your dd, also start teaching her, if she isn't already, to play by herself, she doesn't always need someone to play with her. that helped alot for me. it all is ok, until your youngest learns the word "mine", then it's a whole new ball game. but that's a ways down the road :) GL
My son and daughter are 1 year, 1 month, and 11 days apart. I wasn't able to breast feed either of my babies, because my milk took to long to come in with Rylan. And with Kylie she was to small and the Dr. said it was probably best to get her on formula so I could get some weight on her. So I'm no help there. But if you want to talk you can PM me. I've been there, done that. :) You'll do good.
Also I worried about Rylan still being a baby when I was pregnant with Kylie. I felt horrible, like I was taking he baby-ness away from him. But really It's been fine. I still do everything with him that I would have normally and Kylie's still gets to be the baby. They are so close its like having twins.Lol.
Good Luck!
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Congrats! And I was there, I found out I was pregnant with #3 with my baby was 8 and a half months old! Seems like your taking it a lot better than I did! My son weened himself around the same time. But he's soo independent and nosey, it was very hard to nurse him than anyway. Plus he had 8 teeth and used them so I was ok with it. I'm pretty sure that eventually your milk will just changed and your daughter wont want to nurse anymore. I'm not 100% on that though..
The mom who posted this is very knowledgeable and will be able to help you out with your BF questions. I've never BF while PG, so I don't know. Another mom to look up for good info is Gdiamante. You can find her in the Breastfeeding Moms group. There will be plenty of support for you in that group.
As for the kids close together... I got pregnant with Ben when Kendall was 7 months old. I would never have CHOSEN to have them only 15 months apart, but it's working out really well for us so far. We got ourselves into a routine and everything fell into place. Kendall loves her brother, there's no jealousy, so we're lucky.
The first few weeks will be the hardest, but before you know it everything will be running smoothly. If you have any questions or want any support you can always PM me or add me as a friend.
Take a deep breath... you can do it. Good luck!
Congrats on the new baby! Everyone feels guility when they find out. I did both times. I will have 3 children in a few months who are all 2 years apart. Don't feel guility everything always works out and I love having my children close together. You can breastfeed while pregnant = ) I would join a breastfeeding group on here to get the best information.
Thanks Ladies! I feel a lot better after reading your posts. Even though I do have experience with two little ones (my older daughters are 2 1/2 yrs apart) that was also 11 years ago & I was just a youngen myself, 23 when #2 came! I really am excited & do believe everything will work out great but always have that damn voice in the back of my head making me worry. Since my youngest was born I have been so much more relaxed & enjoy it more. I think it is because I am older now & know better than to get hung up on the little things. One thing that is different is that I am the biggest germ-a-phobe now! That can be good but I do take it to extremes at time.
I am going to try to take more advantage of the great advise & insite there is here, thanks to all you wonderful mommys!
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on Mar. 22, 2010 at 1:13 AM