Tandem Nursing Mummies Support Group

[heatherwhite]

Hi, wonder if there are any experienced mummies who tandem nursing here? Mind to share your precious experience on how you handle it?

I am currently nursing my 14months LO, she loves my (.)(.) so much that she will request to nurse whenever she feels like. I can tell she is enjoying herself while latch on and seems happy and satisfy after nurse. I do enjoy myself, the closeness and the special bonding time with her. I think both my LO and myself are not ready to wean off from breastfeeding at this point yet.

Although this is a bit unplanned but I felt lucky and blessed to know that I am preggy now again. After overwhelm by the +ve BFP result, I started to feel worry on how can I cope with the new baby. I start to have mixed feeling on whether if I should wean my 14 month toddler now or take the adventure to do tandem nursing challenge.

Hope to find some advice and good support from experience mummies here. What are the things to expects and what to prepare for tandem nursing?

 

[heatherwhite]

BUMP... ;p

Any mummies continue breastfeed their babies throughout their pregnancy?

Or any mummies like me, deciding or hope to continue breastfeeding after got pregnant? My gynea didn't really support my tandem nursing idea tho.

 

[luvagape]

Congrats on your pregnancy! I did bf my then 21mo boy during my 1st trimester. he self weaned when he was 2yo probably due to change of taste. Bf during pregnancy and tandem nursing is definitely a lot more demanding and draining on the mother, especially on the nutrition front. if your gal isn't ready to quit and you can keep up till your #2 is born, i would say why not?

 

[heatherwhite]

Hi Luv mummy,

Haha...finally got someone to response in this thread. So happy!

Ya, I think my girl is not ready to quit at this point yet. I am still nursing her like before. I got a mixed feeling on whether to continue or not. But I will see her clues ba, I also hope she will self wean when my milk change into colostrum.
My girl likes to nurse for comfort too, especially at night. This is the part where I find it hardest to wean off. She can wakes up and seek for comfort latch almost 2 hourly at night, some nights can be worst. Sob...

I told my gynea I may want to continue to breastfeed my girl, but she suggest me to wean her off instead. Maybe her concern and priority is on mother and baby. I hope this pregnancy can be a smooth and healthy one so that I won't be hard force my girl to wean off.

Btw, does your boy request to latch back when he sees you nursing your NB?

 

[luvagape]

I understand your concerns. My elder boy loved to comfort nurse all the time. Maybe that's why i was able to commit to partial bf for 2 years. Night weaning is the hardest of all esp if you cosleep with your gal. Pregnancy will bring about changes to your bm. The supply will drop drastically and there will be some kind of weird taste. Dont be upset if your gal chooses to self wean. If she doesnt, try your utmost to maintain the quality n qty of your bm.

Your gynae's concerns are valid. Your body has alot of people to feed. You, your unborn bb and your gal. My gynae told me the same thing. And appeared relieved when i said my boy self weaned.

No, once he totally weaned back to cow's milk/fm he never even wanted to touch my boobies and gave me the weird look when i asked him whether he wanted to nurse. He still cosleeps most nights with his younger bro (and us occasionally) and we r happy with this arrangement

 

[heatherwhite]

Thanks Luv,

Your words are so encouraging.
In fact, I also hope my girl will self wean herself if she don't like my milk taste later on. I guess it will be much easier for me to handle my new baby later on. But of cos on the other hand, I am also preparing myself to go tandem nurse. Been reading some info on these. Now only praying my body, my baby are doing well so that it can be done.

And yes, I am cosleep with my girl now. Hehe... my bed is getting smaller soon...

 

[faithmummy1706]

i, i would like to ask experienced mummies for advice on tandem nursing. I wish to conceive again when my boy turn one and would like to continue nursing into pregnancy and after delivery.

1) during the first three mths of pregnancy, can we still pump our milk regularly ? Or can we still pump during the whole pregnancy?

2)when will the milk dry up and become colustrum and what is your LO reaction to that?

3) is it possible to nurse till end of pregnancy even if it is only colustrum?

4)i read that baby saliva communicate with our breasts to tell them to produce the milk needed for their growth. So how do breasts react to this info if one newborn and one toddler nurse on the breasts together ? The milk produced can suit the growth needs of children of two different age group ?

5) are the colustrum nutritious enough for the toddler?

6) for mummies who nurses at night via side lying position , how to you sleep or lie down in such a way that both newborn and toddler can nurse together if they wake up at the same timing?

7) if your LO wean himself off breasts, what milk do you give him after that if you do not want to feed formula milk?

Sorry for plenty of questions. Kudos to mummies who tandem nurse, you all are great!!!!