should I stop nursing my first child when I get pregnant with my second child?

[rawfoodmommy#1]

Is there any good reasons to stop nursing my 2 1/2 years old son when I get pregnant again?
And if I do wean him off breast milk what should I give him when he falls asleep and wakes up at night and ask for it? He never had a pacifier and I never gave him a bottle. He always liked to drink from my cup. Please, share any info
thank you so much

[rawmom2006]

There is no reason you need to stop nursing if you become pregnant again. Lots of woman tandem nurse.

[Ilse W.]

It's also much harder to get pregnant while nursing. Sort of nature making sure that babies get enough food and moms don't get depleted.

[Crazy Healer Lady]

Yes, actually, you may not even be ovulating right now due to breastfeeding. I do hear about women who nurse while pregnant, but I feel, personally, this depletes the nourishment that would otherwise go to your child to your milk. However, I'm not an expert! I haven't even taken my Doula courses yet! Get a professional's advice. :)

And many blessings for your growing family!!! <3

[HolyGuacamole]

Tandem nursing and nursing through pregnancy are very common and normal.
Go to La Leche League with your breastfeeding questions: http://www.llli.org/
My son is 3.5 and still happily nursing, so you won't be surprised to hear that for my part, I vote you not wean. :)

[coco]

i vote for tandem nursing as well. your body will accomodate your babies and in the grand scheme of things it's for such a brief period of time, why not go for it? that said, you'll know if it's working for you pretty quickly and can go from there. keep an open mind.

i didn't get my period again for 1.5 years after i had my first child but it came within the first three months of having my second so there you go, i could have gotten pregnant again right away with this one.

[Faithe82]

I am currently pregnant with baby#4 and still nursing my 16 month old daughter. I got pregnant in June without even having a period first, I was already 8 weeks before I even figured out that I was pregnant. So I am almost through my first week of 100% Raw and both babies seem to be doing fine.

[KaitAnne]

My sister-in-law is pregnant with her 6th child (possibly 7th too cuz it could be twins) and I'm pretty sure she still nurses her 3 youngest!! And the oldest of the 3 youngest is a kindergartner..so she's living proof that you can definitely produce more than enough milk while pregnant.

[HolyGuacamole]

My sister-in-law is pregnant with her 6th child (possibly 7th too cuz it could be twins) and I'm pretty sure she still nurses her 3 youngest!! And the oldest of the 3 youngest is a kindergartner..so she's living proof that you can definitely produce more than enough milk while pregnant.

That is so, so awesome!

[rawfoodmommy#1]

Thank you ladies for encouraging me not to wean. In the first place to be honest I would have hard time weaning him because he loves nursing and I love nursing him and I know how good mothers milk for my baby. Thank you so much for all the good advice and articles. I think I will continue nursing my son until he decides he wants to stop.
I haven't gone to the doctor but I am pretty sure I am at least 4 or more weeks pregnant.
So my other question is once I do go to the doctor how will they be able to tell me when is my due date if I didn't have a period since probably March and I do not want to do too many ultra sounds as i believe that is not good for the baby?
thank you all for being so helpful to a young mother like me
have a blessed day

[GinaBean]

Thank you ladies for encouraging me not to wean. In the first place to be honest I would have hard time weaning him because he loves nursing and I love nursing him and I know how good mothers milk for my baby. Thank you so much for all the good advice and articles. I think I will continue nursing my son until he decides he wants to stop.
I haven't gone to the doctor but I am pretty sure I am at least 4 or more weeks pregnant.
So my other question is once I do go to the doctor how will they be able to tell me when is my due date if I didn't have a period since probably March and I do not want to do too many ultra sounds as i believe that is not good for the baby?
thank you all for being so helpful to a young mother like me
have a blessed day

If you are early on in the pregnancy, you can have blood drawn to determine how far along you are, no u/s involved:)

[coco]

i know some women feel more comfortable doing it but i just don't go to the doctor at all when i'm pregnant. all their dates and measurements, i find it ridiculous! the baby will come when the baby will come anyhow.

[1bigfamily]

I vote tandem if that is what you want to do. I have tandem nursed my twins and my 10 month old. I just stopped nursing my twins yesterday at 3 years 7 days old. I was ready for it and they are doing okay too. If I wasn't ready to wean then I would have continued nursing them. I have to start looking for work soon and I wanted to make that transition before I do. None of us have ever had any nutrional defecits from it either.

[rawfoodmommy#1]

i know some women feel more comfortable doing it but i just don't go to the doctor at all when i'm pregnant. all their dates and measurements, i find it ridiculous! the baby will come when the baby will come anyhow.

So you say that you don't go to the doctor at all when you are pregnant, then I assume that you do home birth? Do you use midwives and are they okay with you not going to the doctors and not doing all the tests?
I don't want to go to the doctors either but I am not sure if the midwifes will be okay with it.

[coco]

a midwife is a doctor these days. midwifery has been completely co-opted by the medical establishment so far as i can see, there are no real midwives anymore. none.
i birth at home unassisted the way that nature intended. it's not for everyone but i would have it no other way. i can't imagine handing over my birthing experience and power to someone else, that scares me as much as not having some to take control for them scares some other women. but the idea that i wouldn't be able to have things the way i wanted because i'm worried about whether "the midwifes will be okay with it" or not seems so very wrong to me. exactly who is in charge? in that situation it isn't me or the baby and that's dangerous in my opinion. you can't force the river, you have to bend your knees and go with the flow. for me the baby was in charge of everything, it was my job only to get my big brain out of the way and let things happen how they were meant to.
agani, not for everyone but i couldn't imagine another birth.