blergh

[delirious]

omg i am so tired. morning sickness has started. it starts with violent nausea at about2 in the morning then continues until about 4 in the afternoon

but anyway. does anyone have any tips on still breastfeeding while you are pregnant?everyone keeps telling me to stop but although it hurts like hell atm i dont want to stop yet

[2thorns1rose]

Hello Andraya,

Congratulations BTW!!! I can sympathise on the morning sickness part of it all, sucks totally doesn't it? We have to take the ggood with the bad though unfortunately

I can't offer much advice on the breastfeeding front as I was told to stop and refused until my milk fully dried up I know of many other women who have successfully breastfed right through preganncy without a problem though..... hopefully you're one of the lucky ones who keeps their milk!

Here's to a smooth sailing pregnancy and a short lived bout of m/s!
Huggles,
Kirsty

[Bek]

tips on breastfeeding - just do it
i found my milk supply dropped very rapidly (which was interesting, cos i usually have oversupply!)
the sore nipples come and go throughout the pregnancy for most people. i found limiting the length of feeds helped, as well as being very pedantic with positioning and attachment (" 'big mouth' so it doesn't hurt mummy")
i also found if i was hungry when i fed it made the nausea worse, so keeping some crackers handy for a quick snack while feeding helped.
you'll probably find that the breastfeeding becomes more for comfort than for the milk (cos of the supply drop) but that's ok, you may just need to give extra water as well as the breastfeeds
hth

[johT]

hugs andraya - hope the ms passes quickly.

sorry i have no tips as i haven't been it that situation - but i just wanted to commend you for wanting to continue and asking for tips/support. maybe you could have a chat with the aba?

ABA would have a booklet on bf through pregnancy (and beyond!) too that might have some good info for you Andraya.

[Linds]

You can visit ABA at www.breastfeeding.asn.au there is loads of info on there and lots of support too (including forums). You could also ring a breastfeeding counsellor (details on the site). They are always very helpful. Lots of people continue to feed through a pregnancy and beyond.

Sorry to hear you are suffering ms! How do you cope with 2 other LOs???!! You must be superwoman!

[delirious]

superwoman??? ha! my house is a mess and more poor dds must be thinking mummy has been replaced by a monster

[staress]

Ohh no advice on the BFing as only have the one bub atm but ((HUGS)) about the MS. I had all day sickness with Alex from 8 weeks till i had him Hope yours doesn't last that long....i also found that if i was hungry i felt really sick so always took snacks with me wherever i went.

Good luck with the BFing

ETA - Just realised that in the pic of your girls they are playing a keyboard...Alex has one and he loves it...he uses it as a walker atm. Very cute!

[Maddy]

THe ABA site is the way to go, they even have email counselling Also Bronnie maybe busy with her new bub but you could try PMing her as she has had personal experience in this area

((((hugs)))) I hope you are feeling better soon!

[mum2henry]

I hope bfing whilst pregnant works for you. Henry rejected me when I was about 10-12 weeks, but I noticed straight away that supply had dropped.

Hope it all goes well for you