2006-11-13 15:07:35 · 6 answers · asked by Tracy L 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
there's a book on that subject you might want to read....
"Adventures in Tandem Nursing
Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond"
and here's also some reviews of it.....
"For parents who decide that weaning can wait, a sometimes inevitable result is a new pregnancy while the toddler is still nursing. This new step in the adventure of parenting brings a new set of questions and challenges, and Flower's book provides an invaluable resource."
Norma Jane Bumgarner
author, Mothering Your Nursing Toddler
"Every page of Hilary Flower's book delights me! It's full of helpful information and personal support, both essential to breastfeeding success. And with tandem nursing, you need a double dose of both!"
Peggy O'Mara
editor, Mothering
"It has been a pleasure to have the opportunity to read this authoritative account on breastfeeding during pregnancy. I am delighted to have been asked to comment specifically on the risks of miscarriage for a breastfeeding woman. Hilary Flower has provided a detailed explanation that is easily accessible to the lay person, as to why the normal pregnant uterus only responds weakly to the action of oxytocin hormone until the very end of pregnancy. Undoubtedly, this is one of nature's own safety checks to prevent miscarriage and preterm labour in women continuing to breastfeed regularly during their next pregnancy. I feel sure that this book will provide women with confidence and reassurance to believe that 'breast is best' for their baby."
Lesley Regan, PhD, MD
Head of the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic at St. Mary's Hospital in London, the largest miscarriage referral unit in Europe, and author of Miscarriage: What every woman should know
"Adventures in Tandem Nursing is a rare gem...a book that reassures, informs, and entertains simultaneously. We in the lactation community have been waiting for this book for a very long time."
Diana West, IBCLC
author, Defining Your Own Success:
Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery
"Congratulations on a very impressive and comprehensive production. Everything about it is top class. Mothers who want to tandem feed now have a wonderful resource."
Cathy Fetherston, IBCLC
Lactation researcher (MSc) for the interdisciplinary Human Lactation Research Group at the University of Western Australia
"Finally! This book is a fun-to-read combination of mother wisdom and hard scientific evidence on nursing during pregnancy and tandem nursing. It's wonderful to have a resource available that both supports and informs nursing mothers, while providing the research-based information on safety issues that they need. Mothers, lactation professionals and health care professionals will find this to be a valuable addition to their bookshelf."
Kelly Bonyata
kellymom.com
"If breastfeeding a toddler is still a cultural curiosity, then tandem nursing is truly unusual. As author Hilary Flower has found, it's mostly a hidden phenomenon: plenty of mothers do it, but primarily at La Leche League meetings and in the privacy of their own homes. Perhaps Adventures in Tandem Nursing - the first major book on the topic - can help bring this parenting practice out of the closet. The book marvelously fills a void both for longtime tandem-nursing women looking for a little moral support, and for those expectant mothers wondering if they'll be able to pull it off, or even successfully nurse while pregnant..." Read the entire review...
Erica Jorgensen
New Beginnings
Vol. 20 No. 6, November-December 2003
"Adventures In Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy And Beyond by Hilary Flower is a comprehensive, definitive, 'reader friendly' instructional resource offering everything expectant mothers need to know about breastfeeding, including its pros and cons, dealing with discomforts, dealing with disapproval, adopting a second nursling, proper nutrition while breastfeeding, illustrative mothers' stories, and more. A solid, exhaustive, balanced, and readily accessible resource, Adventures In Tandem Nursing is very highly recommended reading -- especially to new and soon-to-be parents considering breastfeeding, as well as those who are presently breastfeeding older infants and toddlers."
Midwest Book Review
Internet Bookwatch Volume 13, Number 9
Good luck....
Me.
2006-11-13 15:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by Myself 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to have a miscarriage if you are breastfeeding, but it's only just as likely as if you aren't breastfeeding. Breastfeeding does not cause miscarriage. I nursed through a pregnancy up until five months when my daughter weaned herself. It's fine. It's great to have a way to take care of an older child lying down in the first trimester when you are so tired. Just try to eat well and all three of you will be fine.
2006-11-13 15:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by AerynneC 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have a history of miscarriage, then you carry a greater risk of miscarriage if you are breastfeeding. It is actually true, but not under normal circumstances. The reason that it is true is because when the baby is nursing, even with older babies (even toddlers) the act of nursing causes the uterus to contract. you may no longer feel it, but your uterus is still contracting as long as you are nursing. However, as long as you are not at an elevated risk of a miscarriage, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. If you stil have concerns, talk to you OB as well as the pediatrician.
Good luck and congratulations.
2006-11-13 20:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by Redneck-n-happy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breastfeeding can continue in most situations. If there are complications, bleeding, or signs of preterm labor, weaning may need to occur, but not in every case.
I nursed through my entire second pregnancy. I actually was hoping it would stimulate labor but I was actually pregnant longer the second time around than I was with my first babe. So much for nipple stimulation triggering labor!
2006-11-13 19:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by I ♥ EC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, not true. breastfeeding does NOT cause miscarraige.. where did you hear that? you do NOT need to wean to try to conceive or even when you become pregnant again.
2006-11-13 15:11:17 · answer #5 · answered by Mina222 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no thats not true. i was two months pregnant with my son and nursing my daughter.
2006-11-13 16:53:34 · answer #6 · answered by ang. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋