I conceived when my son was 7 months. We kept nursing for a couple months, but my former over supply dwindled quickly and reverted back to colostrum for the new baby. He wasn't crazy about it and started weaning so I switched to our frozen stash. The hormones from the placenta make this happen for some women. :-(
@ourlittlenugget I don't have a stash Should I build one now? How long did it take for yours to turn to colostrum?
Sorry for so many ?'s your the first to answer my ?'s. I know there are several people on here who have been prego and breastfeeding. Thank you so much!
It's OK! :-) If you're already 12 weeks and still nursing you might be OK. By 8 weeks mine was colostrum again. I tasted it and it was salty rather than the sweet breastmilk. When I pumped only a little came out and it was a little more yellow than white, so I knew what it was. My baby preferred sweet, so I switched to the stash because we had so much. If your baby doesn't mind it, there's no reason you can't continue. You can try supplementing with a little vanilla almond milk if she seems hungry. Mine gets almond milk right now, but I plan to pump for him after the baby is born. (I'm keeping a few 100 ounces of breastmilk in case my milk doesn't come in for some reason. I want to make sure I can start baby girl off with mama's milk. Paranoid, over-prepared mama here...;-) )
Oh wow I wish I would have kept a stash when I had extra milk. She wouldn't eat it out of anything but me so I figured why bother. Now she drinks out of a sippy cup
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Sorry for so many ?'s your the first to answer my ?'s. I know there are several people on here who have been prego and breastfeeding.
Thank you so much!