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Continuing to Nurse

So I am hoping that before Brennan turns two or so, we can provide a little brother or sister for him. And as I discuss this, many people often ask me the same thing - are you going to keep nursing Brennan if you get pregnant? And I always reply - of course! Why wouldn't I?

Here is an interesting article about breastfeeding and pregnancy from the La Leche League website: http://www.llli.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVMayJun95p35.html

Here are some excerpts:
"as most women report a reduction of milk supply during pregnancy while nursing an older baby. While noting that some mothers find it necessary to consume extra calories while breastfeeding during pregnancy, THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK reminds us that a well-nourished mother should have no difficulty providing for both the unborn baby and the nursing child if he is more than a year old. If the nursling is younger, the mother will need to watch his weight gain and provide additional solid foods as needed if her milk is not sufficient."

Also - I anticipate that depending on if and when Brennan wants to wean, I may be a tandem nursing mother - in other words, nursing two at once! Granted, a newborns nutritional needs are much greater than that of a toddlers, but I am confident that my body will respond as necessary.
Here are a bunch of articles about tandem nursing - nursing both a newborn and a toddler:
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBtandem.html

Needless to say, who knew I would nurse this long - I don't see myself stopping anytime soon and I guess when I get pregnant, we'll just see what happens!