Breastfeeding Mothers' Lives While Pregnant?

Medical Video: Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding babies until 6 months old babies exclusively is recommended for all mothers. However, sometimes in this period of time, suddenly the mother becomes pregnant again. Pregnancy when a mother is still breastfeeding can occur because it is planned or indeed not planned. This might make you confused. Can you continue breastfeeding the baby during pregnancy or even stop? Is breastfeeding safe when pregnant?

What if I am pregnant again while breastfeeding?

Some mothers may have experienced pregnancy again while still breastfeeding. This might cause questions, should the mother continue to breastfeed her or have to stop her? Sometimes, the mother is afraid that her milk production cannot meet her baby's needs while she is pregnant.

However, there is really no reason for you not to continue breastfeeding when you are pregnant. However, your baby still needs milk, especially if your baby is under 6 months old. Breast milk is the best food at the moment, nothing can replace the goodness of breast milk in infants under the age of 6 months. In fact, when a new baby is born from this pregnancy, the mother can still breastfeed for her two babies (older babies and newborns).

Don't worry your body doesn't produce enough milk as needed by the baby. If you continue to breastfeed your baby while you are pregnant at the baby's request, your body will continue to produce enough milk according to the baby's request. Relax, your body really knows what to do, how much milk you have to produce.

All you need to do is eat lots of balanced nutritious food and drink lots of water. So, the nutritional needs for yourself, your pregnancy, and the production of breast milk in the body remain well fulfilled.

Is it safe to breastfeed while pregnant?

Sometimes, breastfeeding during pregnancy can indeed cause some effects. One of them might trigger premature labor. How can? The nipple stimulation that you receive when breastfeeding your baby can trigger the production of the hormone oxytocin in the body. Where, this hormone oxytocin can help produce contractions during labor, so that it can trigger premature labor.

However, you need to know that the amount of the hormone oxytocin released when you breastfeed your baby does not meet the amount sufficient to stimulate labor. So, you don't need to worry about premature delivery while you are breastfeeding.

When you breastfeed your baby during pregnancy, you may experience mild contractions and this is normal. This mild contraction will not harm your fetus in the womb, nor will it cause a miscarriage. The presence of contractions is a result of the release of the hormone oxytocin when you are breastfeeding.

Conditions that make you have to stop breastfeeding while pregnant

However, there are a number of reasons that can make you have to wean (feed) your baby early (making breast milk is not the baby's main food anymore), namely:

You have a high-risk pregnancy or are at risk of premature labor
You have a twin pregnancy
When you are advised by your doctor not to have sex during pregnancy, including playing breasts during pregnancy
You experience bleeding or uterine pain

If you experience this condition, you should consult with your doctor whether you should stop breastfeeding or not, for the sake of you, your baby, and the fetus in your womb.

What should be considered if breastfeeding while pregnant?

Some things may be different and you should pay attention when you are breastfeeding during pregnancy, such as:

Your nipples and breasts feel more sensitive during pregnancy. This can occur because of hormonal changes in your body during pregnancy. These sensitive nipples and breasts can make you feel sick and uncomfortable while breastfeeding.
Breast milk production may be slightly reduced and the taste of breast milk may be different. This is because at about four or five months of gestation, breast milk will turn to colostrum again for your baby who is still in the womb. Your older baby may be able to feel the difference in the taste of this milk. This might make older babies reluctant to suckle again and want to eat other foods other than breast milk, or babies continue to suckle. The most important thing and you should pay attention to older babies (especially if the baby is less than one year old) is that he continues to gain weight.

Breastfeeding Mothers' Lives While Pregnant?

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