Can a woman breastfeed while pregnant?

Question

im curious! would it effect the either babies?

Answer 1

I think it can be done and I'm also have a nice article related to: How to Breastfeed while Pregnant?

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Answer 2

I'm sure they can. my friend had a baby and another 12 months later and she breastfed them both. So her first baby was 3 months old when she was prego again.

Answer 3

Yes.  I've wondered how it works (how does colustrum and stuff work?), but I've seen it in one of the books I read about weaning.  As pp said, it's called tandem nursing, and I suspect you can find some info online.

Answer 4

YES!!

it doesnt affect either baby, but milk will dry up before anything would ever happen to the babe growing because of it.  the nutritional needs of the growing babe, then the nursling, then the mom are the priorities of the moms body.  you just need extra vitamins :)

Answer 5

Yep you can, it's called tandem nursing.  My son was just over a year and a half when I got prego again.  I noticed he didn't nurse as much cuz of the taste.  But at that point I think he was doin it more for comfort than food, since he was already getting all that he needed out of solids.

as for when the new baby arrives, your body will switch over to making milk for the new one, not for what the older child needs.  More than likely he/she will not like the taste and will wean off.  If not, just make sure your new one is getting breast first, cuz this is where the most important milk is at, and after fed and all full, let the older child nurse.

Answer 6

Yes of course you can. However the taste of a mothers milk can change when she is pregnant so the eldest child could start to prefare not breastfeeding.  

Answer 7

It won't affect either baby. It's called tandem nursing.

I wanted to do it with my girls, but as soon as I got pregnant, baby went off the taste and self weaned. Ah well!