Breastfeeding during pregnancy

Is breastfeeding possible during pregnancy? Is it safe? It is the question that many women ask themselves. The answer is that it is totally safe to continue breastfeeding your child when you become pregnant again. Scientific studies show that women who continue to breastfeed with a new pregnancy hav

Is breastfeeding possible during pregnancy?Is it safe? It is the question that many women ask themselves. The answer is that it is totally safe to continue breastfeeding your child when you become pregnant again.

Scientific studies show that women who continue to breastfeed with a new pregnancy have no more risk of miscarriage or premature delivery. Neither will the new baby have a lower than average weight.

How is breastfeeding during pregnancy

- If you practice breastfeeding during pregnancy, at first you will notice especially your most sensitive nipples, which can make breastfeeding no longer pleasant. Many women shorten the duration of the shots or the frequency of them by this fact.

- Towards the 3rd-4th month of pregnancy there is a decrease in the amount of breast milk, which causes many children to wean. In fact 60% of children spontaneously wean during their mother's pregnancy.

- If your child is older than 6 months you will notice that he will start eating more complementary food due to the decrease in your milk. If you have a baby less than 6 months old, you will need to assess the doses with your midwife and pediatrician, to ensure that you do not receive less milk than you need.

- Milk may change taste towards the end of pregnancy, which causes rejection in some children. You will also notice a change in the stool of your older child, which will be more yellow and liquid, like a baby's.

Is it dangerous to breastfeed if I am pregnant?

There is no added risk of breastfeeding while you are pregnant: neither for you, nor for your older child, nor for the new baby you are developing.

Some women who breastfeed their children during pregnancy experience small contractions during the time that the child is sucking the breast (because it is the same hormone, oxytocin, which causes contractions to occur and which causes the breast milk). However, these contractions disappear when the child stops sucking, and they are not related to abortions or premature births, that is, they do not trigger birth.

The only contraindication is established in women who present threatened abortion or threatened premature delivery. In these cases you should consult your gynecologist and your midwife about the possible need to stop breastfeeding, at least temporarily. For all other women, the decision to breast-feed while you are pregnant is entirely personal, and does not cause any harm.