Formula After Breastfeeding

Hi L.,

I have had great results with Good Start Supreme, Natural Cultures with DHA & ARA. It's their new formula with the lime green label. My 7 week old son gets one 4 oz formula bottle at night and breast milk the rest of the time. He has no problem going back and forth. My children also have "digestive issues and acid reflux" so it's very hard to find formula they can tolorate. Good Start is also the only formula that uses 100% Whey, which is a protein needed for babies.

Hope this helps and congratulations in your pregnancy!

M.

Editing to add that many galactagogue herbs (fenugreek and blessed thistle in particular) are contraindicated during pregnancy!
Hi L.,

The concern is not so much for the developing fetus as that your body will mostly likely greatly reduce or end its production of milk sometime during your second trimester. You might find it necessary to suppliment your older child as he will likely need more milk than you will produce throughout the pregnancy.

Here's more information on breastfeeding through pregnancy and tandem nursing (which is nursing two children of different ages).

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/tandem/index.html
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBpregnancy.html
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBtandem.html

You might also find it helpful to speak with other mothers who have been there, done that if you choose to continue breastfeeding. One place to find breastfeeding mothers is at La Leche League meetings: http://www.geocities.com/freyjamay/LLLofFC.html

I don't want to advise to ignore your doctor, b/c I don't know the details of your specific situation (and, I'm not a doctor), but I just wanted to let you know that it is possible to breastfeed while still pregnant. Kellymom.com and LLL have great information and resources online about nursing during pregnancy and tandem nursing.

http://kellymom.com/bf/tandem/index.html
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBpregnancy.html

So, you may be able to continue breastfeeding your 7 mo, at least until the baby is 1. Those websites also have excellent weaning advice, if you decide to do that.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do, and congratulations on the pregnancy!

Try 3/4 breast milk and 1/4 formula for a few days then 1/2 and 1/2 then 3/4 formula and 1/4 breast for a while until he is totally on formula. Good luck. You can also check with a lactation consultant and your DR. for more specifics.

hi,
I don't know anything about formula ,so i don't know if this will help but just taught i 'll share my story.I got pregnant with my son while still breastfeeding my daughter 4 to 6 time a day (she was older though 14 months). I breastfeed that much all the way through pregnancy and tandem nurse them for a year after. So i just wanted to let you know that it is possible to breastfeed through pregnancy (the first 3 months were the harder for me as my nipples were sore by the pregnancy and my daughter was suckling on them.) Some women will lost their milk supply and can't do it.Some babies also decide to wean while mom is pregnant as the breastmilk taste change during pregnancy.This usually happen in the second trimester.So you could try if you want to nurse him/her until 11 12 months when your baby will be old enough for milk.I have friends that have done this with a younger baby like yours (8months old when mom got pregnant).I also have a friend that got pregnant when her baby was two months old .She did breastfeed him for 3 months but then the baby appetite grew while her milk supply decrease and the baby was hungry so she of course swicht to formula. If you want to give this a shot , i will talk with lactation consultant go to lll breastfeeeding suppport group ,read book about it...lll as a book about tandem nursing.
sincerely N.

For me personally, I use Similac Advanced brand which my daughter transistioned to the easiest after my milk supply dwindled (even with Fenugreek!) I was mixing 1 oz of milk with 1 oz of formula, which seemed to help nicely (she was only 1 and a half months at the time). Whereas your baby is older, maybe try the age old one bottle formula, one bottle breast and gradually faze out the formula. Hope this helps?

Hi, I just wanted to add that I've had 4 children, the first three are 18 months apart, and all nursed for at least a year to two years with no adverse effects during pregnancy or after. All babies born perfectly healthy and happy.
Our bodies are pretty amazing, just be sure to keep eating a LOT, get plenty of water and a good nutritional supplement, (I took glyconutrients)
COngratulations!

I breastfed my son until I was four months pregnant and he naturally weaned at that time. I had heard that the taste of the milk changes at about this time and it is funny that is when he weaned. I did a lot of research on this and I felt that it was safe to continue breastfeeding for the first few months of my pregnancy. I hate to contradict your doctor's opinion, but I definitely would not wean cold turkey. If you feel like you still really want to wean right now, I would pump and add the breastmilk to formula for the first two weeks and then gradually reduce the amount of breastmilk you add to his bottle or cup. I wish you the best of luck with the weaning process and Congratulations on your pregnancy.

this i what i was told and it really helped...mix the formula and breastmilk together...mix ounce for ounce...this also works for switching formulas or going to milk...