Hello , I believe that this case might be a bit different than most of our
group is used to.
I have had a lot of miscarriages due to the progesterone deficiency and had
to take progesterone for 3 out of my 6 kids. I have also taken progesterone
for 1 pregnancy , that did not survive. The main concern in this case is
that the mother's body due to some event or hormonal imbalance  is not able
to nourish a growing baby . Nursing interferes with the absorption of
progesterone. So unless progesterone is given the baby literally starves to
death. It is a very hard choice . But nursing is interferes in this case and
should be at least suspended until the placenta is able to kick in .There is
no reason why she can not resume nursing after she is over 14 weeks mark. It
has also been my experience that the progesterone , if it is working will
dry up the milk anyway.
Henya Kazatchkov
Brooklyn NY

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Jessica <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Kim,
>   I've personally nursed through pregnancy and tandem nursed, so I've done
> ample research on this topic.
>
>   The possible risk of nursing during pregnancy is that the oxytocin
> release caused by nipple stimulation might cause contractions (as it does
> in
> the minutes and weeks following birth). However, orgasm causes at least as
> strong an oxytocin release as nursing, usually less after months of nursing
> (since the oxytocin release is typically far less after the first three
> months).
>
>  So, the rule of thumb with nursing through pregnancy is generally that if
> a mother is at high enough risk of premature labor as to be put on pelvic
> rest then weaning may be advisable. However, if mom is not on pelvic rest,
> she can be assured that nursing should be no more risky than sex, as far as
> causing contractions.
>
> As for early miscarriage, evidence shows that virtually no activity
> increases or decreases the chances of the all-too-common early miscarriage.
> This is very hard for a mother who desperately wants to prevent a repeat
> early miscarriage. Unfortunately, that's mostly out of her hands. Premature
> labor, however, can be affected by nursing; wherein the pelvic rest rule of
> thumb applies.
>
>  Also, the milk supply does not usually decrease until sometime in the
> second trimester, at which point her baby may be getting more nutrition
> from
> solids than most 8 month olds are. I agree that Adventures in Tandem
> nursing
> is a great resource.
>
> Jessica
>
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:14 -0500, Kim Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >I have just had an urgent call from a mom of an 8 month old who has just
> >found out she is pregnant again. This mom has had 2 prior miscarriages and
> >took 4 years to get pregnant. During the last pregnancy she needed to take
> >Progesterone 100 mg daily for the first 3 months  to support her continued
> >pregnancy.
> >Her  doctor has advised that she must wean immediately because
> >breastfeeding may cause problems with this pregnancy. Her baby breastfeeds
> >4 times per day. She does not want to wean but also does not want to
> >jeapordize this pregnancy. I have never dealt with this before and told
> her I
> >would ask a few thousand experts their opinions.
> >She is very anxious and I would like to get back to her as quickly as
> possible.
> >Thanks so much in advance.
> >Kim Scott RNBN IBCLC
> >NB Canada
> >
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