So, Vivian is still nursing for comfort (which can be off and on all day long if she's feeling bad) and before sleeps and I can feel the contractions every time. How is that likely to impact labor? I understand from some of the things I've read that since you're uterus is used to the oxytocin that it doesn't bring on early labor, but can it make labor go faster once it's started?

A friend of mine who gave birth to her baby in August was nursing her 2yr old up until the day of birth and is tandem nursing now, and she went 9 days past her due date. I wonder if it can really bring on early labor at all, or just speed up labor when it is ready to happen.

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rfom everyone i know who has nursed through pregnancy, and the (admittedly few) studies that i've seen/read about, it is more that it speeds up labor once your body is actually ready, not that it causes early labor- assuming the mom isn't at risk for preterm labor for other reasons.

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Fwiw, at 39 w 1 day I got my membranes stripped and used my breast pump and went into labor at midnight. But obviously it's impossible to say which event triggered the labor.

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