Right. So. Been bf almost exclusively for 8months. Besides mastitis drama and one breast being an idiot afterwards things are going well. Well, I say almost exclusively because I did spend two weeks not breastfeeding about three/four months ago due to various work commitments (fooking long story so let's just skip over it); expressed about 50ml a day but mostly formula fed. My supply came back in with the help of magic pills after job was finished so took DC off the bottle and back on boob again. All dandy.
I did however expect that my periods would come back as a result of that break in mammary transmission but they didn't! And they still haven't. 
I understood it to be quite normal for that to happen if you stop bf for any reason????? Right?? 
So.
I haven't had any serious pg symptoms as such but was feeling quite tired for a couple of weeks a while back and have gained a tiny bit of weight. Never had much symptoms with other DC either (super easy and am thankful for it!) although of course I was expecting it and paying attention to small things. Everything symptomlike so far I've just clocked up to general bfing side-effects or sleep-depravation or rubbish eating patterns.
POAS and it was negative and asked for a blood test at the GP surgery which was also negative. But I can't get this bloody nagging feeling out of my head because of that big gap in bfing?!?! Still no sign of AF. My boob supply has dropped a bit in volume. And I swear my tummy feels a bit different when I poke at it (although it could of course just be from the previous pg I'm sure.)
But I've been drinking and taking ibuprofen and aspirin and all sorts of things which I probably shouldn't be doing if I were up the duff. And if I am pg I should probably get with the programme, right? Good and rather wise friend thinks I should ask for a scan and says blood test can definitely be wrong if pg is too far along already? What is too far?
Do you think I'm just imagining it now or is she right about the whole blood test thing and I should insist on an ultrasound or something? I don't want to look like a fecking idiot or some mad woman imagining stuff by asking for something which is obviously not necessary???? 
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Is it all in my head or should I ask for a scan?
MustHaveMoreTea · 29/10/2014 07:17
As PP said, the blood test is pretty conclusive.
I wouldn't pin too much on the two week break in BF.
My periods didn't restart until 6 months after I stopped breast-feeding, that was fun, as we had wanted to have another child pretty quickly. 
Arrr Norway murphy's law. :)
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eaghoul That is probably the most helpful comment I've got. Thanks so very much. That is good to know and I shall keep an eye out (and resupply the bathroom cabinet with tampons just in case.)
I've been bf'ing for 9 months, and am in a similar situation to you - I keep feeling like I've ovulated, and then have symptoms similar to being pregnant, but no period yet. I've resorted to POAS a few times, although tbh don't really feel pg so I knew they'd be -ve. I suspect it's like Eaghoul said, and it's just our bodies gearing up to get back to normal again.
I can't remember what happened after ds, but I don't think I knew my body as well back then but I think my period had returned by now. We were away last weekend, and I was so sure that I'd OV'd on a certain date that I was convinced AF was going to start on Sunday, but it still hasn't
Oh well, time will tell I suppose
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