TTC and still breastfeeding? You're not alone! Thread# 2

Oh yes, spek these discussions can be quite graphic. There are even links to website pictures of ewcm on the march bus. Apparently. ...

Joking aside though I have found that observing changes in cm (cervical mucus) really useful.

First response claim to detect a pregnancy up to 6 days before a missed period (or five days before your period is due). Although the accuracy so early on would be much lower than the 99% they claim on the box. There's a good article on fertilty friend that discusses the pros and cons of testing early.

There's a lot of praise for Superdrug's early hpt here on mumsnet.

Ha spek I was just thinking what's wccm when I saw your next post x

Thanks Mary for doing that. I just clicked on it & couldn't open it but that is probably just because I'm on the app not the proper site.

Duchess that's exactly the same as us - jumping in with no clue even of how long my cycle will be! Oh well, worth a try. I'm cd10 today & we are just dtd every other day or thereabouts. I'm using pre-seed as well so hopefully that will help..?

ewcm I meant.

CD = cycle day. CD1 being 1st day of period.

I tried to do the list in a logical order, rather than alphabetical, so CD is near(ish) the top.

Thanks found the list. WCCM Really? You guys go into detail. Is first response a better pregnancy test than others?

Ahhh I see. And CD? Need a mumsnet dictionary here
Do you all check your cycle etc? With DD we just used to DTD (do the deed=sex I hope) every day but that's impossible now. I thought it would just happen naturally at some point. Really jealous of those who get pregnant on contraception! And I really wanted to know so that I coukd save all my annual leave to take before mat leave

I've put A list of the acronyms. I can't type...

Afternoon everyone

I hope nobody minds, but I've put of list of the acronyms that are most relevant to this thread. It's attached to <a class="break-all" href="//thewww.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2321992-TTC-and-breastfeeding-group-stats?msgid=52940301#52940301" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stats list that pear created.

If anyone can think of any others then please feel free to add to it. It would be a shame if there were other people that might like to join in, but were put off by our jargon

Hope everyone's having a good day

CD11 here. Must get around to dtd at some point...

Morning everyone. Sorry to those who had bad nights. My DD was up a lot in the night but then slept in til 10.30 which is unheard of, so at least I got to sleep in a bit! Has thrown my day off a bit though as we have rhyme time today and I am going to struggle to get her to eat lunch so soon after her late breakfast before we leave.

Mumof1 - this is my first cycle too and so I'm not expecting a BFP this time round. I don't know when I'll be ovulating, so DTD marathon starts tonight on Cd8. Wish I could feel confident but really don't feel like I have a clear picture of my cycle at all. It was much easier when TTC DD as I monitored my cycle for a few months before we started trying, whereas now we're jumping straight into it!

Oops too slow!

Haha bless you Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test!)

Big fat positive (pregnancy test). Although the breastfeeding and pregnant is pretty decent a meaning too. :)

What does bfp mean? Can't make it out.

Sorry about the bad nights Ava & aurora. Dd goes to bed about 7 & we get her up at 7 but 99% of the time she will wake for at least 1 feed, usually more. Zzzzz!

I'm not feeling overly optimist this month as I'm only on cycle 1 & don't yet know how regular af will be or even if I'm ovulating. If we have no luck this month I might try ov sticks next month. How's everyone else feeling? When are you testing Ava?

Thanks Aurora, it's comforting to know it's not just us x

Just had a quick nosy at the stats to see who's first to expect bfp this month and...it's me! I'm not overly optimistic this month though... If Sod's law has anything to do with it I'll get mine over the next 2 months and miss christmas with DD... still! beggars can't be choosers, eh...

How is everyone else feeling about this month/cycle?x

ava we sleep rubbish too. More often than not. :( last night down at 8pm up at 9.30 up again at 12 up again at 3.15 up again at 5 and by golly no more sleep after that because obviously we have to play now. groan I like to believe it is because DC is still ill and when all better will go back to only two wakings a night. what do you mean I'm clinging to useless hope?

Hope you had a better night, Pear?

Well, my plan to try to get DD to settle down at a reasonable hour didn't quite go to plan. She was asleep by 7.20pm but woke up at 9.30 asking for 'petti and pudu' (spaghetti to eat and pingu on the TV) then she finally went to sleep properly at 1.30am which is an improvement on the night before (where I didn't get to doze off until 3.07am!) I felt much better prepared to deal with it though, after DDs epic lie in yesterday I'm hoping to get into a good 'routine' before she starts going to nursery in September but I'm not going to put pressure on us just yet as we still have time. It's not a problem missing playgroup now (we skipped yesterday but we'll definitely go today) but come September we won't have the luxury of sleeping in with having to pay for DDs nursery attendance in advance...

Apart from the occasional 8pm-8am or 9pm-9am, with feeds through the night, I haven't managed to get DD to sleep much before DH and I turn in much later and I'd think nothing of it, if it wasn't for a mother at our playgroup with a DD the same age as mine, who sleeps every night 7-7 with a wake for formula feeding once a night (!) Needless to say, i haven't shared our sleeping or lack of patterns with other mamas in RL...

DD has a bath and story but then she wants to read all her books and put all her toys to bed and she is too 'busy' for sleep (think she gets this from me... ) Selfishly though, I am loving this time with my DD and as long as she gets enough sleep I'm not overly concerned about her 'student'-ish sleeping patterns right now. She is a very bright and happy little girl. We've got years ahead if us with a regimented routine once she starts school so I'm going to enjoy this less structured time as much as I can....ahh, glad I got that off my chest x

BFP is that breastfeeding & pregnant? No, that's the problem

Oh very good!

Morning! I sent the oh out to buy scales last night and weighed ds this morning - his weight is super dooper, one less thing to worry about! Now must hide scales before I become obsessed with them Also cbfm says high today - still no peak but makes me happier than seeing a low!

I prefer your definition of Bfp, spek.

Sorry I can't remember who asked about having a 24 hour feeding break to kick start things.... I'd heard about not feeding between midnight and six am might help (ie the main time ds feeds!). Ds was a bit poorly a while back and slept a lot longer than normal - could be a coincidence but had my first bleed soon after? Oh and I have talked about me doing bedtime and pre midnight dream feed, then oh (trying to) comfort ds if he wakes before 6 for a couple of nights if no peak this month, if that is any help to you? I would hide in spare room and cry when ds cries.

Have a lovely day everyone!

Thanks pear

Giddy, good luck with the bedtime milk. No advice to add but it sounds like the ladies here have given you some really good suggestions.

Spek sorry to hear you've been having these problems. I wonder if it's worth going to the dr. I think they can do a blood test to find out if you are actually ovulating.

Ok

spekulatius
32 yrs
TTC 2
DD is 27 months
AF when she was 25 months old but stopped again after 2 periods
BF on demand, mainly to sleep and after waking up and during night, co sleeping
Cycle I have no idea
BFP is that breastfeeding & pregnant? No, that's the problem