TTC and still breastfeeding? Thread # 5 - Positive Vibes!

Thanks Lea. Ewcm sounds very promising for ovulating when you expect to. Hopefully you won't need that referral :)

Ispy, good to know a longer cycle isn't necessarily a bad sign. Out of curiosity, what was your LP in previous cycles?

Pear, fingers crossed your relaxed approach is just what is required. I'm hoping to spend less time googling possible symptoms this month. Guess the one benefit of a short LP is a smaller fraction of my life spent symptom spotting though..

Thanks Lost! If it helps April I ovulated on cd25/26 this cycle!

Fingers crossed for you April, Ava had only Dtd once on her bfp cycle so definitely possible. Hope your tww goes quickly for you and you get your bfp in a week or so time :)

CD15 here, I'm still waiting to Ov, if I do it should be about 5 more days, we are Dtd Eod in hope! I have had some Ewcm so hoping it's a good sign.

Hope everyone else is good. Pear, you ok? Still calm?

Hope everyone is doing okay?

Think I am now in the 2ww, except it will probably only be one week for me Thought we had missed ovulation but got a positive on an (ic) ovulation test on Friday morning which was CD23, a couple of days later than I think I ovulated last cycle. Anyway only managed to dtd on CD19 and 23 in my fertile window, so not a great effort , but felt like quite a feat with everything else that is going on at the moment. Happy that I at least managed to see a positive ovulation test which has never happened before, and today have sore nipples when feeding, what feels like a dip in supply, bloating, and smelling things that others aren't (no longer excited by these symptoms as had them the last couple of cycles too!). Guess I am just hoping for some lengthening of my LP as if anything think it decreased from cycle 1 to 2..

Just popped in and saw the good news. Congrats Ispy

I also lost this thread from the TIO Mini - strange that!

Pear, that's the same dosage as the one I have. It is marketed as PremEeze but is just agnus cactus.

Leamice, hope you don't have to wait to long for your referral. I was referred all around the place while waiting for my period to return after coming off the pill and it was really frustrating. As your hormone levels are normal and you don't have a history of PCOS sounds like you still have a good chance of falling pregnant :)

Pear, I bought my agnus cactus from ocado for about £8 for 60 tablets (it is also on a 3 for 2 offer at the moment), but don't know if it is the same dosage you have been taking. I was taking loads of natural supplements a bit before falling pregnant with DS (under the care of a naturopath who specialised in fertility), but couldn't afford to keep it up and ended up just taking agnus cactus and some multi-vits. My GP told me that as my hormone levels were normal (had the Day-21 test the month before falling pregnant) there was no need for it and I stopped taking it soon after I fell pregnant. Although I have also heard that it can help support hormone levels in the first trimester.

Thanks all. Yes this thread has gone really quiet, I can't remember everyone's stats anymore ???? I'll hang around though if that's okay?! Without meaning to rub it in Pear I have a whole bunch of the CB dual hormone sticks and some ic opks and hpts I'd like to pass on but I totally understand that with these security breaches you might be uncomfortable pming me your address, even anonymously!

I think I'm going to treat it as though I'll ov on cd 19/20 like I would if this were a normal cycle, it has to be possible right?! I mean before DS I had regular AF and conceived first month ttc so I'm hoping that although my ovaries are polycystic they function normally and it was the BF hormones stopping my cycle.... Long shot I know! My hormone levels were normal from blood test so should be able to ov. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

uneventful appointment...been referred to a gyno... which is great I guess but more waiting! I want to TTC now!! not fair!!

Congratulations Ispy

Hope the appointment goes well Leamice.

Thanks Leamice. Hope that your appointment goes well today. Think I may try to get a GP appointment if I still have a LP defect this cycle to see if they will can rule out causes other than breastfeeding. Just feel I need to be doing something to work towards the goal if we can't really actively ttc. This month I have been updating my wardrobe to non-maternity/nursing clothes (pre-pregnancy clothes still don't fit at 20 months pp ) which I feel so much better in and will be more realistic to fit back into if I am lucky enough to get pregnant again!

April, my AFs were absent after returning and GP was fine to investigate. I think they'll investigate if irregular/heavy too not really sure about the TTC angle tbh but they should check if you go to them as after all, we pay tex for the nhs! they ought to help whenever you need them lol!

I have a GP appointment later to discuss my scan results, got to love the age of technology where scan results are electronically sent rather than having to wait for post!

This thread has had lots of BFPs, hoping mine will be soon (more likely to be "thread #99" at this rate!!)

Fantastic news Ipsy! Congratulations!

Welcome to Elle! Sounds like good news that you have had regular cycles, I've not used the digital ovulation tests before so hopefully someone else has some suggestions, have usually just started testing when I have some ewcm..

I am on CD21 here and think I'll prob ovulate today or tomorrow based on patterns of ewcm, the same as last cycle. I have not managed to get a positive on my cheap ebay ovulation strips, and still not managed to do any charting... for those of you who have had the GP look into things did you have to say you were ttc for at least a year or can you have hormone levels checked before that??

Wow! Congratulations ispy!!

Holy sh*t! I bought a Clearblue Digi as I'd had enough of deciphering lines and it say pregnant ???? I'm actually terrified now and dh is as white as a sheet! Going to take a couple of days out to process this news. Catch up with you all soon x

Hi Elle, welcome!

Any news ispy? So exciting!

I just had my scan today, looks like I may have PCOS :( she said they look poly cystic but not nescisarrily if my hormone levels were normal and gp would decide how to proceed....will try to get a gp appointment to get sorted asap. Having a glass of prosecco to cheer myself up as I'm probably not going to be ovulating any time soon!

fingers crossed ispy

Might as well introduce myself. I'm new to mumsnet and new to this thread.

I'm 34 and mum of a 16 month old. I'm back at work full time, but feeding before bed, in the morning and generally once during the night quickly to settle. We had a big trip planned and were going to TTC number 2 after that in December, but trip has no been cancelled so we decided just to go for it this month! My cycle has been back for 4 months and regular at 31 days, but I've no idea if I'm ovulating or not. Ordered some clear blue digital advanced so will give them a whirl. When should I start checking? I'm on CD1 now. I didn't use ov tests first time around, but I want to check that I am actually ovulating. Hoping that feeding won't make it much more difficult.