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

Aww expat 2 years is amazing, congratulations. I need to convince DS that cows milk is nice eventually!

Hi lullaby, no I won't be expressing....I'm actually hoping this will be the end of our bfeeding journey...he's only on 3 feeds a day now but they are skipped if we are apart for any reason anyway..he drinks a little cows milk so I'm hoping that he will up it a bit while I'm gone and fx my milk will do a reasonable job of drying up when I'm away!!!! He will be 2 next week so not too mean!

expat are you expressing for when you go away? I left DS with DM and he missed 2 feeds and wouldn't touch cows milk or formula!

Hi all
Sorry I have been off the thread, we went back to the UK for hols which was lovely but jetlag still playing havoc with DS's sleep so still feeding him at night when he needs it but it's not helping him sleep

I haven't been tracking properly but think we managed to DTD around ov so will be testing in a week or so if AF doesn't turn up, you never know.

How's everyone else doing?

laceylee any luck? xx

oh and operation wean is well underway - DH doing all night wake ups now and only feeding 3 x a day... cutting right back so I can leave him when I have to go away for work

Hi Guys! AF arrived today (hurrah! a new cycle another chance!) 30 day cycle this time, after 24, 28, 42 days last 3 cycles...

Anyhow, looks like DH and I will only get a chance to BD once during my fertile window as I am travelling for work... get home for one night and then he leaves for a week... Damn! Really hope nothing gets in the way for our one chance this month!!!!

Good luck everyone else - anyone waiting to poas at the moment?

Thank you expatvet, I am hoping it had nothing to do with the fact I was breastfeeding

Sorry about your mc jp everything crossed for this month for you...xx

I am delighted I have someone to talk to friendlyghost. This will hopefully be #3 and I got pregnant straight away on my other two so this is hard. I am waiting to ovulate now.

Welcome jp. Sorry about your miscarriage I also have a 17 month old. She feeds at least 3 times a day and once or twice a night with no sign of stopping. I got af back when she was a year and they're a regular 31 days now despite all the feeding. I've got af at the moment but as soon as it's over we're going to stop preventing and see what happens. I'm excited to start!

Hi ladies,
Could I join ye? I am still breastfeeding my 17 month old. My periods returned when he was 9 months just as I returned to work. But they weren't regular really until he was around 12 months. I only feed going to bed, during the night sometimes and when he wakes. This pattern has been going on a while and I can't see him dropping any feeds anytime soon. I don't want an upset ds so I am not going to try to wean him either I am going to wait until he is ready.
I had a very early miscarriage last month so I am very hopeful for the month. I have been reading that it is prob my progesterone levels so I have been taking Angus cactus, vitamin e, b complex, and c, on top of iron, fish oils and pregnacare. So hopefully this month will work out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

No luck last month :-( af reared her ugly head earlier than expected (still haven't had a regular length cycle since they returned)

Used opks for a week when I though I should have ovulated this month and nothing...we did a bit of 'practice' but I'm not holding out much hope this month.

Operation night weaning has now commenced however and I really really hope this will help my cycles regulate....fingers crossed!

Hi oracle my cycles returned when he was 19 month and are still not regular (almost 2 now). But he's been feeding pretty much on demand so hope that night weaning will help. Fingers crossed for you xx

Hi TheOracle my af came back after exactly a year but then had a really long cycle and not sure it would've come back again if I hadn't pretty much night weaned. Got dd in to her cot and stopped offering the boob as I think it was making her wake more often. I feed her if she wakes after 4 ish though, which she normally does. I'm sure yours will come back in the next few months.

expatvet did you have any luck? Fingers crossed for you.

I think I ov'd early this time and dtd around the right time so may be testing in a week or so

Hello all! Following/lurking for advice and tips.

I'm 27, DD is 12 months and we're not yet TTC but we will be before the year is out. Not even a whiff of AF yet, still BF on demand all day and co-sleeping. Am slowly trying to offer more water and food in the daytime but she has at least five day time boob sessions still.

If she carries on being such a boob fiend I'm concerned that my cycles may not return for ages - when did yours come back and did you have to actively scale back BF?

Congrats Leamice!!! Thats great news! Waxweasel I hope little one has arrived safe and sound now!

Welcome Zaza, ghost, Lacey... sorry this thread is a bit slow.. I did try to put ttc (and this thread) out of my mind... busy with a toddler, cycles not yet established and I know its probably best to wait until DS is night weaned at least..

I did get a bit excited this month though... last cycle was bang on 28 days (yeah!) got a positive OPK on cd14 and even managed a (rare as we're still co-sleeping!) BD bang on time...

been peeing LOADS and really thought that things were looking hopeful but it looks like AF has rocked up early today (cd 23). obsessively checking in case it miraculously stops and therefore might be an implantation bleed ... but looks pretty AF like to me :-( wish my cycles would sort themselves out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck all!

waxweasel and leamice it's great to hear positive stories and congratulations to you both

Thanks for the bridesmaid reassurance lullaby I agree but think it would be better if I wasn't 8 months really! Highly unlikely anyway. Yeah I could feel exactly when I ovulated last month, never have before, so that's how I think luteal phase is short. Not sure how big a deal it is but I guess it's all part and parcel of breastfeeding! I fed my dd overnight last night to get some sleep... So maybe not totally night weaned. I really have no idea when she will want to stop bf-ing, seems to love it!

Hi lacey I think I have the same issue with short luteal phase but I have been a bit haphazard about tracking so not 100% sure! I am also thinking it will be harder to conceive this time but fingers crossed. Nothing wrong with a pregnant bridesmaid imo 😊

Wow congrats leamice so pleased you got there, 10 months after stopping BF seems so long but as you say it could have been something else.

Nearly there waxweasel! Wishing you all the best for a safe delivery

Oh congratulations Leamice! I'm so happy for you! I've been lurking still watching this thread as it's so lovely to see how everyone's getting on and to see the BFPs. Good luck to all the newcomers to the thread too!

I'm now 41 weeks today - hard to believe that I got my BFP on this same thread, seems like a lifetime ago!

Hey everyone, just nipping back to update I finally got my BFP. It's been 10 months since I stopped BF and only my last 2 cycles were a nearly normal 35 days, the rest ranged from 45 to 120 days! No idea if it was the BF that had my hormones so wonky but I know it just affects some of us unlucky ones more than others. Anyway, good luck everyone! May you all get your BFPs soon :)

Hi everyone I am tentatively joining if ok... I have a nearly 16 month dc and still bf I got in the morning, after work and before bed but we have managed to night wean and I definitely ovulated last month. Seem to have a very short luteal phase of only 8 days though - anyone else find this? In theory I'm not trying this month cos if we did conceive I'd be heavily pregnant as a bridesmaid but kind of want to get on with things as I think it will take a while this time around!

Hi lullaby
I really hate teething we have still got 12 left
My lo has been sleeping through for last week or so hoping that it remains that way fingers crossed
How's everybody else doing ?

Hi pumkin teething is the worst eh? Can't believe DS still has another 15 to come 😱

Hi guys and newcomers
I've been off a bit as AF all over due to little one BF a lot through night the dreaded teething !
We seem to have got through the worst of it fingers crossed. AF came back Monday hoping for a regular cycle to commence .

Hi ppandj 11 mo here too. Once we stopped co-sleeping / feeding all night AF came back, as ghost says night feeds apparently affect your fertility more but depends on the individual.

Well night weaning has been reasonably successful although we were staying away for a couple of nights and the first night (Sunday) we had a wobble as he was not happy in the cot. Tried feeding but didn't help much then the next day a tooth popped out so I expect it was that!

I know what you mean ghost about feeding being the easiest way to get DC back to sleep, if it was me getting up I'm sure I'd give in but luckily DH has done the first 6 nights. Last night DS woke 3 times but DH only had to get up once and just reassured him briefly so this is an improvement on the 5 times we started with. He's taking longer feeds during the day too so hopefully balancing his calories out. Tonight is my first night on duty fingers crossed!

How is everyone else doing?