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

Hi expat I know this sounds crazy but me and hubby have decided not to do ovulation test for a couple of months just incase it takes the fun out of things. I'll prob wait to see if AF arrives due 2nd Feb if I have 28 day cycle ( I have no idea what cycle length I have as first 1) n do a preg test a few days after 2nd.
Sorry to hear your having a bad time dougal try n keep your chin up sound like you have lots going on
Hi wannabe nice to hear from u

Hello, another member wanting to join please.

I'm 32, have a DS who is 22 months old and he still breast feeds 3-4 times a day but never overnight. I do shift work though which means sometimes he goes over 48 hours without a feed and is fine.

When my DS was 4 months old I had a period, then nothing for about another 3 months and then it was another 3 months before the next one too. When DS was 1 year old I had a Mirena Coil put in and I bled almost daily for 7 months which was just awful. It did then slow down and I had what I assume was a period about every 3 weeks but then it just stopped altogether. I can't remember for the life of me when I last had a period.

Anyhow, I'm having my Mirena taken out this Wednesday and then TTC can commence. I really hope breast feeding doesn't impede on it too much...

Pear, I saw your amazing news but was on phone (not got the app) and couldn't reply.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Such fab news.

It does give me hope, kind of, although I'm very down the dumps tonight. Just at end of second cycle with Clomid, period starting, another 23 day cycle. In some ways it feels like i was doing better without the drugs.

Out of interest Pear (if you are still around) how long between stopping BF and your BFP?

I am considering that its not even two months since i fully stopped yet. A breast feeding expert friend of mine said ideally you want at least a three month gap. I feel like maybe more recovery is needed.

DH and i have agreed we will park all the pro-active treatments and stuff until we have finished renovating and move back home. For a year now we've been doing both and its just too much, and i feel there have been many cycles where we've DTD exhausted to meet the timing, rather than happy, rested, making it our top priority.

The gynaecologist is offering more serious intervention (IUI) if we want it, apart from anything if we're doing that it has to be when we are less busy.

I will be 39 in the spring, though, and i do worry about that.

On the plus side DD has had her first fever with no BF and has been absolutely fine. we've been doing lots of co-sleeping (which i love) which for the longest time i thought i had to give up to get her to stop BF. It is lovely to have it back.

Wish me some baby dust for early 2016 please ladies...

lullaby another 'trailing spouce' here.dh is with the UN and we're based on zimbabwe...you? Xx

Fx pumpkin! Which day will you test? We managed to dtd (a rare occur ancestors in our cosleeping bed!) Yesterday (cd14) but no positive opk yet so am wondering if the ?teething related? Milk marathon has shit everything down again...? Waiting to see! Xx

Got my fingers crossed for both you guys expat & lullaby!
I'm on cycle day 18 made sure we dtd every other day so just hoping I did ovulate and we are in the 20% that have a positive in the 1st month

lullaby hope the randy feeling means something is happening!! So here I'm on cd13...thoughts I'd use up the one's I had left over from my last ttc journey but nothing yet....but definately feel like I'm getting ready to O.... 'friendly' feelings towards dh despite lack of sleep (ds is still cosleeping and night feeds are up and down...)....fingers crossed for a positive opk soon...then I'll be jumping his bones!!!! Good luck all. Xx

Hi to fellow newbies!
pumkin great news about AF arriving, very positive!
Well I'm still ploughing on....DS has only not needed a night feed once (when I accidentally fell asleep with the monitor on mute and DH sorted him out when he woke, luckily he was up at silly o'clock doing work) so not much change. But similar to you expat I've had some ewcm and felt a bit er randier than usual so fingers crossed that means something.

Fingers crossed for a positive month for all!

Congratulations pear and the other bfp'ers! Great to see that ttc while bfeeding is possible! Hope your pgs are going smoothly xxx

Hi guys! Mind if I join you? TTC#2 while feeding my boob monster of a 19mth old...we had a couple of feed free days in December (back to all day all night now though) and I am sure I ovulated on Christmas Eve (ewcm, a bit of pain and v.horny -having had my libido in a ditch since ds was born!) Unfortunately didn't capitalise on it due to poorly clingy d's (hand foot and mouth) and looks like af has just arrived. But I'm so happy if this means I'm cycling again!! Will be trying my best to dtd as much as possible around ny next ovulation (assuming everything doesn't grind to a Holt again!). Right now to catch up with the thread and who ever one is!!!!

Can I join you ladies?
I've just turned 35 and am trying for #2 whilst feeding my 2.5 year old boob monster! Can it be done?
We are on cycle #1 and Af due in 4 days. Already had a BFN but tested far too early so my own fault really. I have sore boobs, nausea etc but get all that through PMS anyway and the fatigue is constant looking after a toddler!

Thanks for the info pumkin, you've saved me a job

Hi ladies.... Just poking my head around the door tentatively! Can I join you? Still bfing my 12mo boy. I don't offer don't refuse in the day but he still feeds 2 hourly overnight.... I've had one AF since he was born but that was a couple of months ago now. Me and DH stopped using protection at Christmas. Not feeling hugely impatient... YET. Don't really like not having much control over the situation, though don't want to force DS to wean early either.

Woo my AF arrived yesterday so let's hope I ovulate this month!
Hi gisla I've done a small bit of research taking seven sea pregnancy plus vitamins the don't contain vitamin A for when TTC have 400 of folic acid have the added bonus of an omega three capsule. I compared them against pregnacare pretty much the same but the Swiss ones for BF have vit A so no good for TTC hope that's helps

Hello, can I join you? Recently decided to start ttc dc3. Dd is 13 months, bf on demand all day and night af has not returned so I'm going into things blind so to speak.

Need to sort out folic acid and vitamins so I need to research what I can or can't take while bf.

Hi All
Hope you all had a good festive / new year season. Thought I'd give the thread a nudge and wishing everyone their BFPs for 2016!

pumkin good to meet someone in the same boat! I spoke waaay too soon about night weaning DS as it all went to shit over Christmas. Oh well hoping things stabilise over the coming weeks and the old ovaries clunk back into action soon. I have experienced aches and pains too a bit like AF is en route that's encouraging that it might be a good sign, I put it down to over indulgence and the digestive system giving in....!

thats hope your cycle settled down and your ov dates become a bit more predictable for you.

I've been looking back at how DS was conceived. I used CBFM for a couple of months after AF came back (was on cerazette which stopped my periods) and I had relatively predictable 27/28 day cycles a bit shorter than before I was on the pill. The machine told me I was peaking/ovulating around day 17/18 so that's where I concentrated DTD the first month of trying. The second month we were going away and with the different time zones it was going to be awkward to do the tests so I decided to skip that month. We only DTD once on CD6 and I got my BFP. I can't understand how I managed to get pregnant so early on in the cycle when it was telling me I was ovulating late?! So weird.

So my first cycle after coming off the pill was 33 days. The others have been 28-29. Turns out my apps were telling me my fertile period based on a 33 day cycle so after my most recent AF, they retrospectively changed when I ovulated and turns out I totally missed it with my dtd attempts. Cross but also relieved at having an explanation as to why I've not been successful yet. Don't want to try opk's just yet as I think they might make me anxious and obsessed. This month I am going for the every 2 day approach. DS is sleeping better jinxed it now so fingers crossed for 2016 BFPs.

Congratulations pear!!! So pleased for you
Lullaby I'm in exactly the same position as you 8 month old fully weaned having 4/5 feeds a day ! So desperate for AF to return
Randomly has anyone had phantom periods ? I seem to be experiencing them back pain cramping bloating for 2 days a month but no AF I've googled it some ppl say it's my fertility starting to return anyone no anything about it ?

Ah congratulations pear what a lovely Christmas present!

peardrop that is such fantastic news, huge congratulations to you and hope you have a healthy pregnancy

I have been lurking here so should better introduce myself

34, currently BFing DS 8mo and would like TTC DC2 next year to have a small gap. I live overseas (trailing spouse) and worked for a while but decided to be a SAHP when pregnant with DS. Plan to move back in 2017 and go back to work hence wanting to get on with TTC!

Just about night weaned DS after a few months of seemingly constant feeding/co-sleeping although of course things might change, and he is down to 4/5 feeds a day. Hoping AF returns one of these days...

CongratulationsPear, what a fantastic Christmas present!!

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