TTC while Breastfeeding (or recently weaned!!) regular cycles and baby dust this way!

Hi all, just to give you all a bit of hope, I got my BFP at the end of September and am now about 10 weeks pregnant! It took us a while (it was cycle 12!) but there’d been no recent change in my DD’s feeding pattern. She’s 27 months and still had quite a bit of milk in the evening, over night and in the morning. It’s just in the last day or so actually that I think she may be self weaning - I presume my milk supply must have decreased or it tastes different as she was getting really frustrated, biting and jiggling my boob around before giving up!

Good luck all of you xxx

Hello! Also here looking for some advice/hope. DD is 8 months, night weaned and as of last week we're down to 3 day feeds. No sign of AF at all but possibly had some wet cervical mucus a few days ago. Just wondering if anyone has any tips? I was going to start charting my basal temp, just need to get a better thermometer!

Hello, anyone still here? :) I was hoping to join in, but was looking for advice. My LO is only 4 months old and I'm EBF, and he's still feeding A LOT during the night, so is conceiving usually pretty much a lost cause until he starts dropping night feeds?

My period still hasn't returned, but is it maybe worth trying out OPKs to see if there's any sign of ovulation...?

Yeah, I'm also returning to work full time but work as cabin manger for an airline, mix of early/late shifts so there's not a set time I'd be able to feed at home, also no pumping facilities or opportunity to whilst onboard aircraft and unpredictable with delays so just wouldn't work at all :(

It's hard to know what to do best when you want another but don't want to deprive your baby. You're right, would be awful to stop if you're both not ready. Something else I remember reading last time was about limiting length of feeds as it's the nipple stimulation that makes the hormone. But then that's hard as youre basically putting an end to the comfort sucking which is really what they are using feeding for at that age.

My son was so independent and really was ready to stop at 11 months he really just fed and then came off , it was me who was reluctant lol. But my girl seems much more into the comfort sucking so am thinking it will be much tougher to stop.

Do you have to? I'm at work full time (hence baby day weaned) and he just has food and water when I'm not there. I feel like going back to work has given me the balance I was looking for so I'm not resenting feeding because I get a good stint off from it (and I don't pump etc). The amount he ate in food increased so much by going to nursery I honestly assumed it would the change my body needed, but it would seem not so far ...

Well fingers crossed something is happening if you are having period symptoms and cramping. Have you tried the supplements? Vitamin E, C and B6 was what I was taking before. Oh and that Agnus castus I tried too, I'm just looking into getting some more supplies.

Really jealous you've been able to continue your breastfeeding journey to 15months. I have to finish by the time I return to work in Jan :( , I'll probably aim to be done around Christmas for the smooth transition.

Meh. 15 months here, day weaned and no AF. Cramping for about eight weeks, lots of periody symptoms then it goes nowhere. Also the cramping is getting less and less, whatever that means. Getting seriously frustrated because if day weaning isn't doing it then I guess I might be one of those people whose fertility comes back at 2 years + or not at all. And then what do I do? Not prepared to wean anytime soon, just seems too young.

Hello, Is anyone there? Just wanted to rejoin this thread as want to TTC #3 soon... I can't right now as no cycles back yet, DD is only 10 months. I was on this (well a previous version of this) thread whilst TTC her as had very messed up cycles following the birth of my DS..AF had returned at 6 months but only for 2 cycles then went aAWOL for about 6 months and only returned after I completely gave up feeding at 11 months. It wasn't regular until about 8 months after that! Anyway, this time theres no sign of AF and Ive even started majorly cutting down and giving some bottles to see if I can jump start things. If I could just get my cycles back by Christmas Ill be happy lol.

Sounds promising, howthelight !

I'm planning on night weaning soon, just gathering mental strength! Opks all set for this month, so feeling a bit more on course. Any tips welcomed!

REALLY painful cramps the last few days so perhaps my body is waking up? Food seems to have "clicked" for DS in last few weeks and I'm finally feeling proud of my decision to do baby led weaning, we got there eventually. Not willing to night weak anytime soon so I'm really really hoping that the reduction in daytime feeding is enough to kick start things.

Hope you get some good news soon Forest.

Thanks for the advice scarlet and congratulations on your bfp. I'm using the cheap opk kits from Amazon too now after 17 days of testing with clear blue last month

I'm getting some ewcm and a dip in temperature around the middle of my cycle so it looks like my body is trying to ovulate, but no positive opk until much later. Currently cd25 and no luck yet so looks like my LP might be too short for my biopsy (follow-up tests from previous recurrent miscarriages) again this month.

Hi ladies,
Just wanted to say hello, I'm a thread lurker - not ttc yet as my little boob monster is still on 5 day feeds and 2/3 night feeds and I'm hoping not to night wean until she's 18mo, so no point txt just yet (she's 11mo). Just wanted to say thank you to all of you for the information/advice in this thread, I feel like I understand everything much better and it's really comforting to think I won't have to completely wean before ttc. Baby dust to all of you xxx

Thanks, I'll take a look

I just bought 40 a month from Amazon-cheap ones. I was testing twice a day for the week or so I expected to be ovulating!

I had early pregnancy cramps with both of my (to term) pregnancies. I also google everything too

Yes, opk sounds like a good plan. Any particular ones to go for/avoid?

Howthelightgetsin thank you for sharing that, it's really kind of you. I think I'm naturally anxious so anything positive is helpful. I've just spent the last hour googling very early pregnancy cramps...

There's this and also a bit on short LP - I think basically if an insufficient LP is stopping a fertilised egg from implanting successfully before you have a period you've basically overcome that once the egg has implanted and you've got so far as a positive pregnancy test. So though at no point in pregnancy do we ever feel safe, you should be at no more risk now than if you had big standard cycles.

I found the OPK strips really helped with understanding when ovulation was likely as long and irregular cycles didn't lend themselves to being able to predict!

I'm not relishing the prospect of opks and temping, but I'm
guessing it's the only way to find out if I'm ovulating... and when! I have long cycles at the moment, and no idea when things are happening. Also have a tired and unenthusiastic DP so that's another hurdle.
scarlet amazing news!!

I didn't realise that, thanks **howthelightgetsin.
I have read those at risk of premature labour need to go carefully but that's a long way off (if we get there).

Congratulations!

Everything I have read does say that once a pregnancy is detectable (and your line isn't even a squinter) there's nothing that breastfeeding can really do to affect it now..
It's always a long wait now until 12 weeks - here's hoping it flies!!

Thank you.

Congrats Scarlet, fingers crossed it's a sticky one for you.

Hi. My cycles have been so all over the place-here is a snippet. My luteal phases have been around 8 days. My 2.5 year old still bf a lot both through the day and a lot from 4am ish. I've been using the Clue app and OPK sticks otherwise I'd have no idea about ovulation!

This weekend I got a bfp. Very nervous and worried it won't stick.