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

Hello youngmummy, welcome!

I've been away from this thread for a while. I was hoping I'd have better news by now with return of my AF, but alas still nothing.

Delighted to hear about everyone else' BFP. Let's keep the good news coming.

Woohoo dolphin! Great news! Delighted for you

Congratulations Dolphin hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy!!xx

Welcome youngmummy! How is everyone doing? Wanted to update u guys I'm pregnant! So happy and also anxious! Thank u everyone on this board for the support & info, especially recommending going on the pill to kickstart ovulation. So far my LG is still feeding, but my supply is already disappearing!

Hi all I am ttc baby number 2 whilst currently breastfeeding my 11 month old. I am on cycle 3 day 4 and AF has just finished this morning! X

Oh no Mummybear hope ur not ill and hopefully it's even a good sign?! I'll keep my fingers crossed for u! Hope u had a lovely Easter :)

Morning ladies. Good morning to you @dolphin. I'm only 5dpo so not really not many signs or anything. I have had on and off cramps (like a dull ache) since ovulation but that is probably nothing as it's too early for things like that. Yesterday I had a sudden large amount of ccm and then what looked like ewcm but was all cloudy and not at all the right time in cycle for it. I'm worried I might be getting an infection or something as I've heard that can happen if you suddenly have a lot of BD nights in a row.

Hey ho. How is everyone else? Happy easter by the way 👒🐣🐰

Happy Easter! How's everyone doing? Any symptoms Mummybear? I'm still finding it hurts when LO feeds, especially at first, and it seems like my supply has gone down suddenly? Yesterday LO fed a few minutes, then stopped & asked for more milk, she got upset and frustrated... she has never done that before!? Maybe just a dip in supply before my period might be going to start, didn't think it was due yet but my cycle has been unpredictable so who knows!

Ha that's true - I look at some of my friends with 2 (or more!) now, especially with the Ones that are very close in age, and just think whoa that does not look fun 😜
Yup I've not had a period since Jan 2015! Wow you were very unlucky starting back so soon after birth and whilst bfing! Although it does seem that if you start back sooner rather then later then you are likely to not be ovulating, but still having a bleed for a few months. Have you tried taking you temperature every morning? I think it's the only way to definitely tell if you are ovulating (and when!) - no good for timing bd as you get the higher temp shift after ovulation, but at least you know that it's happened!
Someone on here recommended a book called the impatient woman's guide to getting pregnant - that's really good (and pretty funny!) for tips on temping and everything else, a very interesting chapter on how to try to chose the sex of your baby (which I'm not bothered about 😜) but thought was interesting x

It's so lovely to see all the BFP on here and shows that it does work for people. Cycle 25 and I think I need to face the facts that I got lucky once and need to just appreciate what I have. I do wish we were bf properly still and regret cutting down in order to conceive.

We have a children's party today though so that might make me feel lucky I only have one!

I didn't really plan on feeding this long either it just kind of happened! She's still really attached to it so I've tried cutting down as much I can without upsetting her and we're just on nighttime feeds now. Sometimes during the day if she asks too. I went on the pill for a bit to get my periods back someone on here recommended it and it worked, not 100% sure if I'm ovulating but hopefully I am!

@bessybot has your cycle not returned yet? I was told 100%!that bf held off your periods, especially if you bf exclusively, and so when I reached 8weeks pp and it came back like clockwork I was a tad annoyed! It was great because we could start ttc the next one immediately (our first was a bit of a surprise and no trying necessary as we'd only slept together twice. Been together 3mths 😬). However two years on and nothing has happened. I night weaned at 26mths and expressed the feeds I wasn't doing so I have extra stock building up. I too see people getting pg whilst feeding so I never thought it would be an issue. A dr told me a couple of months ago though that it was probably why. I really regret stopping the end of last month because I don't think at 2 he was feeding enough to make a difference.

We really struggled to bf at the start. DD was 3 weeks early so maybe it was that but she would latch on but not suck! So we had 3.5 weeks of trying to bf then pumping and bottle feeding her the ebm until she just finally got it one day!
I just assumed that everyone fed to a year and then you stopped, it wasn't until I started reading more and meeting people who bf longer that I realised it was even an option 😜 Then I decided that it would be silly to try and stop at a year as dd likes it so much and that is when I started back at work so seemed like the worst possible time to try, plus I still like it so didn't really want to!
I hadn't factored in that it may have an affect on ttc though. A number of my friends have got pregnant whilst bf so I just assumed it wouldn't be a problem! However she's now almost 19months and I haven't ovulated yet and as she took 9 months to conceive I doubt that this time round will be quick either. So we might weaned about 6 weeks ago ( which was much easier than I had anticipated so she was obviously ready - in fact since then she has been sleeping much better and now sleeps in her cot next to our bed with the side down rather than in our bed (where she would sleep like a starfish so dh and I would perch on the edge all night!).
I still want to feed her to at least 2 years and if I manage to get pg then as long as she wants to. Haven't decided what to do yet if we make it to her birthday and still no cycle 😕 Xx

Good morning lovelies 😚

I'm obviously new hear and I'll probably ask you all questions other people have before so forgive me. But did anyone intend bf as long as they did? I was giving up the second night of his life and sad I wasn't making it to my six month target... then a month past, then six, then a year, 18mths and 2yrs 😆

@dolphin yay! Ohhhh exciting!

yes please Mummybear! I've never been cycle buddies with anyone before! I'm (hopefully!) 5 dpo

@dolphindot11 I'm in the tww as well. 1dpo here so only just. Want to be cycle buddies?

Hi Mummybear! Wow you must have felt amazing after all that sleep Bessyboot! I think I'm in the 2ww, just really hoping I did actually ovulate. Fingers crossed!?!

Thank you @bessyboot. I got a +opk test on Wednesday morning so hopefully covered if we don't BD tonight. I'm knackered! I know sleep is important for fertility but no one has told my toddler 😆

Welcome MummyBear - sounds like you're doing SMEP right to me, I got the kindle book because it was free 😀
We are fine thanks Dolphin, dd is used to not feeding at night now and slept for 12 hours last night! 😳 Think that will be a one off but the 2 hour lie in until 8am was much appreciated 😀. Trying to just feed her 2/3 times a day now which is easy the 3 days she's at nursery but more difficult the 4 days that she's with me all the time. How are you doing - are you in the 2ww then? Xx

Hiya can I join in? I've been ttc for two years and bf most of that time. Weaned my Bear in January but still no luck. Been trying properly and only actually weaned because I thought it would help and now regret it. Trying SMEP this month but don't understand it 😂 DTD the last three nights in a row and every other day before then since af finished.

We have one little boy of 27mths and would love another but getting really disheartened. Would love some cosmic ordering and babydust but both are in short supply round our way!

Thanks Bessyboot, how's everything with you?

Hiya, I was very sore just in one side while feeding for a week or so a couple of months back - it can't have been ovulation or pregnancy as I haven't ovulated yet! Sure some people on here have said that it got sore before they got a positive test though so good luck 😀 Xx

Hi how is everyone doing? Wanted to ask ur advice...the last few days its been really hurting when my LO feeds...it hurts most when she latches and then gets a little better. I was thinking it might be due to ovulation, has anyone experienced this? I'm still a bit confused about my opks...I think there was a nearly positive last weekend, but it was still a tiny bit lighter than the control line so I know that doesn't count but I had drunk 2 glasses of water so maybe it didn't work properly. Or did anyone have pain when feeding, before taking a test, and turned out to be pregnant? Any advice much appreciated :)

Hope the booking in app goes well baking 😀 Do you have any idea when you ovulated so can use that to know how many weeks you are or will it all be a bit of guesswork until the first scan?
DD still only has the front 8 teeth - we have all the incisors and molars still to come through 😳.
She didn't feed much in the day all weekend because of the lovely weather we were outside so much, I missed it a bit though! It's such a weird feeling isn't it, I want her to feed less but I'm a bit sad when she does!