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

Well done with night weaning Eclectic and Bessyboot!

Bessyboot sorry I can't answer your question, but think it must vary from woman to woman, as periods returned here when DS was still feeding about 3 times at night, but I'd cut back on daytime feeds a lot. Tbh DS still feeds at least once at night and went back to a few times a couple of weeks ago when his last two teeth were pushing through. Hopefully you won't have to wait long!

It's hard Dolphin when teething gives them so much comfort, but I've always just gone with it too, as figured will settle down. DS had a sickness bug a few weeks back and pretty much all day just fed and slept on me, but a couple of days later was back to no feeds in the day.

Got my booking appointment this week, as in theory I'm 8 weeks. It will be interesting to see how far along when I get 12 week scan, but read that can be performed between 10 and 13 weeks, so being out mightn't matter :)

Hi eclectic that's great! Well done on the night weaning! No news to report here. Most days my LG has gone back to having a couple of feeds and still lots at night. So we have gone backwards really! I'm just going with it for now tho...she's teething badly with molars and incisors and going through a clingy phase. Bf seems to help her so much, wish I didn't have to stop! I'll try and cut down again when it seems easier for her

Hi Eclectic- great news on the night weaning 😀 It's been 3 weeks since we started here and it's still going well. DD sleeps in cot next to bed with side down and usually makes it to 5:45 before climbing in, over the top of dh to lie on top of me 😀 I'm not feeding her in bed anymore so if she won't settle I take her downstairs for milk.
I've been temping since we started and still no sign of ovulation yet though 😕 I'm probably just too impatient but anyone have any idea how long after night weaning it may take to restart?
How is your temping going curligirlie? I've got my new thermometer but it reads to two decimal places so takes forever for the reading to stabilise and beep so I've gone back to using the old one 😜
xx

How is everyone? Any news? Any more bfp?

My DD is doing really well with night weaning. I haven't breast fed her at night for a couple of weeks now :D

Thanks ladies!

Great news Dolphin that your little one managed to go through the daytime without a feed, fingers crossed it continues :)

I'm with you on not spending much on tests Bessyboot, but I wasn't going to be anywhere with cheaper shops till the end of the week (we're pretty rural) and didn't have the patience to wait that long, as was pretty sure I was pregnant :) Shame your previous tests are out of date - hopefully you won't need to use too many of the new batch before you get your bfp! I've now got a spare test, couple of years expiry date, but don't think we'll be having #3, though never say never I suppose :)

Hope it won't be long before you get your bfp Eclectic!

Yey baking that's super news! So delighted for you!

Ahh congratulations bakingmad that's amazing news 😀 !! Hope it all goes well from here
I have never heard of doing a pregnancy test with milk but suppose it makes sense - is quite a cool idea actually. I was gutted to see that the pack of 30 tests I bought for about 3 quid off Amazon last time are now out of date! Have ordered some more as I am a proper cheapskate no way would I pay £5 for one test 😜

Congratulations baking!! That's lovely news!! Good luck with everything hopsalong! That's really cool that a test can work with milk, who knew?! I'm pretty relieved as yesterday my LG didn't ask to feed once until bedtime which I wasn't expecting cos the day before and every day the last couple of weeks she's fed lots of times. Hopefully it was just a phase, phew!

Thank you! Hope the rest of your pregnancy and labour goes smoothly Hopsalong :) Know what you mean, can understand why women would choose to stop breastfeeding sooner so that their body is theirs again for a bit before subsequent DC.

So, took a test at 3.30am once DS was resettled. The test line was as strong as the control, so guess that's a definite BFP :) Can't believe it! Was getting a bit down earlier in the month, even though just cycle 3, as seemed so many people I knew were announcing pregnancies, due or just had little ones. Just shows you never know what's round the corner. Obviously still early days, somewhere between 5 and 7 weeks I think, but feeling hopeful for the moment with having a strong line and having symptoms. Will be sticking around this thread for a bit longer though. Good luck ladies!

Yes, definitely easier with urine bakingmad! But if you're desperate to "know" for sure and urine is producing a squinty maybe positive then I recommend milk for the second test in the pack...

DC2 not here yet. I'm due end of next month. Just was thinking of this thread because I was getting baby stuff ready and started to feel a bit overwhelmed at the thought of going straight from breastfeeding to pregnancy to breastfeeding again (found it really difficult at start last time though loved it once established)! All seems to have happened quite quickly, but last summer I was convinced I would never get pregnant again... Sending good wishes to everyone at every stage on the way.

Thanks Eclectic, will update in the morning. DH was impatient and wanted me to test this afternoon, but in case with my crazy long cycles I'm not as far along as I could be, wanted to use first morning urine. When I tested on CD32 when I was getting symptoms it was in the afternoon, so didn't want a repeat of that. I'll be CD51 tomorrow if it isn't bfp.

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hi hopsalong! congratulations on your bfp, as you due soon then?
Thats really interesting about milk containing BhCG, might try that if my cycles ever return!

hi hopsalong! congratulations on your bfp, as you due soon then?
Thats really interesting about milk containing BhCG, might try that if my cycles ever return!

good luck baking! fingers crossed for you xx

Thanks Bessyboot! I seem to remember a few weeks before af restarted in November I had ewcm. It came out of the blue, as I'd been dry as a bone since DS came along.

That's interesting re getting a bfp with breast milk hopsalong! Think I may stick with urine one for ease :) Congrats on your bfp! How many weeks to go or is your little one already here?

I'd forgotten how much pregnancy tests cost from chemists. Previously had got 3 cheapies for 89p at Home Bargains, but cheapest at Boots was 2 for £5. Could have just got the one for £4, but thought I may need another if this one turns out to be bfn.

Hello, just dropping in. I was worrying in the summer about weaning and ended up doing so completely and getting pregnant in same month. (Now wonder if this was really necessary/ why I was in such a rush.)

But I remembered one thing that might be useful to you. There is a lot of discussion on the internet about whether you can get a BFP with breast milk. In my case (had stopped feeding so could still express milk but guess was quite thick), this was absolutely true: got a very strong BFP with milk 8/ 9 DPO, when it was still very squinty otherwise. And for me was not true that milk gave false positives because tried earlier in the cycle to check. I wasn't sure whether to trust the milk positive but turned out to be absolutely right and a bit ahead of the urine one. (Sorry if anyone finds this gross. Personally I found doing it with milk more pleasant, but takes longer to saturate.)

Bakingmad - oh no! Hope you get hold of one today and get the result you hope for tomorrow 😊

Curlie- My temp dropped 0.5 degC for 2 days so I was excited because thought it was the ovulation drop but then it's just gone back to the same level as it was before ( not a few 10ths higher) so don't think I have?
When I was temping before first pregnancy I by no means got a "perfect" looking chart but it was usually obvious to see the rise after ovulation and I got a bit dip immediately before the rise.
TMI warning : I have had fertile CM most of the time for months now! Think I read somewhere that this can happen when body is gearing up to ovulate but bf is still holding it back? Anyone else experienced that? Xxx

Morning ladies, was all psyched up to take test earlier, only to find I didn't have one in. Will have to buy one later and test in the morning.

BessyBot in what way are your bbts coming out weird? I bought a new thermometer after my original one went walkabout and I've also been getting odd results. I'm totally failing at temping just when I've woken up, but out of interest have occasionally taken my temp at random times of day- and they've been coming out as really low (under 36 degrees) even though I'm post ov. I seem to remember from last time round post waking temps would come out as higher rather than lower, so I'm completely confused. Maybe my new thermometer is just crap

Thanks Bessyboot :) Hope new sleeping arrangements work better than you think, DD might pleasantly surprise you :) The hour change played havoc here too. After bath, supper and story DS was all for putting his shoes on and going out for a walk seeings as it was still light outside! You wouldn't thought he'd been up since half 5. I'm expecting he's going to revert back to half 4 get up from the morning. Not feeling as tired as I remembered in early pregnancy, which has put doubt in my mind, but guess every pregnancy different and maybe I'm just so used to being tired these days I haven't really noticed, and suppose you're not out till AF shows up, which she hasn't.

Fingers crossed for you bakingmad 😀
We're trying dd in the cot next to the bed tonight (with side down so it's like a giant co-sleeper!). She was very excited about being in it earlier and dh was v confident that he'd get her down in it no problem but I'm watching them on the monitor and it doesn't appear to be going to plan 😂 Clocks going forwards haven't helped - probably not a very great idea to try it tonight 😩

How's everyone doing?

Still no AF here at CD49. Although I said to myself I wasn't going to test again this cycle, think I may in the morning, as felt nauseous on and off the last couple of days, weeing more often and as well as the same back and strange (tmi) rectal pains I did in early pregnancy with DS. Will let you know the result, though don't want to get my hopes up too much just in case my body is playing tricks on me!

Hi Bessyboot, DS is 27 months, can't believe it, hardly seems anytime since he was tiny! Sounds like all's going well for you, I've just accepted the earlier wake ups too and worth it for the end result.

Good to hear you've had a shorter cycle this time Dolphin. I'm hoping that might be me next month, as 7 week cycles will get frustrating, as you spend weeks wondering if you might possibly be pregnant and start looking for symptoms. I've been quite crampy the last 2 days, so thinking AF may finally be on her way.

Hi everyone sounds like u are all making great progress well done! My LO has still been wanting to feed during the day again, I think she's just going through a clingy phase bless her. But I'm pleased cos this cycle was 5 weeks long instead of 6 weeks so that's something :)