TTC while breastfeeding

I’ve just had my period return a week before lo’s 2nd birthday! She feeds only at night now, but frequently. I also took Maca for a few weeks which might have helped, mainly b/c I felt I had PMT for about the last year...

Yay, congratulations!
I think worrying more the second time is normal, you feel like there’s more at stake now you can see your first child in front of you all the time.
I’m sure sickness will turn up and you’ll regret wishing that . When I was expecting DD I was so happy the first time I was sick and DH thought I was bonkers. I was less happy about it when I was still being sick 30 weeks later.....

@crazychemist I got good news with a BFP yesterday! 🤗 tbh I'm still half in shock but also really nervous something is going to go wrong. I never felt like this with DD 🙈 never thought I'd ever be saying I want my sickness to start to make me feel pregnant 😂 any good news with anyone else?

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Anyone having any Luck?

DH and I won’t be together for when I reckon fertile window will be this month, so I’m probably out!

I tried that (before DDs health problems manifested we were hoping for a small gap), didn’t make any difference for me I’m afraid!

Kellymom website has lots of information, and apparently 18months is pretty typical for return of AF when breastfeeding. There is some stuff there about feeding patterns, how long a gap to aim for between feeds to increase fertility etc.

Has anyone tried eating more? I had a fleeting chat with someone who said that worked for her but no time to ask more! I'm 10 months pp, bf, and would be very thin/still losing weight if I wasn't making specific effort to eat up. The hope is my body will believe it has enough fuel to make both milk and eggs if anyone can back this up/tell me not to bother, I'm interested.

Hey there

Just started ttc. DD1 is 2y4mo. She needs to have an operation to help her breathe, and I wanted to keep breastfeeding until afterwards so she can have it for nutrition/comfort when she is in pain after her operation. We didn’t want to start ttc until we knew she’d be ok as I wanted to be able to focus on her. Her operation is next week, and AF has just started, so on to TTC!

My cycles didn’t restart until DD was 19 months, probably as DD has always been keen on bf and doesn’t sleep through. Pps that asked about phantom symptoms - I had PMT-like symptoms on and off for about 6 weeks before first cycle, which I reckon was my body gearing up for it. I’ve been like clockwork ever since.

Anyone else put thought into pre-conception vits? I take the pregnancare supplements for bf mums, which has 400 mcg of folic acid, but is this enough for bf and Ttc at the same time?

Hi can I join please
Currently ebf my 6 month dd. Just started weaning. No sign of af return. Really wanting to start trying to conceive again but without affecting dd feeding.

@Waitingonasmiley42 I started getting spotting on DD 1st birthday. 3 days later my period came. I did have to however reduce bf to a few times a week to get it back. The past week or so DD has been teething and wanting to bf more. Hope this doesn't impact on ovulation 🙈

Hello may I join too? Currently bf my 3.5 year old & 7 month old - I continued bf during conception pregnancy and still going - not what I originally had planned! With my eldest I had two pregnancies in between before I fell with my youngest and I didn’t really have periods. We had a relaxed ttc approach until the finale few months when I started using OPK and temp chatting. We’re going for the relaxed approach again! I’m not holding much hope as my youngest is still bf at night so here’s to hoping!

Hi all, what were your first few symptoms of period returning while breastfeeding? Since October my CM has changed and I get cramping. Now AF however. The past week or so the cramps are back and I've had spotting and sore boobs also. I've reduced bf down to 2-3 times a week. Is it possible to keep getting phantom period symptoms for a few months? I'm weaning my 1 YO with the hopes for AF to return soon and still no sign 😪

Hi, can I join in?
I gave birth in April, then I went on a pill for 3 months. I stopped the pill in September and started TTC. Forgot to mention I'm breastfeeding as well. My first period came back in October; however, this month instead of period I got spotting and light spasms. Pregnancy tests show I'm not pregnant. Does it mean my fertility is still not back yet? So dissapointing.

Hay all! Have many of you had your period back? And when did you get it?

I've been cramping for the past two months, this week however is different cramps. It's worse, and alongside nausea and discomfort. I've heard the 1st period is the worse. I just hoping this is it coming and now more phantom period symptoms 😩

@Waitingonasmiley42 what's the best time of day to test? This is the first month of using them. Trying to keep track of my CM too. Better start having sex again 😂😂😂

Opinions please. I did a wee cheap ovulation test, there's two lines here, the second isn't as dark as the check line. Does this mean I'm ovulating?

I know I’m the same with the “miracle milk” it just immediately calms her down 😂 I can’t get her to sleep any other way! Need to learn some new ways.
I’m not going to lie the thrush has been absolute agony. But I am a stubborn old goat and I told myself I would do her first year (a week and a half to go..!)

I’m back at work two days a week but I express whilst I’m here.
I average when I’m with DD about 4-5 feeds a day, she’s been doing this since she was about 7 months. I know I should try and drop them now she is nearly one! But it is hard, she uses me for comfort, some days she will have 3-4 feeds but sometimes she’ll feed for ages if she’s not feeling great!
I have started to try giving her a bottle, she usually will not take it off me but yesterday I managed to give her a bottle of whole milk mixed with formula, she drank it until she was almost asleep then latched on right at the end just to drop off to sleep. Getting there slowly I guess..!

I would love to feed her for a long time in to toddlerhood but I want to TTC a sibling more than feeding her until she is fully ready to stop iyswim? It makes me feel guilty though :( she loves breastfeeding so much! I’ve struggled the last 4 months or so with internal thrush in my breasts and had mastitis twice so it’s become a battle of late x

Also, I'm back to working full time a month ago, I find it really exhausting. Recently I've been getting dizzy and light headed spells and feeling sick. I'm definitely not pregnant. But did anyone else get this?