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Conceiving when breastfeeding - are the symptoms any different?

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/08/2007 11:34

Last time I conceived I had lots of mucous which sort of gave things away and felt sick and tired all the time.

Now I'm breastfeeding DD (have had one period), have monsterously sore boobs, absolutely exhaustion, and lots of CM when I wipe (sorry if TMI) but not as much CM as last time. I wondered whether the breastfeeding was drying things out a bit.

BTW I can't test for another ten days and it's driving me nuts but I was aware I was pregnant last time within about six hours of conception!

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 21:27

Depends if DD stops using my nipples as a chewtoy!

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 21:18

Absolutely.

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 21:16

Might have a go in the morning if I get a chance to pee - before DD launches herself on my boobs and I get to desperate to go I forget to test when I do get a chance!

Thanks for that PI - fingers crossed for me then.

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 21:16

a comparison of hormone levels detectedd by various tests

here

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 21:12

Ooh I just found a really good site which explains HCG levels and dates and things here. Am off for a quick read up to try and convince myself whether or not to test early.

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 21:11

10miu is v sensitive but it is the lack of evap line I was thinking about for you.

ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 21:10

I think it was these

I never once got an evaporation line with these. I bought loads because i was a) breastfeeding and not regular and b) a headcase

I seem to remember weeing on a stick, sticking it in the bathroom cabinet and going off to deal with dd1. 15 mins later i wandered in remembered about it, opened cupboard to check expecting nothing and ta daa - a line. The tests do say the usual 10 min thing but I never once got an evap line and I only had about 5 left when I got pregnant.

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 21:07

Ah, I googled, now I see. But that's just a doctor version of the normal test isn't it - or is it more sensitive?

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 21:03

hold on

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 20:56

'acon diagnositics tests' what's that then?

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 20:20

Ooh project icarus - you temptress - first morning urine was it? Yes DD is only ten months. Oh bugger the little monkey is up again! arrrgh will that girl never sleep?

Might try after the weekend. Am desperate to know though and will be v sad if it's neg so don't want to test very early. But am on day 21 now sooooooo..........

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 19:58

It is bleugh. Luckily dd potty trained while I was pregnant but yours is only little I think?

I got a positive 10 days post ovulation with acon diagnositics tests......

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 18:44

Oooh the plot thickens (even if the poop doesn't).

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ProjectIcarus · 23/08/2007 18:41

could be. My dd1's poo got a bit loose when I was pregnant.

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whomovedmychocolate · 23/08/2007 16:31

DD has now reverted to bf babypoop - urrgggh the yellowness of it all

Don't know if that is significant but I'd forgotten just how much of it they produce!

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ZamMummy · 23/08/2007 10:13

I conceived again when DS was 7mo, and it was him that let me know - faffed at the breast, pulled faces as though my milk tasted bad! up to then he had been REALLY into bf so I knew something was up....

choolie · 23/08/2007 09:14

thanks WMMC, had to dash off last night to feed, so only just seen this!

sweetkitty · 22/08/2007 22:01

men eh what they like?

I had AF 4 weeks after lochia stopped with DD1 with DD2 she was 11 months before AF returned but she fed all the time. She was eating loads and it still did nothing for her sleep. She woke she cried she got boob she went back to sleep. In the end we had to break that cycle, I slept in another room DP stayed with her and comforted and cuddled her when she cried so she was never alone. First night was rough but once she realised she wasn't getting milk she was fine the enxt night. She was 13 months when we did this before she was waking 5 times in the night and I was shattered, best thing we ever did she sleeps great now and we can get back to ttc. hope that helps a wee bit

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/08/2007 21:56

sweetkitty - ahh that's lovely - thank you.

Actually my DH does have supersperm - or Domestos sperm as well call it. He was tested when we had trouble and he has low semen volumes but SEVEN TIMES the normal levels of sperm. So less batter, more babies!

He was so chuffed when the GP told him, bless!

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/08/2007 21:54

Choolie - Hard to say TBH - she's on demand feeding, let's see. She stopped night feeds a few weeks ago and now sleeps 8:30 - till 7:30, feeds at 7:30 and then again at 10, then probably 2ish, then 6ish, then 8:00 - so that's five feeds.

I became aware that I was ovulating two months ago - no periods till last month but definite mucous and hormonalness in four weekly cycles (and spots too ) Oh and massive chocolate cravings.

Got first period last month. DD has been eating food since six months but that doesn't seem to have made as much difference as her sleeping through the night.

BTW I was doing a dream feed and just dropped it one night because I was knackered and she didn't miss it a bit! In fact she slept better.

Does that help at all? Hope you manage to conceive again soon too!

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sweetkitty · 22/08/2007 21:50

I conceived DD2 when DD1 was 9 months and still BFing, for me the feelings were exactly the same. It was the first unprotected BD after DD1 was born and the only time that month, DP thinks he has super sperm. I knew again straight away too.

Best of luck x

choolie · 22/08/2007 21:43

WMMC - can i just ask, how much are you feeding DD now? it's just that DS is 6mo, onto purees, but still BF 3 at night , and 5 in the day and I'm just wondering waht our chances of conceiving if we start trying now are, with me still BF? hope you don't mind me jumping in on your thread. cheers.

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/08/2007 21:22

Loopymumsy - funny you should mention that - DD has gone right off my milk and is monkeying around like crazy - mind you she seems to be off food in general too so I assumed that was just teething.

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whomovedmychocolate · 22/08/2007 21:21

Crookshanks, when DDs nappy rash got really bad I whizzed up a cucumber in the blender and spread it on and let her crawl around the bathroom for half an hour with it on, then rinsed it off - seemed to help a lot (though it made a right bloody mess on the floor).

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Loopymumsy · 22/08/2007 21:20

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