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Conception whilst breastfeeding.. is it possible?

30 replies

Sneezymcsneezy · 09/02/2022 22:37

Hello! My son is now coming up to 8 months and we are currently weaning/giving a bottle of formula a day and breastfeeding, does anyone have any experience or have become pregnant whilst breastfeeding? My periods are yet to return, I still feed overnight but may consider feeding from bottle to extend duration between feeds at night time too! We would like to get started trying for number 2 as soon as possible!

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Fifthtimelucky · 09/02/2022 23:16

I also got pregnant while breastfeeding. In my case my elder daughter was 18 months when I got pregnant so obviously she wasn't taking as much milk as she would have been a year previously.

I think you would be much less likely to get pregnant if you were exclusively breastfeeding.

Marikali · 09/02/2022 22:48

It certainly is

ByMyName · 09/02/2022 22:44

Definitely possible - you should meet DC2! Grin

I was breastfeeding DC1, got pregnant with DC2. Kept on breastfeeding DC1… and once DC2 was born, both were breastfeeding.

Diamondbabe · 09/02/2022 22:43

Yes I'm BF abs just found out I'm pregnant. If your periods haven't come back are you still ovulating?

Notsurehow2handlethis · 09/02/2022 22:42

It's definitely possible, it's how I ended up with only 18 months between my two youngest 🤣 I was one exhausted mum for a while there though...