TTC whilst breastfeeding. Tips, advice and support

Hi ladies,

hoping something has happened for you by now @Elfy11 . Must be so frustrating.

Doing ok thanks @ZoomiesCat oowww did you use OPTs to get your peak? Fingers crossed for your TTW then! 🤞🏼

I still haven’t ovulated yet! I think the Maca I started has delayed everything this cycle! Perhaps shouldn’t have started it for a few months! 🥴 x

@Elfy11 sorry to hear you are still feeling rubbish. Hoping the weather is nice where you are and that helps a little.

@Clairey332 how are you getting on?

I ended up ovulating cd 22 this cycle, was starting to think maybe it was going to be an anovulatory cycle. Hoping period holds off for a week + now 🤞

@Clairey332 still nothing. Feel crap today so really hoping I can blame it on AF 😂
I've not bothered with an app yet as I don't really have any info to add! I did do a couple ovulation tests 2 weeks ago which were really dark but not quite as dark as test line and did another today which was very pale... so hormones definitely doing things?! I used Flo before but it doesn't do BBT and I think I'll start tracking that and see if there's a noticeable pattern.
It is all so confusing! Hope things become clearer for you this month and that your cycle gets back into its normal rhythm.

@Elfy11 sorry about the late reply! Has AF appeared for you now? Do you use a fertility App to track everything? I’ve been using Clue, which I’ve used in the past but it predicted that I would ovulate 3 weeks after my period 🤔 which hasn’t happened but maybe it’s because I started AF 6 days after I ovulated?! Confusing. X

@Clairey332 no AF yet! Been a bit crampy but nothing so far. Just trying to forget about it and maybe she'll appear... really difficult though as I keep seeing tiny babies everywhere and it's making me so broody 😂
Sorry you don't think it's been a success this month. Hopefully soon! Hope you're doing well otherwise 😊 x

Hi @Elfy11, any sign of AF yet?! Must be really frustrating! Any symptoms of anything either way? Yes, the teeth hopefully will come thick and fast and we will get it out the way ASAP! All of my children have suffered with teething! 🥴

Think I am out this month. Was predicted to ovulate Saturday just gone but nothing. I had lots of EWCM but haven’t had any pains. So obvious when it does happen as the pain is awful.

Hope everyone else is ok! Xx

Hi @ZoomiesCat, thank you for making me feel better about it! Glad I'm not alone with feeling it's a rough road.
Hope your cycle starts behaving how you'd like and you get a BFP soon 😊

@Clairey332 yellow wee sounds exciting 😂 hope your wee one gets on okay with her teeth. Once our daughters first broke through the next seven just sort of appeared quite quickly! Wasn't too awful an experience compared to some I've heard. Fingers crossed it wont be too rough on her (and you! ) x

She is cutting her top two teeth at the minute that was meant to say!! Ha ha x

Hi ladies,

@Elfy11 i have started taking them yes. They have made my wee bright yellow! Hoping that doesn’t mean anything bad. They smell quite strong too compared to the Boots brand vitamins I was taking. No period for you yet?! Yikes. Keep testing every few days! I bet you have spent a fortune on tests already! 🥴 Nothing worse than not getting any answers! Hopefully you will know either way very soon 🤗

@ZoomiesCat i am CD 15 too! My periods started back last month and I only had 6 days between ovulation and my period starting last month so hoping it will be longer this time!! I haven’t ovulated yet either. I feel when I do, and it definitely hasn’t happened so far but I would predict it would be in the next 24 hours if it does! My little one is cutting her two top teeth at tye jibutes so she’s been glued to me most of the night for the past week! Xx

@Elfy11 oh no sorry to hear that. I found the months leading up to my cycles returning were a real killer with hormones going everywhere. I hadn't twigged that it was my hormones though. I hope you have some relief soon.

I'm doing okay thanks. Hoping luteal phase this month increases, but we'll see as not feeling massively positive for some reason.

Hi @Clairey332 how are you doing? What cd are you on?

Yeah I'm all good, think cd 15, haven't ovulated yet, think I will probably around cd 18 based on the last two cycles 🤞 although we've had a lot of teething going on here so lo has been attached to me all night most nights 😅 Really hoping luteal phase is longer this month, and would ideally like ovulation to come forward a bit, but I guess the most important thing is luteal phase. I think we are going to start properly TTC after the next whole cycle so really wanting to be in the best position and not be worrying about whether implantation isn't happening properly because of short luteal phase or low progesterone. I might try seed cycling next month again if needs be 🤞

Hi guys! Hope you're doing well.

Thanks @Clairey332 for the vitamin suggestions. Have you started them? (Not sure how I missed your message so sorry for delayed response!)

@ZoomiesCat thanks for checking in. I'm still a hormonal mess with noAF in sight 😭 have taken another test just to prove to myself that I'm not pregnant! The only time I've been this all over the place is early pregnancy! How are you doing? X

Hi @ZoomiesCat how are you getting on? Where are you in your cycle? X

Hi, just wanted to see how everyone is getting on?
How are you doing @Elfy11?

Morning @Elfy11, the vitamins I ordered are Zita West Omega 3 capsules and Pregna-Plan Pregnancy Multivitamin by Cytoplan both of these products are for fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding x

@Clairey332 oh what ones have you gone for? I keep forgetting to order any! There's so many to choose from it keeps putting me off 😂

Yes, good way to look at it, getting them through at the same time! I feel you on the nipple score, sometimes mine feel like they are hanging off!! Painful. 🥴

I’ve just ordered some new vitamins to start. On Boots branded one at the moment but hoping these new ones will be better quality. 😀

@Clairey332 😂 I did get what you were saying. Will update if anything happens on this end. Hope it all goes well for you too.

And yes 8 teeth at once was a lot! But in a way was good to get such a big chunk done at once. The next ones along are about to start making an appearance too! My poor nipples 😛 x

Sorry about the typos! Hopefully you understood what I mean! 🤭

Wow! That’s a lot of teeth at once!! Is that why “nipple shields” was a name first thought of!! 😂😂😂 she was will only have 4 once these two are fully grown brought and yes, buts them to good use like your little one!! 😂🥴. Keep posting your updates and see what happens from here for the both of us. Will be interesting to see what does happen given our LO’s are the same age!! X

Thank you, reassuring to hear you were in a similar position. Don't have any friends/family that have experienced this or are up for talking about it so good to know it's a thing other people experience and I'm not just throwing a wobbly!

🤞I can but hope!

Oh poor wee soul, hope they cut through quickly for her. Most of February and beginning of March were a bit rough for us as she gained 8 teeth all at once. Loves putting them to use now though!

@Elfy11 I think for around 3 months it definitely felt like things were changing and that I was on the verge of it returning with hormones going a bit all over the place and CM increasing. This was around the time my LO started nursery a few days a week so I was having longer stretches of time without them when previously we had been together 24/7. I also started some gentle boundaries of when I was breastfeeding LO as I was suffering breastfeeding aversion but didn't feel either of us were ready to end our journey. To be honest when period did return I was a bit surprised as it had been so many months of feeling like it was about to come. It might just be around the corner for you.

Hi @Elfy11 if PMT was always your thing then you never know. My CM only started 2 weeks ago, just before I had ovulation pains so it all happened very suddenly. There was no signs or build up apart from my face getting spotty!

Glad your little one is getting better sleep at night. My LG is cutting the top front teeth she’s decided to feed more this past 5 days! 🥴 Trying to give her loads of food and snacks in the day but it’s not making a difference. Hopefully when they break through she will go back to feeding around 3 times at night. 🤞🏼

Oh yeah I used to get it pretty bad the week before AF. This has been going on (on and off) for a couple months so hopefully it's just my body trying its best to get going again. No change to CM yet, in fact hardly get any these days compared to before so maybe a way off yet... our wee one is finally sleeping better at night so hoping that will help. 🤞