TTC whilst breastfeeding - cycle 4

Thanks for the kind words. It really is a complex ride this one, isn't it! I hope the TWW goes quickly for you - shout if you need distractions at all :-)

@clueless99 will the progesterone help your lining too or is it too late?

My little one is back on wanting milk again now she’s used to be being home again! My supply is definitely not as it normally is but she seems happy still. Im
hoping my cycle will be back soon so I can at least try a month or 2 before we go away

Oh @clueless99 I’m so sorry, what a rollercoaster you’ve been on. It really does mess with your head so much, one minute you’re hopeful and the next worrying. I’ll keep all my fingers crossed for you.

No news on my end really, think I’m about 2DPO according to both apps and OPK. I never got a strong high but there was a definite elevation and despite good advice here to test multiple times per day I only managed once a day 😂
Still sort of testing to make sure I don’t get a second peak but my DD is ill with a fever so it’s not really on my mind, plus chances of me and DH being able to do anything about it currently would be minimal!

Hi breastfeeding team, I wanted to share an update. It's sad so look away if you don't want to be triggered. I got my BFP at 7dpo, and lovely progression (still ongoing) but I started bleeding. I raced around trying to get progesterone & a scan. It was too early to find anything on the scan and my blood test shows lowish hcg, my uterus lining was also a bit thinner than ideal. I started taking the progesterone which slowed the bleeding and stopped it for a while, but it seems to be persisting now. I had a chemical in Dec cycle and I'm here again now. Feeling deeply heartbroken, still testing and seeing strong lines which is messing with my head. I wanted to share for anyone's info in the future or now, who finds themselves in a similar situation. I'll update in due course but the current plan is to wait till Monday and re-test. It positive I get another blood test....but I am now starting accept the inevitable. Love and sticky wishes to all others on the TTC train x

I get that. So very few of the women I know breastfeed, and none who is currently trying to fall pregnant again, so, again, finding myself in a pretty isolated spot!
Its so difficult to find like minded mum friends, BUT grateful for this little thread :D

@clueless99 yes it is quite exciting, keen to see what it tells me about my cycle and am hoping it’s positive! I’ve really been guessing until now and with a child who also doesn’t sleep well (solidarity!) DH and I don’t exactly have the time or energy to put the effort in we did when conceiving her 🤣

@BGxxx and @BloomingOrchidea just wanted to empathise with the sadness of weaning babies - we are trying to reduce BFing currently with a view to weaning and I feel really sad about it.

I find it difficult to get support with those feelings too as my DH doesn’t get it (although sort of tries) and none of my social circle have enjoyed it so can’t relate. But for me it feels like the end of an era and a loss of a bond or connection, I’m trying to reassure myself that our relationship won’t change with or without it but it’s hard.

No since I was be able to concieve while breastfeeding I was going to carry on and tandem feed! If I hadn’t of got pregnant I was going to wean at 2 and try to concieve. She’s just turned 18 months so 6 months earlier than planned xx

I feel so sad about the weaning too. I read that for some expectant mums, their milk dries up during pregnancy and that hit hard. I want her to stop but think ill miss her x
Where are you going away to?

Ooooh that's exciting for you! I'm TTC #3 and had a lot of success with OPKs for my previous conceptions so fingers crossed it helps guide you too. I become some kind of crazy scientist when TTC - my kiddies don't sleep much so I don't BBT but I do use saliva microscopes sometimes which I find very fun, and opks :-) I'm a poas addict but trying to contain myself a bit this month...I'm sure in a couple of days I'll be chomping at the bit and wasting buckets or cash on expensive sensitive tests 😳🌝

@clueless99 I’m not sure about pregnancy, this is my first month testing for ovulation! So I’m not an expert by any means

What day do people tend to see it rise if they go onto have a BFP? I'm 4dpo and getting soooooooooo impatient!!

@BGxxx I’m so sorry to hear everything you’ve been having to manage, I hope you are recovering well and have good support around you x

Hello all, lots of lovely news to catch up on. Congrats @BloomingOrchidea and @Cinnamonbunn ! You have both offered me hope that conceiving while BFing is possible. I’m now on cd12, testing with ovulation strips and no sign of LH rising yet.

@Cinnamonbunn oh gosh I really hope you're not as sick this time!!
I didn't have HG but it certainly felt it was heading that way, I had horrendous morning sickness from weeks 7-18 so I sympathise!!

@BGxxx hopefully you can go quickly to trying again and they'll get you in for early scans very quickly going forwards x

@Strongbrewplease haha! My brain feels a bit pickled. Have to leave myself notes to remember what I was half way thru for work the next day. It would probably be a miracle for me to be pregnant as we only weren't careful once or maybe twice during the fertile window

@Strongbrewplease thank you! If i don’t have to wait too many cycles i will try again before we go away and hope it happens quickly.

I feel like my little girl might end up weaning herself soon which I feel sad about

@Strongbrewplease theres still a chance that test line could change. Have you noticed a pattern to the cycle lengths, I know some women experience that there right ovary is 28 days for example while their left is 32.

I’m doing ok thank you, very tired but then I was anyway from all the night wakes. I’m getting quite nervous about the likelihood of developing HG again but so far no sickness.

Oh sorry @january1244 🙈 I'll blame the sleep deprivation that DD is currently torturing me with!

Indeed though, not out until AF but not looking likely.

How are you both getting on @Cinnamonbunn ?

Huge congratulations @BloomingOrchidea !!

@Strongbrewplease it's not me sadly, it's @BloomingOrchidea and @Cinnamonbunn with their positives! Lovely news Blooming, I thought something was up when you said spotting in place of period.

Strongbrewplease great news on the longer luteal phase, I know the disappointment of a stark white test. You never know, if your period doesn't come.

I'm 8dpo I think and don't feel anything

Gosh so much to catch up on in one week!!!

So sorry @BGxxx that's you've gone through this. It sounds like you're being really positive though, fingers crossed you can carry on ttc soon!

@january1244 congratulations! Definitely positive 😁

It's looking like I'll be out this month, AF feels imminent and I (stupidly) caved and tested yesterday and was disappointed to see how stark white the test was🤦🏼‍♀️ last one I had in the house though so I'll just not buy any more!!

12dpo today so it looks like I'm doing alright on LP length at least. Cycle this month is currently on day 35 and after last month's 27 day cycle it looks like my cycle is still all over the place - it was before DD came along anway, I was hoping that it might have regulated a bit, oh well!

Just need AF to hurry up now so we can carry on and i can pick up more opks.

Congratulations on your positive @Cinnamonbunn x

Im 13 dpo today and decided to test because this pattern has never happened to me before. Very strong positive, im still in disbelief.
My bbt is dropping and so is my rhr.
Nothing makes sense
Maybe thats what bf does to your body, changes it so its unrecognisable and nothing like it was before our babies.

@Cinnamonbunn congratulations!! Amazing news.

@clueless99 it's so interesting how different all of our breastfeeding is in terms of frequency and when. I'll include mine also. My second is 11 months, and she feeds at bedtime, 6am, 7am, and then on days she's home with me twice more in the day for naps. At days in nursery, she prefers not to have milk and to eat food. She doesn't feed in the night at all, and actually only woke in the night once for a feed from early in so maybe that's why my periods were back before four months