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Getting periods back while bfing!

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Sunnysummer · 11/12/2013 09:49

It took us a long time to get pregnant the first time, and may need some extra help, so we are dying to be able to start trying again...

However I am also keen to keep bfing, ideally extended bfing. Any tips on getting my cycle back on track? Or experience that suggests I might not have long to wait?

Some more detail - nearly 10mo DS is still a total boob monster and a very frequent night feeder, especially as we cosleep. We've tried cutting down on night feeds but he's so hard to resettle without it, and after a looong couple of weeks with 10+ wakings and hours of crying we gave back in.

My HV said that a dramatic change is most likely to start it, so could even swap one feed with a bottle for a few days, but would that affect my supply?

Sorry for the essay and thank you for your help Smile

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GinGinGin · 11/12/2013 09:54

Sorry no real advice but lack of periods whilst breastfeeding does not mean that you can't conceive. If I were you, I'd just go for it and see what happens. Some women do have periods during bfeeding, others don't. Mine started 8 month pp - I was still bfeeding day and night so didn't have to make any drastic changes for them to start again.

leedy · 11/12/2013 10:35

Yup, mine just started as well, didn't make any particular changes. Though I suspect with DS1 it coincided with him ramping up on solids around 9 months, and with DS2 at 5 months when he had a few nights with long stretches of sleep.

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