Conception dilemma!!

[ng1412]

Hi all, I haven't read any other posts on this so apologies if it has already been covered.

Anyway, we have a 6 month old, and we want to try for another baby. I am nearly 42 yrs old and have been told by my gyne that I need to stop BF in order to increase chances of conceiving. I am really confused as I don't want to stop BF my little girl but I really want to start thinking about having another child.

So, anyone with experience of this and can give any advice? I am really confused about what to do for the best as I have always thought that I wanted to BF for at least a year but my gyne's advice has turned this on its head...

I was told that BF can reduce your chances of conceiving but by no means use this as a means of contraception!! Many women continue to BF, conceive and BF through PG and feed both babies.
In fact my MW and HV both said that as soon as you start dropping feeds it becomes much more likely that you will conceive, especially if you no longer do night feeds. So at 6 months I am guessing you are starting to wean? and you are feeding much less at night?

If I were you I would continue to BF, stop using contraception, don't think of it as ttc - just think of it as Not trying not to conceive if you know what I mean and see what happens, if you don't conceive in a few months you can look at your options again then

Have your periods come back? We took ages to conceive DS1 (about 3.5 years) but since then have had 2 more children - both conceived while I was bf ( I was 34 when I had DS2, 36 when I had DD1). DS2 in particular was a huge shock - as I say I was still bf, and it was the first month we started trying. But - even though I was exclusively bf, my periods came back almost straight away, much to my disappointment!

I agree with the earlier advice - stop trying to prevent pregnancy happening and see how you go. It could all happen much quicker than you ever thought would be possible! Good luck.

Thanks both, no periods yet but we are going to start weaning this week and I hope to drop the night feeds. I think the approach you mention is great advice as it takes the pressure off.