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TTC after finishing breastfeeding

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BuntyCollocks · 03/02/2012 13:05

Ds has just turned 1, and since November we went to 2 feeds a day, morning and night, as a natural progression. At the start of January, I got a brown 'mess', first sign of anything since April 2010. We finished breastfeeding completely a week ago, as I wanted to make it to his first birthday - he is the least fussy baby in the world and was honestly not bothered where his milk was coming from! My guilt at stopping is somewhat mitigated by the fact that he himself stopped wanting his feeds as well, thank goodness.

Anyway, that's all a bit by the by! DH and I are desperate to ttc #2, but there is no sign of my period returning.

I have two questions: how soon are they likely to properly return? And, is there anything I can take to speed up their return? I've heard of agnus castus, but then read on a thread here that they can delay periods/ovulation if you are not experiencing either!

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redwhitestar · 03/02/2012 13:43

Basically the answer is any sort of time - I've seen everything from immediately to months and months (helpful huh?!).

www.kellymom.com/bf/normal/fertility.html

This is a brilliant website/-page which explains things.

Maybe think about charting/OPKs to help you see if you're trying to ovulate (and when you manage to)?

I take agnus castus: I've taken it both after coming off the pill and after stopping BF/having chemo last year (the former obviously preceded the latter!), and it seems to have helped my cycles come back. Obv I don't know if they would have done, but I'm not sure that there's any harm to taking it, so as far as I'm concerned, you may as well...

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