The All New TTC whilst Breastfeeding Support Thread

[haloflo]

Have a breastfed baby or toddler? Why not try for another one?! Who needs sleep anyway?

Come join us whether you are waiting for your first period in months or are are a few months into trying.

Oh Weeyun, I'm really sorry. As you say, I'm glad that at least you got the bad news quickly this time, but it's still sad and disappointing. I hope you're okay.

This may be rubbing salt in the wound, but I guess it's the whole point of this thread, so I'm tentatively pleased to announce that I got a BFP yesterday! 1-2 wks according to the stick, which tallies with ov'ing 13 days ago. Massively early days, obviously, so let's hope the situation remains unchanged. For what it's worth, my boobs aren't sore at all but my nipples are a little more tender while BF. Really not much though, so maybe there is some truth in the early pregnancy sore boobs/BF theory.

at risk of killing thread completely, congrats on your tentative BFP, an sorry to hear that weeyun :(

Congratulations BR44! That's amazing news! Hope it all goes really well for you.

Just popped back in to say hi
Really sorry to hear your news weeyun

br44 congraulations on your bfp! I had a feeling you were going to be next! Fx everything goes ok

Well despite my last post re waiting to TTC I'm kind of on a 2ww again as I thought maybe we should just get on with it, not getting any younger etc! Mind you we did leave it to last possible fertile day / possibly a day too late so not really hoping for much the cycle!

Both news and news ladies! So sorry weeyun, poor you, sending you lots of hugs. Congrats br44! We def needed more bfp's on here so well done!
I am currently on the 2ww but am on holiday. Have purposely not bought any hpts so I can't obsess about testing. AF due next week some time so will test when I get back if it doesn't show. Haven't got any symptoms although I was trying for ds1 for ages and the only month I had given up all hope and had no symptoms whatsoever, I got my bfp. Our bodies are very weird and wonderful things.
Just echoing what weeyun thinks though, am def not going to tell anyone until 12 weeks next time round. Dh went mad telling everyone when I was about 6 weeks and it's completely risky! I know bf whilst pregnant is supposed to be safe but it must interfere with all those hormones somehow. Fingers crossed it'll all be ok in the future weeyun and for the rest of us too!

Thanks all. I must admit I'm feeling way more anxious about this pregnancy so far. My skin is awful and I've had nausea the last three evenings, neither of which was the case the first time round. As you say Jakey, our bodies are indeed weird and wonderful things.

Very exciting that we have two 2wws! Fingers crossed for you both, Jakey and Thinkingof4.

Just out of curiosity, how soon did you lot see your GP after finding out you were pg in the past? Last time I went the very next day post-BFP, but for some reason my instinct's telling me to give it a week or so this time. Am I being daft and should just get the ball rolling as soon as possible?

And oh, by the way, nipples now unpleasantly painful while feeding. Yay.

I left seeing the gp until really quite late - found the constant appointmentsof my first unsuccessful pregnancy very tedious. I am very low risk and felt fine so.... We just fast-tracked a bit: GP said it was OK as I was low risk, the frequency of appointments are more about keeping an eye on people who might not be.

I think this time round if I get bad nausea I will go and demand help of some kind! Nausea was the worst thing for me about pregnancy. Really puts me off.

Haha thinkingof4 - I have to wait too but also v tempted to just get on with it...

Can i join? I've read most the the thread, but not really been able to take it all in.

I got pg first cycle with DD, who is now 23 months and still bfing like a newborn (but not at night now thankfully!) AF came back ages ago and cycles seemed good, CM seemed to say I was ovulating, so decided to start TTC...

DD then realised I had two boobs, and started switching to and fro, and now my cycles seem a little all over the place. I'm (hopefully...) in the 2ww now on my 2nd, 9dpo I think.

I am a control freak, and chart and temp on fertility friend!

So hello and sticky thoughts to everyone!

Welcome jenni!
No I don't think you are being daft br44, whatever suits you best is what you should do. Oh and please do stick with us lot still ttc. Nice to have someone already going through it to pick your brains and compare and contrast! Hopefully we can eventually turn this thread in to a Preg and bf thread instead!
Just sat on the beach,having just fed my 27 lb son, much to the disapproving glances from a bottle feeder behind a nearby windbreak. Wonder what looks we'll get pregnant and feeding enormous babies
On the plus side. Real bad fatigue this am. Hmmmmm. An starting to imagine symptoms I think!

I've been trying to catch up, and see some of you are struggling. BF has such an impact on my cycles, they are very irregular, and last month just as I thought I was starting the 2ww AF arrived! I think my body had realised it had no chance of Oing and just sort of rebooted!
I had been feeding each side for just half the day and that seemed to work well so those of you considering weaning perhaps try reducing how often you swap sides? I'm convinced it was the sudden swapping that messed me up, only realised a few days ago and have gone back to the blocks again.

Just wanted to pop back to say congrats to BR44 Im currently 14 weeks now and all seems well. x

Good luck to all, it can be done.

Can I join in? :)

I'm rapidly approaching 39 and have a 14 month DD who is still a complete milk-monster and feeds every 2 hours day and night, unless I'm at work (when she just waits for me and doesn't drink enough water )

So I'm not totally surprised that my periods haven't come back yet as she feeds like a newborn

However I want to get a crack on with this TTC lark as it took us 2 years to conceive her - so I'll be 41 before the next one at that rate....

Anyway - hello!

Hello LittleWaveyLines. My periods didn't come back until my DS was 14 months and he was also still feeding ALOT at that point. I think I remember reading that 14 is the average for women who continue to BF past 1, so hopefully it wont be too much longer for you now. My son is now 23 months and to be honest my cycles are not in any real pattern but I knew I was ovulating, and that's the main thing. Good luck! This thread is really really helpful for support and information from women tackling a similar problem.

Thank you haloflo! So glad to hear that all is well with you. What are you plans for BF throughout the rest of your pregnancy? I'm already thinking about operation phase out as I've decided I'm just not up for tandem feeding.

Jakey are you back from your holiday yet? Thinking of testing soon?

Thanks for that BR44 :)

I'm hoping my cycle might come back when I go back to work in September as I'll be away from her for 8 hours, 4 days (currently on school holidays - I'm a teacher)

Is it worth doing the whole temperature tracking thing if you don't yet have any periods, and are still breastfeeding at night so getting disturbed sleep? (Bedsharing though)

Hi little wavey lines.

Good to hear positive news haloflo!

On Tuesday I was sure I was feeling sick, and had weird twinges in boob, but have tested yet again today and another BFN :( its probably too early though. I'm possibly as much as 12 dpo but not really sure.

Also have thrush now, which is just great!

AF this am.
So Try again next month!

Welcome to our other new recruit and hi to halo! So glad everything's going well for you

jakeyblueblue bad luck with AF.

I felt slightly crampy earlier and thought I might have, but no sign yet. I am going to be optimistic and hope it is a pg sign...

littlewaveylines if it were me I'd just check cervical fluid, not temp, but I find temping disrupts my sleep as when I can't help but do it as soon as I stir in the morning, then don't tend to go back to sleep very well...

BR44, I've all but phased it out now (only fed once since Sunday) but I only ever planned 1 year so 16 months makes me proud.

Littlewaveylines. Can you cut down day feeds? My periods came back at 10 months PP after I've stopped day feeds for about 2 months (ie between 7 and 4) It's often easier to day wean than night wean (was feeding 2/3 times a night when I got pg). Opks worked well for me just so I had an idea what was happening.

I finally night weaned my DD 1 month ago, actually by accident. She spent a night at my MILs (who DD adores) MIL cuddled her back to sleep twice during the night and since then DD is happy to not feed at night. For a while we carried on with the any time after 5am feed but since she started sleeping a bit longer and I am planning to just get her up until she forgets about bfing. She still wakes at night 5/6 nights out of 7 but I can share responsibility with DP and often it's just a dummy run.

Sorry about AF jakey. x

Can I join this bus, please? DS2 is just now 6 months, original plan was to stop b/f now (to start ttc) but he's been diagnosed with allergic colitis so formula isn't an option for me. However, I'm 40 and it took 3.5 years from DS1 to get a live baby, so don't want to hang about. I'm new to this arena - any suggestions on bringing back AF?

Hi all :)

I shall be joining you shortly. DS is 16mo and still BFs morning and night. We are planning to start TTC in October, but I think we might get impatient and start in Sept.

DS was conceived in 2 months, so hoping for a quick turnaround again! I've had bleeding on and off since DS turned one so hopefully my fertility is back now.

Hi haloflo time flies I can't believe you are 14 weeks already!

jakey sorry about AF hope you are feeling ok

jennimoo hi - worth POAS again if still no AF in next few days

Hi to all the other new people on the thread, it's getting busy again yay!

So I am now day 33 and no AF. Normal cycle is 32 days... But I can't say I feel any different to normal except maybe a bit less grumpy than normal for pmt. I'm not getting excited yet but will probably poas sometime over weekend if still no AF.

jennimoo = yeah temping disrupts my sleep as well, so I think you're right :)

haloflo - cutting down on day feeds is only possible if I'm not there! She gets most upset - and I don't want to wean her unless I REALLY have to anyway. But from September I will be away from her for 8+ hours, 4 days a week so that might be sufficient.

Hello to MayfairMummy and JollyHockeySticks :)

LittleWaveyLines how about try feeding in 'blocks' so if you swap sides each time you feed try swapping every other? I found at about 1y doing one side am and one side pm worked well for us, and completely removed the need to pump at work! As I said below it was when DD discovered there were two and started demanding both each feed that my cycles seemed to 'break', so must be a link!

I've been POAS every day, another BFN. I'm about 12-14dpo and got BFP at 12 with DD so not feeling very positive. Thrush has almost cleared up though, so at least I'm sleeping a little better!