Improving lining??

[radiatormesh]

Am looking to start ttc#3 in the new year. For various reasons we don't wait to wait too long.

Am still BF #2 (10m). Since he was 6m old I've had very very regular 'cycles': ovulation pain/cramps, then a tiny tiny amount of spotting exactly two weeks later for a day. I mean tiny: you'd hardly notice it if you weren't obsessively knicker checking looking.

At 9m old I reduced his feeds (from 6/7 a day to 3/4 a day) in the hope of improving things. I got much worse ovulation pains and more cm, but my 'period' arrived yesterday (again, two weeks later to the day) and it was still very very light. .

So I'm thinking that I'm ovulating but not developing a decent lining, so little to no chance of pregnancy.

I started up agnus castus (vitex) last month, which I appreciate takes a little while to work.

Is there anything else I can do??

I'd love to be able to continue to BF and get pregnant, but it's starting to look like that won't be possible, and that I'll have to stop BF in order to ttc. (I'd already stopped BF #1 when ttc #2, although it took stopping entirely for my cycles to resume...).

I can't find anything on Kellymom. Temping is out of the question: I rarely get three straight hours..

Thanks

Also wanted to make sure I had a good strong lining when TTC because I noticed I had a short LP. Second month TTc I ate some fresh p

(Sorry!) pineapple core from ov+2 for 5 days. No idea if it helped, but I think I implanted on ov+7 and got my BFP on ov+9. Good luck!

you can get some chinese herbs from any chinese acupuncturist/ herbalist that should help with strengthening the womb lining...i think its called dong quai but that might not be the right one...acupuncture may alsohelp

Acupuncture is a good idea: I've heard good things about that.

Congrats on the pregnancy mssleepyhead, but I don't think the pineapple can affect lining if you eat it after ovulation: your lining builds up prior to and upon ovulation.

Pineapple can help with implantation if you eat the core for up to 5 days after ovulation, but if you eat too much before ovulation it can have an adverse effect as it can make your cm too acidic

That makes sense.

i don't get the science, radiator, if i'm honest, but everything i read said to eat it straight after OV for 5 days. i don't know if it helped, it might have been a coincidence that i got my bfp, but i thought i'd just throw it in there.

I appreciate it: thanks. All worth trying!