Ttc and still breastfeeding? Thread #3: Pull up a chair for some support from others on the journey!

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Yes, we know all about how emotional and hard it can be! All the pros and cons, all about missing Aunty Flo's and wtf cycles with no ovulation, all about children being cute and pointy. No matter if you are five months or twenty months down the breastfeeding timeline, if you're ttc again, this is the thread to join! Welcome!

Oh poor you auto! Hope you can whack CBeebies on and get some rest x

So she's now taken to instead waking me up repeatedly to check whether I've grown four babies yet. Joy.
Hahahahahah! This made my day!

Pear, DD puts 4-5 word sentences together, though sometimes in the wrong order, and makes up songs... All children seem to develop different skills at different times, I'm sure DS will become a chatterbox soon - then you won't be able to get him to pipe down - and he too will possess the ability to say the most inappropriate thing at totally the wrong time just to embarrass you in public haha

I know what you mean Ava, dd never shuts up is a good talker. I think it's a girl thing!

Hope you have a relaxing day, Auto, and a better sleep tonight

DD was coughing all last night (she's only just gotten over one bout of illness, too), although it didn't wake her up , so I didn't sleep too well either and I had other things on the brain

Wax, thank you for the glow sticks idea - there were glow stick bracelets at the party on Saturday and she loved them I switched TV channels the other day and she caught a glimpse of Dickinson's Real Deal where money was being counted on the table - she got excited and shouted 'holiday money!' And asked to see the clip again and again Think she's going to be a banker .... Or a Clarks shoes sales assistant, as she loves shoes and, again, has more than I do ....

Still no sign of AF and no symptoms whatsoever of anything... Can't help but think this still hasn't our month, though ... Hmm, will keep you updated...

If she doesn't show up between now and Thursday, I'll pop to boots in my lunch break on Thursday and buy some tests for Friday, fmu x

Cooeee! 17 months and still no sodding AF.
Have seriously fallen out with DH so the lack of AF is probably irrelevant though - felt like a single parent on holiday so I've no idea how we'd cope with a second as apparently only people with breasts can do pjs, bedtime etc.
Did notice my nipples are hurting on holiday which was probably down to my toddler refusing to drink water so feeding like a newborn again. I'm thinking about testing just in case but last time I had clear symptoms even with an initial BFN.

Hi everyone just catching up. Dd1 is also asking for another baby "cos theWeeble [her nn for dd2] is a TOGGLER now"... i agree that she is growing up but doesn't seem to want to leave the milk behind and is up in the night again... I'm thinking it's a development thing as her speech is really coming on now

Think I'm about 2dpo and keep having to slap myself..m of course I'm tired, I was up in the night, went out for a run and work in a farm / ice cream parlour and its half term so totes busy. But then I tell myself it's too early to know and neck a glass of wine

Still no sign... Fx fx fx fx fx .....

Squeeeeeealllll!!!! So exciting Ava!!! I have my fingers crossed for you! POAS!!

Give me a 'B', give me an 'F', give me a 'P'! Go Ava

ooh this is so exciting!! I really hope its a bfp for you this month Ava! I don't know how you can bear to wait so long to test!

And sorry to hear you had a rubbish time with Dh on holiday puggle. I hope he gets his act together soon. How many times a day do you usually bf your dc?

Ava, how on earth are you going to wait until Friday!!!! That's serious control It will help me wait until Friday to test though! We could be testing buddies

ava!!!!!!!!!!!

How many times -a lot! If I'm at work (4-5 days a week) its morning, 5pm on return, then after tea + getting into jammies then to sleep. Also co-sleeping so a fair bit overnight. I';ve just stopped lunchtime expressing at work unless I'm at a peripheral clinic (hip hip hooray!)

He's allergic to dairy and soya + nuts so I've always planned to BF for longer as milk subsititutes aren't easy and he's always been a high needs baby! As a counter to fertility, all the dairy avoidance has led to me going from my usual 14/16 depending on activity level to an 8/10 - I was last an 8/10 when I went to big school so I think my body thinks its being starved.
Still maybe I'll have nonsense with DH sorted by the time fertility returns!
Big congrats for the BFPers and fingers crossed for the testing sooners....
Forgot to look for sticks in Aldi today (if they do them) so my phantom non-pregnancy can continue in my head

Thanks everyone Er, think I'm showing restraint re not poas as I'm honestly not convinced it'll be a bfp... Wtf cycles while bf'ing mean I could possibly just be a couple of days late, and would've hopefully managed to increase my LP for future cycles....

Thankfully, as I'll be at work tomorrow and Thursday my mind will be occupied... I'm not allowing myself to get excited until Friday...but I'm sure AF will rear her ugly head before then...

Wax, I cannot thank you enough for the weaning idea...I thought we might as well start as we mean to go on, and I can always replenish the bag of gifts as we go. It's worked 3 times today and I've got away with only feeding twice, for a couple of minutes each time, ALL day! More often than not the answer to "boob or prize?" when she asks for boob is "prize!" And she's loved rummaging for a gift to open, feeling them all, and choosing When she's persisted and is adamant she wants boob I give in, but we've done great considering we've been at home all day - needless to say, a lot of our day has involved play-doh haha

wax I also love the lucky dip idea and will be using it if needed. Similar to the dummy fairy who left.me a Polly Pocket when I was 3!

ava I find a high necked top with a vest underneath helps too... nothing with any cleavage! At 16m it's officially bed time only but there is almost always 1 or 2 night feeds too. However I do tend to have a 14/16 hour gap.

I hung onto the excess weight until af returned and I lost a stone within a month ?? I am currently within 2lb of my pre first baby weight - which I'm fine with.

Hope af stays away for you and Fx for.Friday.

Omg Ava, can't believe your restraint! I would have been poas and squinting days ago haha! So exciting though! And well done cutting down the BFs sounds like it's working out great.

Haha I love the "boob or prize" idea - genius, well done wax!

Ava good luck for Friday! I can't believe your restraint either. I would be poas every day but that's just me (plus I have about 6 hpts in the cupboard )

Pear - any symptoms?

Btw last night I had a really vivid dream that I had a little boy! Maybe it's a sign..!

Mumofone - ooooooo vivid dreams I have had absolutely zilch symptoms...nada I keep poking my boobs but nothing happens I had such a busy day full of distraction but yet I still can't stop thinking about it 24/7

I haven't even ovulated yet so it's definitely not a pregnancy symptom! Just strange that it was so vivid! In my dream the little boy was about 1.

Oh Ava I'm so glad the boob or prize bribery has paid off!!! Sounds like it's going brilliantly! Well done both of you :)

Day 3 of our day weaning has gone well too! No feeds at all since the last one in bed at 7am-ish. Today was the real test as we were home alone all day, so she'd normally want to watch Cbeebies attached to my boob all day. She asked a few times but was easily distracted with other offers. And for the first day so far I didn't have to give her hot chocolate - we got by on two mugs of mint tea and a coconut water lollipop! Still not brilliant from a sugar perspective, but I'm hardly going to tempt her with water ;)

Thanks for the tip OneCurrant, I know what you mean re selective necklines. DD can be very, erm, forceful and sometimes shoves her little hand down my top while we're out in public She's been known to help herself during the night too, especially if I wear a vest top to bed, so a t.shirt top is what I'll be wearing for a while now

A stone in a month is brill! With my over indulging on Saturday I've still managed to lose 4 lbs in my first week, I'd love to lose another 4... But I think I must've caught a killer sore throat off DD and I've been self medicating with scoffing a few biccies and a mug of tea this evening

Lea and Mumo, I'm only trying to be good and have some patience now as I feel so silly for wasting 2 clear blue digi tests over the last few days. If I had any more hpts in the house I'd be poas at least once daily... Trust me ...

Mumo, my very, very first inclination I might be pg with DD, even before any symptoms or late AF, was a really vivid pg dream the night before AF was due/I poas and got my bfp - so I definitely count that as a good sign

Laughing at the thought of Pear randomly poking her boobs I feel exactly the same though

Well done with the feeds, Wax. My final prize of the day did not work at all. A book I'd ordered for DD arrived today so I wrapped and added it to the stash. I thought it'd be lovely to settle down and read it before bed but she wanted boob as I read to her, as this is our routine, so I definitely need to stick to activity gifts we can do outside of the bedroom and living room, our usual bf'ing places, so as not to get back into habits....

Booked a hol tonight, a repeat of the one we've just been on, for 2016. I thought of calling tomorrow and asking what happens if we have another DC in tow by that time...then I remembered that, last year, I asked them the exact same question about this year, thinking we'd be going with 2 DCs. Had no idea it'd still be just the 3 of us this far down the line