TTC while Breastfeeding (or recently weaned!!) regular cycles and baby dust this way!

[expatvet]

Hi guys... here we are, shiny new thread for all those TTC while breast-feeding or recently weaned (for pumpkin and I!!)

come on over!

Hi everyone and welcome to all the new members! Nice to have such a big group of us

Garden fingers crossed for you, sounds good! Though that also sounds like me 80% of the time, haha.

aries CM returning was a big sign of impending AF for me. I had bouts of very copious, runny CM on and off for about 6-8 weeks before I finally got my first PPAF, and I was pretty sure it was on its was because I'd had a good stretch of EWCM about 2 weeks before. (No pun intended. Ew, sorry )

Oracle I'm taking Angus for the first time this cycle so I can't pass on my experience yet, but I feel fine and DD doesn't seem to have noticed a change in taste or supply or anything. I'll keep you posted.

I'm in my fertile window at the moment, I think. EWCM for the past 3-4 days now, with a definite peak today so far. The last two cycles I've had EWCM which comes and goes for well over a week before (hopefully) O, but never as clear and copious as now. I don't know if that could be a result of the Vit B and Angus or if it's just natural progression over time, but I'm feeling positive that I'll O this cycle. I've been rubbish at temping but it might be time to get the thermometer out again for curiosity's sake.

Hi napping, Aries , & mama
Fingers crossed for u garden, hope the rage is a good sign!
Lullaby hope you manage to get a bit more sleep n get back on track with the weaning !
Expatvet you never know there has been many a child born from a single episode lol got my fingers crossed for u !
My lo is sleeping better at the min fingers crossed for a good month !

Hi fern! great to have you on board! Yeah! Hopefully weaning will be just what you need to get your bfp! xx

Fingers crossed the sleeping stays good pumpkin! Send some sleep vibes to lullaby's little one!!

garden 10dpo... only 4 days to wait to test! fingers crossed!

Didn't manage to dtd again so well and truly in the 2ww and hoping for a 1 hit wonder! Next month I will plan some quiet time with DH around my fertile window rather than a house full and social events for days on end!

10dpo and mega sensitive nipples. I had the most vivid dream that I tester and got a bfp last night. Argh I'm going to be so disappointed when my period comes in a few days!

positive vibes heading your way garden! when are you going to test?

Hmm. Ought to leave it until at least Sunday really. I reckon this is probably just pmt though, every now and again I get a dose of pmt that gives me false hope so this is probably just that. I did just cry reading 'the smartest giant in town' when we went to the library so the stupidly emotional side of pmt is all present and correct

Haha...well maybe, maybe not...will keep everything crossed for Sunday or Monday! Am already finding the 2ww dragging and I'm only 2dpo!!!!!

Aah Garden keeping everything crossed for you! 10dpo already gives you a good LP - I've still not made it past 7 Hoping for good news soon!

We're a nice big group now, aren't we. It's so nice to hear how everyone else is getting on. Welcome, new people!

Good luck, Garden and Expat! The two week wait is so hard but for me it goes much quicker at home with DS than it did when I was at work. He does seem to get a bit temperamental the week before AF too and I was wondering if the PMS hormones get passed through in the breastmilk. Anyone else noticed that?

Fingers crossed for your ovulation too, Jooni. Great that you have the signs there.

Fingers crossed for you Garden, it sounds like it could be a good sign.

Sorry expat that you only got one shot at it but you never know it only takes one sperm after all, the tww is painful but just try to distract yourself with other things or else drive yourself mad symptom spotting!!!

Hi all! For the first time since lochia stopped I've had a bit of pink cm today, and feeling a little bit crampy & bloated. I'm thinking maybe my body is starting to think about waking up my ovaries again?! Has anyone experienced this before their period came back?

expat I know quite a few "one off wonder" babies - you never know....

Hi ladies, wow I've missed a lot since joining😳. Good luck with poas JP, how exciting! Ive poas a few times (with bfn of course) as I've been feeling a bit strange in abdomen, guess it's just hormones playing up! Anyone struggling with biting dc when bf, any tips?

Coolchic I got my bfp last week m, so far all is well thank god so hopefully it stays that way. Sorry to hear about your bfn when is your af due?

Welcome mama and good luck to those in the interminable TWW. DS also a one hit wonder so it definitely happens! Sure it won't be so easy this time!

Thanks for all the positive sleepy thoughts for DS not working yet now his afternoon nap has gone to hell too not sure what's going on but it's not much fun atm. Am currently BFing him back to sleep...

coolchic I find DS goes through a biting period when he has a new tooth kind of like he's trying it out? I take him off and say no bitey or no teeth and it usually passes in a day or 2.

Sending lots of positive vibes to those in the 2ww.

Had a chat with DH last night and we have gone from planning to try soon to actively TTC! I'm excited but trying to prepare myself for things to take a long time since I don't even really have a cycle yet, let alone know where I am in it. Going to order some OPKs and keep an eye on CM.

Aww congrats JP, I must have missed your good news catching up on the thread☺️. I have no idea when af is dues as cycle hasn't started since giving birth so the wait continues.

Lullaby, I suspect a tooth or 2 coming up as she's been chewing on her hands too, no seems to amuse her unfortunately no matter how firm i say it. Here's to hoping she'll soon understand the meaning! I'm also bf to sleep and last night was a marathon as she just couldn't settle😢

ooh! exciting napping!! hope you get a proper cycle soon!!

coolchic, what worked for me was to try not to react to it (easier said than done), finger in side of mouth to 'de-latch' and put the boobs away for a bit... no idea if that helps or not but hope he stops it soon OUCH! Hope you either get AF so you know where you are in your cycle or a BFP soon!

I'm on day 4 of the 2WW.... and time is already moving so SLOWLY!!!

hope eveyone else is well! xx

Oracle I think pink CM sounds like a very good sign. Before my first PPAF, I noticed a tiny bit of pinkish CM in the morning, then nothing, but the very next day AF arrived! Hope it's a sign of things getting back on track for you.

TMI question for you all: what is the deal with EWCM while breastfeeding?! I'm on day 7 of copious amounts of it now, and the past two cycles have been the same. Last month I had it for 12 days straight! I never used to get it for more than 2-3 days per cycle pre-baby. Anyone have any experience with this, or an explanation to offer? I'm wondering if my body might be repeatedly trying and failing to ovulate...

expat it's amazing how slowly time can go when you're waiting for something.

I wonder whether my body might be trying to get going again. I have had vague ovulation type cramping a couple of times since coming off the pill a few months ago but no period ever arrived. Tonight I've felt it again and did an OPK which looked pretty positive and I have a tiny amount of EWCM. I think my body might be trying to ovulate. Whether it is actually doing it is another story.

jooni here's hoping! Re: your EWCM are you ovulating? Sounds promising! I don't think I ever really got much of it so I used lots of conceive plus.

napping I hope you pounced on DH

Hi. Can I join? I am currently bf ds who just turned 2 on Wednesday. I also have a dd who turned 5 yesterday. Ds still feeds a lot at night (we cosleep) and 2 or 3 times in the day usually. He does go the whole day without when I'm at work but that's the first thing he wants when he get home. I haven't got my cycle back but would really like to ttc #3. I also have pcos which means getting pg isn't straightforward even without bf and I've needed clomid for both my dc. I can't really ask for fertility help when I don't even have a cycle though! I know they will just say to wean ds but I don't feel either of us is ready. If I weaned him and then couldn't get of I would feel gutted I think. Any tips for encouraging a cycle to return without weaning please? I have had some signs that my body is trying, feeling hormonal, the teensiest bit of spotting.

*couldn't get pg, that was meant to say towards the end. Sorry it turned into a bit of an essay!!

Hi fleck and welcome! I'm in a similar boat with a 14 mo DD who still boobs a lot, no cycle yet. Everything I've read suggests night weaning is the most effective way of boosting fertility but I don't think either me or DD are there yet.