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!

Welcome artisan
Sorry bout no luck with a peak Lullaby, hopefully you had one n it didn't pick it up
Ooh fingers crossed for you jooni hope the LP continues and your successful!
Expat got everything crossed for you I think same as jooni if you have some cheap test give it a go in the morning with the mind set you will have to retest in a few days u might be surprised!
I really hope your a lucky one boat and conceive b4 AF comes back that would be brill, deff a good sign with the EWCM !
Over my end no positive on the ovulation sticks yet been doing them since day 9 , now day 12, the physical signs say I am just not chemical.
I' only stopped BF 6 weeks ago so might be expecting too much too soon

boatrace it's possible to "catch the first egg" hoping you're one of the lucky ones! No experience of temping with PCOS I'm afraid sorry.

Welcome artisan you never know you could be quicker with #2!

jooni understand your worry but I'm sure lots of veggies and vegans manage to get pregnant eating soy so hope it won't interfere with your cycle. I've stopped taking my daily antihistamine for hayfever incase it dries up all mucus if you know what I mean!

Fingers crossed you get a positive test soon pumkin when do you typically O?

Well I got my first peak this morning and must admit to doing a little fist pump and dance at 6.30 in the bathroom 😊 So DTD last night hopefully well timed, ideally like to do it again tonight but doubt DH would be up for it!

Welcome artisan! Glad to have you along on this journey!!

lullaby that's awesome! Well timed dtd site everything crossed for you!!! Hope you sneaked in a bonus one lastnight!!!

jooni I'm sure it's ok...but I can understand your worry...our hormones seem so precarious now!!

We'll 12dpo here and a bfn this morning :-( never mind I'm not out yet...if AF doesn't rear her head by Monday I'll test again then and otherwise try and forget about it over the weekend!

Have a lovely weekend everyone xxx

Thanks guys I do know I'm being silly, but yes our hormones are so precarious right now and it's not worth doing anything to jeapordise it! Will be avoiding soya foods like the plague now haha.

lullaby Excellent news! Good luck and hope you can squeeze another DTD in tonight for good measure.

expat Ah, that's a shame But you are most certainly not out! And either way, making it to 12DPO is fantastic. That gives you a really good chance for next cycle even if this one turns out not to be the one. Best of luck!

That's great lullaby, hope u manage the job tonight too to seal the deal !
I'm not sure when I O, with our lo we started trying casual 3 weeks later I was pregnant so never took notice until now.
I'm veggie n have always used a mix of dairy and soy based things and I conceived very quick first time round jooni
Sorry expat on the neg test but just think to yourself it's too early Monday will be the day ! I've got my fingers crossed for you. Hope to hear some exciting news soon

thanks guys.... I'm ridiculously obsessed at the moment!! Waiting till Monday is going to be HARD!

randomly 2 people have asked if I'm expecting in the last couple of days... I'm a bit embarrassed as I've put on weight recently (knee injury leading to hardly any exercise :-( but DH is convinced it's a sign that it's worked this month!!!

haha lets see! But either way as you say getting to 12dpo is great in itself!!

Hi ladies. Hoping for some advice pls. Am first month ttc #2. Still bf #1. Af returned at 6 months pp but this is first month to check whether I'm actually ovulating. Using 4day CB opk. I had 7 days of flashing smileys and got a solid this morning on cd22. Delighted to finally see the solid but when I ejected the stick I noticed there was no line more of a smudge. Will try attach the photo. Does this mean it's a false positive? Any advice appreciated.

hi user don't look at the stick when you eject it - just go on the smiley! get DTD tonight!! good luck!

Thanks very much expatvet :-)

oh poo... I've started spotting (dark, not implantation bleed I don't think) .... looks like this is not to be my month :-(

Oh no expat thinking positive thoughts !
Go for it user!

I kind of bullied encouraged DH last night as he was very full after beer and curry and smelling of garlic so I doubt he would be up for it again but we'll see 😜

Keeping fingers crossed for you expat and at least LP is better if this month's not meant to be.

Wow pumkin so impressed you didn't need to think about ovulation last time! I guess you're learning about your cycle it's kinda fun!

Welcome user I agree don't try and interpret the lines just get going I mentioned above I'm re-reading a book called The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant and she says once you know your cycle on the CB gadgets the best days to DTD are on your last high day and first peak day as the second peak day may be too late.

how old is your DC are they still feeding a lot?

well nothing much is happening on the spotting ... nothing new for 4 hrs so maybe I'm not out yet (ever hopeful!)

haha lullaby I've been there on the 'encouraging' stakes before - hope you manage to entice him!

xx

Fingers crossed for you expat

Oh expat, I'm sorry. Me too, unfortunately Started spotting just this afternoon. Mine's mostly watery pinkish but some small dark clots too and I can feel the telltale beginnings of AF cramps, boo.

It's silly but I kind of had my hopes up this month as my LP was so much longer, just had a little cry in the car on the way home get a grip woman

Thanks lullaby. LO is 10 months and feeding about 4 times a day, rarely at night. Trying to stay relaxed about it but will no doubt be like a woman possessed by next month if nothing happening! Would love to be able to get BFP without having to wean completely. Thanks for advice.

Ps sorry af has arrived for some of you - fingers crossed everyone will get their BFP soon :-)

Sorry to hear af has arrive Jooni, it still sounds like you are in with a shot expat so just hold tough and see what happens.

I finally booked in with my gp yesterday and he advised against continuing to breastfeed, but ds is not ready to wean and everything I have read says its ok to do both. Extremely nervous this pregnancy though I don't know it's because of previous loss or because I am still breastfeeding and just not feeling the same symptoms I did in previous pregnancies. The tww was torture but not I have another 4 and a bit to wait for a scan and it literally is torture.

Sorry about your AF jooni! Fingers crossed for next month now LP is longer.
I have just caved n bought a clear blue fertility monitor this not knowing if I'm ovulating is annoying me!

jp such a tough one for you and a decision only you can make. Sending hugs for the long 4ww until your scan. Xxxx

So still no AF....trying not to get my hopes up...

JP it's a tough decision, but I was reading something last night and it suggested a lot of lo wean on there own when mummy is pregnant as sometimes milk taste different. So maybe you lo might do it in there own fingers crossed for you
Just do what Is right for you and your babies that's the important thing

Sorry about AF turning up jooni

So I got a flashing smiley today!!! It's making me feel very hopeful that things are indeed starting to wake up again. Will try and DTD today but have a v busy day out so we shall see if we have time, otherwise maybe tomorrow. Not hugely fussed about seriously trying this month but I'm very excited to see what the deal is with my cycle. I'm such a geek.

Yeah oracle! Great to know things are happening!
Spotting again here..but just a tiny bit...I wish my body would make up its mind one way or another....hope!

Hope you get some answers and reassurance from the fertility monitor pumpkin

And jooni did af turn up properly for you? If so everything crossed for next month but I know how upset you're feeling xx