Hi, I was wondering if I could join? I've spent the last few evenings reading through this thread and have found some useful tips. Congratulations to those that have had BFPs, that brings me so much hope. I'm so sorry to hear about those that have had loses, I hope you are doing okay and recovering.
My DD is 14months old. We haven't started TTC yet and we are hoping to start this summer but I've not had my period back yet since having DD. DD is such a boobie monster, but I've been trying to cut down feeds in the day so just milk for nap and bedtime but she's been a bit poorly having started nursery and picking up everything there 🤦♀️ and I suspect teething too, so that's been hit and miss on whenever that plan has worked each day. She started nursery in January and goes twice a week for 8hrs, where she doesn't have milk there at all, so I've stopped expressing on these days as she doesn't want/need it when I'm not with her, so I know she can do it in the daytime. Night time I am still feeding through the night, last night I timed it and it seems to be roughly every 3hrs, but 4am feed was just her latched on suckling for comfort for an hour. I have in the last week been trying to shh and pat to sleep instead with varying success. Up until recently we were cosleeping, but we've now set up her own bed area, so I'm hoping having a bit of space and her not right next to me might help her not smell the milk and what it so much. The night feeds have definitely spread out as it was hourly until we moved her. We are thinking of getting DH to try and go to her at night now instead of me, but doesn't wake up to her like I do so that's frustrating.
This month I've been religiously taking my multivitamins and myo-inositol, and seed cycling although have done it with the moon cycle as don't have a cycle back yet to base it on. I did this the month we conceived DD after experiencing a miscarriage, no idea if it was that that worked but I guess some extra nutrients from seeds each day can't hurt. I've also been trying to incorporate some yoga and meditation practices back onto my life and trying to up my calories a bit but find this super hard, especially as DH looks at me like why are you eating again!? Pre DD I used Natural Cycles for years for contraception and then when TTC and it worked well, I think not having cycles back is worrying me as last time I knew exactly when I was ovulating so feels like all new territory for me.
Sorry this was a long first intro, just trying to get it all straight in my head too. Clearly not an over thinker over here 🙋🤦♀️😂