breast feeding and ttc

August 07, 2007

hi i have 3 boys my youngest is 16 months and i am breast feeding my periods returned in January 07 they have been a little irregular some cycles 28 days some 30 and then one or two longer we have been ttc starting march and no joy i cant seem to get pregnant i know thats not a long time but for us it is normally i think it and i am.

I know breast feeding can effect ov and luteal phase i have been filling in a chart on my cm and going from the egg white i think my luteal phase is the 14 days why cant i seem to get pregnant and how long will it take to get pregnant while breast feeding my son he feeds 3 to 4 times a day and is sleeping from about 9 till 7am has a small feed and goes down till about half 8 am.

any information would be great thank you

August 07, 2007

It may take you longer to get pregnant while breast feeding as it can like you said affect ovulation...but it appears that you may be given your luteal phase. If you are getting ewcm, at this point, all you can do is time coitus when the ewcm is present and or purchase OPK kit to confirm. It may take you a little longer since you're breastfeeding, and highly encourage you to continue. Once you stop, I'm sure you'll have little to no trouble conceiving again, but would continue to do try now with OPK kits because you never know when the stork will arrive again.

August 08, 2007

Thanks i plan on to keep breast feeding no rush to give it up i guess it will happen when it wants to may be my body knows better than my brain.ill try the opk kits to confirm ovulation make it a bit easier..

August 08, 2007

Your welcome naimh, and we're always here to help anyway we can
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