Re: Fertility and breast feeding

[Guest guest]

I got pregnant unexpectedly at exactly this time (DS1 was 5 months and

weaning, but still breastfeeding). My periods had not returned and

the first I knew about it was feeling very very tired. I was by then

8 weeks pregnant. I'd been very slow falling pregnant with DS1 so

sort of assumed I was not very fertile. It was a big shock but a nice

one and the boys are just great together now.

Ho hum.

phine

(Mum to 3.5 & Ben 2.5, Cambridge NCT)

> Sorry to go on about this again, but I want to get pregnant asap and

DS1 is

> only 4 mths old. I am breastfeeding, but only 3 times a day, as he

is eating

> three meals a day now (he is nearly 5 mths

[Guest guest]

My periods did not return until firstly DD1 was 8 months old and

secondly DD2 was 10 months old - both times were when I had dropped

the midday feed and was only feeding morning and evening. I got

pregnant with DD2 whilst breastfeeding DD1 twice a day (DD1 was 15

months old).

HTH

Francesca

Fertility and breast feeding

> Sorry to go on about this again, but I want to get pregnant asap and

DS1 is

> only 4 mths old. I am breastfeeding, but only 3 times a day, as he

is eating

> three meals a day now (he is nearly 5 mths).

>

> My periods havent returned yet, and I am paranoid that I wont be

able to

> conceive (I was a bit shocked that I managed the first time

round...not sure

> why as I had only been trying for a few months!).

>

> Someone once told me that once you have had a baby, your body sort

of gears

> itself up to the 'mummy' mode, and that it is easier to get pregnant

shortly

> after giving birth (like the first year, not weeks). Does anyone

else know

> if this is true? and how can I get my cycle back in order?

>

> Cheers,

>

>

> Mum to Rohan (4 mths)

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