Trying .... again ;)

[wanting4#1]

Hi Girls!!  With the return of AF (about 6 months PP), DH and I have decided to start trying for number 2...yippee!!!  But I have a question for those out there with LO's....

I don't want to stop breastfeeding while we are trying since I have no idea if it's even going to work again, but I want to help my ovulation as that seemed to be the key in getting preggers the first time.  Is there any natural way to boost ovulation without affecting BF?


Thanks a ton! I'm so excited to be back ;)

[adgal]

Awww...and I was so excited!  lol.

I can't wait to read the update tomorrow.  Keeping everything crossed!!

[wanting4#1]

OH, I am sorry....I meant that when I got pregnant with DD, it was ++ hpt next day. I haven't taken a test yet because I am scared to get sucked into that whole ordeal again!!!

I'm sure that it's just my cycles being out of whack, but it's hard not to get a little excited! I'd love to have "Irish twins"!!  DH is buying a test today....I'll take one in the morning because I don't know how else to know for sure.

Sorry, Amanda, for the false positive....lol :)

[happynifer]

they say that having a baby "primes the system" making it easier to conceive 2...who knows.
i am a tester, so i would personally.
i plan on charting again after dd is born so i have some clue as to if and when i ovulate
i think it could go either way.  your cycles are out of whack or you are already pregnant again....
your call if you want to wait another month or go ahead and test ...
:)

[adgal]

I am cycle no. 4 (or maybe 5..lol) since having Ryder.  They are still not normal.  But I did take an HPT and it was negative.  I can't imagine any reason you would get a positive unless it was!  As far as I know still breastfeeding or having irregular cycles can't cause that...I don't know hon, but it sounds to be like we might be congratulating you again here!  I think you should take another test...was it an obvious +?  Excitement is building here....

BTW, I have had a few friends tell me they had a much easier time the second time around (I am hoping so as well).  One of my friends tried for years and years.  She did IVF and got a gorgeous set of twins.  Less then a year later she was pregnant again (and it was a whoops...although a very happy one).  I hear stories like that all the time.   Ohhhh, keep us posted!!!

[wanting4#1]

I know that you can get pregnant while BF (I'm hoping for it ;)) because a number of my friends have had it happen to them. I was just hoping that there was some natural/herbal supplement that would help ovulation but not interfere with BF.

So now I have an interesting situation...my AF showed on July 31st and was normal...lasted 3-4 days, bright red color, heavy flow reducing to light flow...so I thought that I would get AF again 28-30 days later. (that's what my cycles were once I got regular). SOOOOO, on Aug. 27th, I started spotting VERY little and brownish..then NOTHING!  Now, when I got pregnant with my DD last summer, on the day before I was due, I spotted A LITTLE and it was brownish then NOTHING...got ++hpt next day.

So, do you think it's MORE probable that my cycles are just out of whack or that I could be pregnant? (For those that don't know me, it took 4+ years of REALLY trying to get pregnant with DD). I know that I can just take a test, but I was never a big test-taker and I hate to start that all up again when it's probably unlikely that I'm preggers. (BTW, DH and I bd'd twice during what I would have thought would be O-time)

Thoughts??

[happynifer]

my little brother is testament to the fact you can get pregnant while breastfeeding (my mom never got her period in between, just found out she was pregnant again)
that myth is why there are a lot of us siblings very close in age who were born in the 70s :)
as far as boosting ovulation, i don't know of anything that you can do that doesn't require medications that would force you to stop breastfeeding.
Our plan is to not prevent from when this baby is born until her first birthday, and if i am not pregnant by then we will go back to the RE.  I am planning on weaning her around 8-10 months of age depending on her....so i will be done BF at that 1 year mark.  
We had to do IVF for this one, so we kinda expect to have to go that way again, but you never know :)
may we all be members of the 2 under 2 club :)