Breastfeeding

I got pregnant when breastfeeding. Twice 🥰 so good luck mama, keep on nursing and baby dancing!

Did you get your period back before you got pregnant?

I would test for ovulation. I got pregnant while breastfeeding but my periods were very irregular. Was ovulating like 2 weeks late. Once I found that out got pregnant first cycle.

I haven’t gotten my period back yet so I’m feeling discouraged about it. Really want to get pregnant but I don’t want to wean her to get my period back

@Lindsey Bax how many times a day are you nursing? I got my period back when I weaned the overnight feed.

Yeah she still breastfeeds overnight from habit I don’t know how to wean it 😫

@Lindsey Bax there are ways to wean it, we did it and it was a bit of a process. But if you don’t want to take her night feed away you can consider giving a formula or cows milk bottle overnight instead. That might trigger your period to return!

How did you wean the night feed? I hate the crying it’s like horrible. She’s not hungry, It’s just for comfort

She’s goes to bed awake just wakes up at the same time each night for it

I was able to get my period back without night weaning and I am now pregnant while still breastfeeding. He is up every 2 hours to nurse. But during the day, I would offer more snacks, or spend more time away from him so that he wasn’t tempted. It was easier to space out daytime feeds than nighttime feeds, then I finally got my period at around 12 months.

I have a 14 month old and I'm still breastfeeding occasionally through the day/night. I got my period back at 10 m pp and got pregnant at 12 m. We started feeding her more during the day and slightly cut back on day feedings and shortly after I got my first period. So you can try pushing more solids during the day while still bf. That way your body isn't producing as much so your periods might come back and you are still bf. And when you get pregnant you can pick it back up if you want to.