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Originally Posted by MaerynPearl  unfortunately... the only real known way to get your fertility back IS to do a partial weening... to spend 6-8 hours every single day without having a feeding... not just 3 days out of the week. If you only do it every now and then and not every single day your body does not get the signal that feedings are decreasing and allow your fertility to return. Its sort of a safety mechanism built into your body to avoid you getting pregnant when you are still nourishing a child.
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Not for me. I went a 7 hour stretch at night but many days nursed every 3-4 hours during the day. A lot of research suggests night weaning has a bigger impact than daytime....
Nightswimming: My little nursling is almost 21 months and I just got my BFP this morning!!! I used Maca, Vitex and natural progesterone cream (for my luteal phase). The Maca/Vitex combo is what got me ovulating and the NPC extended my LP from 6 days the first cycle to 9 the next cycle to getting my BFP the next!
As for night weaning, I read all the info on askdrsears.com and I used Dr. Jay Gordon's method of night weaning, only I didn't graduate to the step where you don't pick your baby up. I always picked him up and walked him till he fell back to sleep. We only had a couple of hard nights and since I was right there holding and comforting him the whole time, I felt much better about it. It took less than two weeks for him to sleep through the night on his own (he's still in our bed, but he doesn't wake to nurse constantly like before). He is teething now so he usually wakes at 1am and I give him Hylands tablets, some water and then rock him to sleep. He doesn't cry or fight. He relaxes and goes right back down. This is a MIRACLE for us and has helped me sleep better AND brought my fertility back!
I have more info but I'm a zombie ATM as I got barely any sleep last night in anticipation of testing this morning.
Best wishes to you and PM me if you'd like!
