TTC while nursing

[happybunny]

We are thinking about starting to TTC. DD is 16 months and still nurses very frequently, including at night. Probably 8-12 times in 24 hours. For those of you who were TTC while breastfeeding, how long did you have to try before you got a BFP?

I am also a little concerned about getting pregnant, because DD is still so dependent on nursing. I'd like to nurse through pregnancy and possibly tandem nurse. What was your experience with this?

[Jaimee]

With my first who nursed quite frequently until she was two, my cycles took about that same amount of time to regulate and return to fertile.  I was getting AF since 8 months pp, but my LP was not of a fertile length.  Once she nightweaned at age 2 and then started decreasing her nursing sessions, my LP shot back up and I m/c once and then conceived 2 cycles later. 

With my second, AF returned a little later- 12 months pp- but they were immediately fertile as I got a shocking BFP just one cycle later.  We were not at all trying as this is not child spacing that I would choose.  Ds is 15 months and I am in the throws of m/s, which he does not understand.  He wants to nurse all the time and let me tell you, it is SO SO painful.  So painful that I want to wean, but the thought of weaning him when he's not at all ready makes me want to cry.  I think that my milk supply has reduced slightly, but nothing serious yet, though I hear it can happen slowly over the pregnancy.  For me, that would be okay, b/c it might encourage him to wean gradually before the new baby comes.  Otherwise I'll have to consider tandem nursing!

Good luck with your decision!