TTC While Nursing- OCTOBER!

[MyKidKissTrees]

OCTOBER!!!

Waiting to be ready 

Lidamama84

RosieL
BeautifulCanvas

DC 13mos, 2PPAF

Waiting to Catch First PP Egg! 

AmyMay
DD 12 mos.
Boobamama

DD 12mos

SoCaliMommy
DC11mos 
AnkaJones

DS 13mo

MommyKlein

TTC#7, 14mo nursling

Virginia884 

stretch358

DS 17 mos

lifeguard
AudreyB3
DD 17 mos

Waiting to Ovulate 

Jen&James

DD 19 months

Blonhrt88

DS 17 mos.

AngelKissedKids

DD 19mos, 3PPAF

MyKidKissTrees

TTC#3 DS 22 mos., 3rd cycle TTC

StlRNMommy

DD 2.5 yrs, 7 mos TTC

boomer78

HannahJ

DC 10mos

Ashora

DC 7.5 mos

 

 Waiting to Know - 2WW 

RunAddict

DC 18mos, 6PPAF, 3mos TTC

emily11megan

DS 21mos, 5PPAF

marquess78

2PPAF, DS/DD 23 mos

LivingSky

5 months TTC DS 14mos

2cutiestolove

DS6yo, DD16mo, 4PPAF

Coquelicot

cormama

TTC #3, 24mo nursling

Jas87

17mo nursling

Lynann

5 months TTC #3, DS2 11 months

outerspacemama

sweetokb

DD 18 months

umma79

6 months TTC, 5PPAF, DS 22 months + DS4

SandyLoam

DD 23 months

Hannybanany

DS 15 mos

Our Most Recent Success Stories

 

October

MyName

Monday  DS 21.5 mos, 7mos TTC, 5 PPAF

BabySmurf caught fırst PP egg!

Jules09 2PPAF DD 25mos

 

September

Brogansmomma DC13.5mos

Heatheresc

NewMama2BBBoy 2 months ttc DS 10 months

Jr'sMom

6 mos TTC #5 DD 16 mos

 

August

Aunaturalmama TTC #2 DC24mos

northwoods DD 21 months, 4PPAF

nstewart DS 24 months

 

July

Tear78

 

June

Letileon [/B] DS 23 months 

Hopeful Jo 8 PPAF, 8mo TTC, DS 17mo

 

May

Chloe'smama 4 months ttc, 4ppaf, dd1-3.75, dd2 -20 months

OrganicViolin

 

April

mothership  2 mo TTC, 15 PPAF, DD 24 mo

OSUvet 1 PPAF, DS 13 months

 

March

 gardenbelle 9 months TTC, 9 PPAF, DD 22 months (the nurser) and DS 3 1/2

Julie 8 mo DS, 2 PPAF

CityMama2Q DD 20 MO

 

February

Lairac

Sere234 8 PPAF, 3 months TTC, DS 18 mo

icy02 6 PPAF, ds 19 m/o & ds 3 y/o

Pittnurse08 18PPAF, 1 cycle ttc, DD 26m

 

January

Batia 9 PPAF, DS ~20 m/o

Carlin  3 months TTC, 5 PPAF, DD 26 m/o

carmen358 5 months TTC, 8 PPAF, DD 23 m/o

Jewels10 PPAF, DD 12 m/o

Mittens6 PPAF, 2 months TTC, DD 23 m/o

kelantan6 PPAF, 8 months TTC, DS 16 m/o

amydiane9 months TTC #3, DD 29 m/o

Ava's Mama  12 months TTC, 10 PPAF, DD 34 m/o

Please put all changes in bold!

Edited by MyKidKissTrees - 11/1/12 at 8:33am

[MyKidKissTrees]

Hellooo Mamas!!  

I have been maınly a lurker untıl I got my fırst PPAF (at 21 months PP) thıs week!!  I wıll be the OP for Octobers Thread!  

I would love to get to know a lıttle about all the mamas stıll TTC sınce I am new around here!!  

Heres a bıt about me!

I am a mother of two sweet hearts.  Oldest DD 5.5 youngest DS 21 mos!  We have been not tryıng not too sınce whenever ıt was I started beıng ınterested agaın after DSs bırth!  We are excıted to start on the TTC journey!  Tıcked we mıssed the fırst PP egg by two days!!  But we are on vacatıon for 6 weeks and I dıdnt brıng the OPKs along... I wont be chartıng thıs month because I am goıng to be away from all my gear!  But we I wıll be "eye-ballın" ıt and hopıng for the best!

 

[stretch358]

Can you change me to
 

stretch358

DS 17months

 

 

I am still waiting for my first PPAF, I am hoping to cut out another pumping session some time in oct/nov.  (I currently pump 2x a day).

 

 

[stretch358]

For those who are still left

At what ages was your child/children when you got your first PPAF and how many times was he/she nursing a day?

[LivingSky]

Thanks for starting a new thread!

We have one child, DS Kayden born July 14 2011. AF returned at 6 months PP and we've been trying since about 10 months PP. I'd love children as close together as we can manage, as we're leaning towards having 3 kids and I'd love to be done having them by 35 (I'm 32 now). Of course if it takes longer than that, c'est la vie, we'll make it work!

[LivingSky]

stretch358: My PPAF returned at 6 months, K was still nursing full time I can't even count how many times per day/night! He was pretty much EBF until he was a year old.

[MyKidKissTrees]

Ive just been playıng around wıth the orıgınal post a lıttle!  ı hope no one mınds!!  tryıng to streamlıne a bıt :)

stretch358:DS turned 21 months on the 17th.  Got my fırst PPAF on 24th!  

But ıt seems to be over already... whıch sucks! Fırst day spottıng.  Second day dark and ı thought heavy but not comıng OUT really unless usıng the bathroom.  thırd day sımılar to the fırst.  lots of crampıng (even today wıth nothıng, not even spottıng)... not at all lıke my normal perıods from before.  ı suppose that ıs to be expected.  ı cant help but thınk that there was no way even ıf we had caught the fırst PP egg that ıt would have ımplanted ınto that weak "baby pıllow" (as ı explaıned ıt to my 5 year old).  haha.

ı decıded to chart mınus the temps.  

hopefully ıts just a weırd lull and my perıod wıll be back sometıme today!
 

[Lidamama84]

Thanks for the new thread!

@stretch358: my first PPAF returned at 14 months postpartum, about a month after going back to work

@mykidskisstrees: my first PPAF was exactly like yours. The following one was a little bit longer and stronger, but my cycle is 34 days with O happening around CD 20 (I think, going by cm, since I don't get any other O symptoms that I know of) hopefully, my cycle will get a bit shorter; that's what happened last time around.

Is anyone doing anything to increase their chances of conceiving? Herbs? Maca? Soy isoflavones? I'm debating trying either maca or soy to get a good, strong O. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether to star next CD1, in case it takes a couple of cycles for them to work? On the other hand I read somewhere on Dr. Google that too much soy Isoflavones can cause cysts....anyone know anything about that?

[MyName]

I'm back!!!

We were supposed to be putting TTC plans on hold while we finished up some other plans in our lives, but those plans just took a major crash and burn, soooooo.... we're back to TTC!

I'm on CD 15, got a positive OPK today, will probably O tonight or tomorrow. So, I'm just going to say I'm in the Two Week Wait. I'm a little nervous of our timing because we didn't BD at all this week. I got the positive OPK this morning and then we DTD tonight. So, only one shot at it this cycle it seems. Fingers crossed for a June baby!

[MyName]

Oh, answers to the questions:

@ stretch358 - My PPAF came back at 14 months postpartum.

@ Lidamama84- I'm doing red clover infusions, B-complex, I was on Maca the past couple cycles but I ran out this cycle and didn't buy anymore. I was on some Chinese herbs, but I forgot to take them this cycle. And I usually do acupuncture each cycle.

[MyKidKissTrees]

Hı Ladıes!!

MyName: you have been added to 2ww!!  my fıngers are crossed for June baby!!

Lidamama84: so glad to know that my perıod was normal.  ı got lıke one more drop yesterday and nothın sınce.  Do you want me to move you to Waıtıng to O or keep you ın Waıtıng to be Ready?  Im not plannıng to take or do anythıng specıal thıs tıme.  If we dont get a + wıthın the fırst few cycles (by december) then ı wıll go all out tryıng to ıncrease fertılıty.  DH ısnt gettıng any younger :)  

AFM, I just hope I wıll O thıs cycle.  We wıll be travelıng back to the states on my suspected O date (ıf my cycle ıs already back to the 28 days ıt used to be, whıch ıt probably ısnt!).  So were goıng to have to DTD ın advance just ın case.  Especıally sınce I dıdnt brıng any opks on the trıp!

[jr'smom]

You can move me to Sucess Stories now please.  I've got nice dark BFPs and I'm  feeling plenty pregnant.  Thanks!

Good luck to everyone!

[LivingSky]

Lidamama84: Soy isos aren't safe while nursing, so I haven't tried them this time around - they definitely helped me conceive #1. I'm trying Vitex this cycle and am considering trying Maca as well, though I don't really know what maca does, need to do some more research!

[MyKidKissTrees]

YAY!!!  Jr'sMom!!!  So excıted for you :)))  you have been moved!

[Lidamama84]

Congrats, JR'smama!!!

@LivingSky: Thanks for telling me soy isos aren't safe while nursing!!!  I'm so glad I didn't try them. I will have to look into Maca some more. Vitex made me sooo queasy. Hrrump.

@Mykidskisstrees: Please keep me at Waiting to be ready, although, it's DH who's waiting to be ready...anyhoo, I think he's almost there. Lots of ovulation jokes and you're just trying to trap me jokes, so I know that's his way of processing and getting ready :)

AFM, for some reason I feel like TTC will take some time this time around. I'm sure it's just because I'm much more aware of what is and isn't possible. Believe it or not, with both my previous kids we didn't track or anything, we just DTD w/o protection and it got us pregnant. Almost right away. This time, though, I feel like I'm totally over-analyzing my cycle and thinking about cm and fertile days, yada, yada, and I feel like it will take us longer because of that, and because I can't find any clear signs of O. That's why I feel like we should be trying right away. Tell me I'm crazy, someone??  Anyhoo, I don't want a June baby because my DD2's bday is June 7, so maybe July or August :)

[Monday]

Congratulations JR'sMom!

Stretch - My PPAF came back at 14 months.  DS is almost 21 months.

I'm back from a bit of a break from full on ttc.  Have still been ttc but have had so much going on to keep me busy (and have it stuck in my head that I wont be pregnant till after DS is 2) that it hasn't played a big part in my life recently.  Now I'm getting broody and a bit desperate again!  Had a chemical a few months ago so figured its taking my body a while to get back to normal while nuring. DS nursings were down to one at bedtime and one first thing but for the last 2 weeks its been more like every 2 hours day and night due to colds, dadda going away for a week and other things.  Now he is slowing down again I'm hoping I still O this month.   I am waiting to O and as it looks like my AF has regulated im hopeful that the extra feeds wont have too much affect!

Good luck everyone

x 

[MyKidKissTrees]

Welcome Monday!!  You have been added :)

Okay, QUESTION!!  I had HORRIBLE paın whıle nursıng for a week before I got my Fırst PPAF.  Lıke I was sure ıt was THRUSH!  Is thıs normal for PPAF?  Does ıt only happen the fırst tıme or wıll thıs paın occur every month now?  I lıterally put my On Demand BFd baby on a four hour schedule just to relıeve the paın!  Lıke needles ın my nıpples!

[Lidamama84]

That's weird, I got that too since I started AF...like newborn bad latch sore nipples. It made me crazy at night because DD still nurses A LOT! Like that perma-suckle from12 or 1 am till the morning. I thought I was pg at first, though I never get some boobs in the first tri, but I guess it must be hormonal. Yeesh!

[lifeguard]

Please add me to waiting to catch first pp. Baby girl will be a year next week. I am planning to go to the ob soonish to see if we can get af going. I have pcos & don't generally o on my on. I conceived ds on clomid & dd between clomid cycles (but we're pretty certain the 3 consecutive cycles of clomid is what helped me o) but I am always hopeful I will conceive at least once on my own!

[MyKidKissTrees]

Originally Posted by Lidamama84 

That's weird, I got that too since I started AF...like newborn bad latch sore nipples. It made me crazy at night because DD still nurses A LOT! Like that perma-suckle from12 or 1 am till the morning. I thought I was pg at first, though I never get some boobs in the first tri, but I guess it must be hormonal. Yeesh!

EXACTLY!!!  ı loathe the perma-suckle.  :(

Lıfeguard you have been added!!  how old ıs DD?