I'm posting this here because it's the main place where I can find moms of 4 or 5 y/o nurslings, I hope it doesn't get moved.
My question is: how soon in your nursing relationship did your cycles get back to normal?
My son will be 4 y/o in February, and although he nurses once a day now, and my cycles went somewhat back to normal, I still have anovulatory cycles now and then.
I googled extended nursing & TTC, and all I get is sites about how to wean 1 y/o babies in order to get pregnant
Any advice or BTDT stories are very welcome.
Thanks
DS1, cycles normalized at about 15 months, got preg with DS2 when DS1 was 22 months old, he CLW at 4.5 years
DS2, cycles normalized at about 18 months, got preg with DS3 when DS2 was 22 months old, I weaned him at 2y, 4 mo
DS3, cycles normalized at about 16 months (pattern here?), got preg with DD when DS3 was 17 months, I weaned at 20 months
DD, nursing currently at 12 months, cycles are back but not normal.
I never tried to get pregnant (never charted to achieve pregnancy or anything, I "tried" in the *ahem* traditional sense), I just let nature take it's course.
With DS2 my period returned 13 months PP. I think it was hastened because DS2 was in the midst of a brief nursing strick at the time.
While I never I charted (with DS1 I started hormonal birth control and with DS2 my DH had undergone a vas.) My periods seemed regular (more regular than they were pre kid without hormonal birth control) and seemed ovulatory.
hi everyone, I just wanted to thank you all for answering and to let you know that we're finally expecting
. What worked was CHARTING, actually realizing that I used to have irregular periods before nursing and probably this was the case now as well. So after a 27-day, a 35-day and a 55-day cycle, we made it.
Now I have to find an exciting way to tell dh.
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