Wow! I'm surprised with tandem nursing that it's arrived already! I usually still have my pp bleed at 8 weeks so I couldnt imagine (although this time around I've been taking encapsulated placenta so at 4 weeks it's pretty much gone).
AF's Return
Just wondering if I am the only one fortunate enough to get a returning visit from AF already?
Here we are, eight weeks pp tomorrow, and AF has shown her ugly face, right on schedule. At 4 wks I had all the symptoms, but only slight "spotting" type discharge (and believe me, it was AF, not pp stuff; for me there is a big difference). So, I thought perhaps the tandum nursing might just keep AF ayt bay for longer than usual. But, NO! I would not be so lucky.
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You would think that with nursing two babies, almost constantly, day in and day out, I would get some sort of break.
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I gusee not!
Perhaps I am along in this lack of break. But kinda hope not. It's no fun.
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Here we are, eight weeks pp tomorrow, and AF has shown her ugly face, right on schedule. At 4 wks I had all the symptoms, but only slight "spotting" type discharge (and believe me, it was AF, not pp stuff; for me there is a big difference). So, I thought perhaps the tandum nursing might just keep AF ayt bay for longer than usual. But, NO! I would not be so lucky.
You would think that with nursing two babies, almost constantly, day in and day out, I would get some sort of break.
I gusee not!
Perhaps I am along in this lack of break. But kinda hope not. It's no fun.
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no AF, but how did you know you ovulated, Mandie? I've noticed that this time around I have been a lot more, juicy, shall we say? Today I noticed what seemed like fertile cm. Yikes! I'm not on any BC, we are relying on the old tried & true pull-out method
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well, it so far has been tried & true! it does make me a wee bit nervous. What are y'all doing for preventing if you don't want to take birth control pills?
My mom was the same way, as am I. I got AF 2 months pp with DS. I'm assuming it's around the corner now. Even though I breastfeed on demand, etc. etc. etc.
This is probably why my mom had 15 kids. She also didn't use BC though. She and my dad TRIED to use Natural Family Planning, but they were obviously not very disciplined
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. I for one am glad they were not discplined, because I am the youngest.
My husband and I, on the other hand, are fairly discplined about using NFP. You chart your fertile symptoms and abstain when you are fertile and don't feel it is a good time to conceive a child. It's not always easy to abstain but it does make your reunion after the fertile period really special, and it makes pregnancy a really great time because, well, you're already pregnant and can have fun anytime!
I like the method for numerous reasons... but one of them is that it's 100% natural and very effective (I think about 98% or more?) when used correctly. It's also free.
This is probably why my mom had 15 kids. She also didn't use BC though. She and my dad TRIED to use Natural Family Planning, but they were obviously not very disciplined
My husband and I, on the other hand, are fairly discplined about using NFP. You chart your fertile symptoms and abstain when you are fertile and don't feel it is a good time to conceive a child. It's not always easy to abstain but it does make your reunion after the fertile period really special, and it makes pregnancy a really great time because, well, you're already pregnant and can have fun anytime!
I like the method for numerous reasons... but one of them is that it's 100% natural and very effective (I think about 98% or more?) when used correctly. It's also free.
Well, I for one and kinda hoping I am not the first.
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Not that I mind having another little baby, they are so cute and they are such a blessing. But, with my complications of the last two, I am determined to get things under control before I get pg again. I do not wish to go through all that again, nor do I wish to put a baby in danger by "creating it" in a potentially hostile enviornment. Honestly, I want to make sure I am around to see all my living children grow up!
OTOH, I guess we shall see what God has in store. Espeically since I most definitly am fertile again, already and I do not use BC. Besides, I just have to wait until '12, otherwise I will mess up the numbering.
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OTOH, I guess we shall see what God has in store. Espeically since I most definitly am fertile again, already and I do not use BC. Besides, I just have to wait until '12, otherwise I will mess up the numbering.
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probably me lol i'm ovulating next weekend
Originally Posted by Dea  I wonder who's going to be first in our DDC to announce a new pregnancy? |
Hehehe!
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No AF for me at all yet - not a whisper. But I have noticed a return of cervical mucus, which I didn't see really at all until last week - very dry up until then. Then, it was like "hey! There's something going on down there..." so we'll see. I am breastfeeding a voracious eater on demand so I'm really not going to expect a return to fertility for some time. Honestly that might be a good thing, because I'd be tempted not to avoid...lol! Awful isn't it - I've had two pregnancies with a little less than six months in between, and I'd still do it all over again! I bet a third in a short time would be really tiring though.
So, let's hope my AF doesn't return for several months...
Actually I jokingly said "when can I 'ave another?" to my OB when he asked me if I had any questions, and he said we'd talk about it at my annual physical the middle of July...lol! So I am going to be a good girl and be sensible at least until the summer! I think. See with my history and me being the way I am, I feel kinda compelled to have a bunch of kids, you know?
Plus I LOVE, I sincerely LOVE being a mama to Isobella. It has made my life!!!
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No AF for me at all yet - not a whisper. But I have noticed a return of cervical mucus, which I didn't see really at all until last week - very dry up until then. Then, it was like "hey! There's something going on down there..." so we'll see. I am breastfeeding a voracious eater on demand so I'm really not going to expect a return to fertility for some time. Honestly that might be a good thing, because I'd be tempted not to avoid...lol! Awful isn't it - I've had two pregnancies with a little less than six months in between, and I'd still do it all over again! I bet a third in a short time would be really tiring though.
So, let's hope my AF doesn't return for several months...
Actually I jokingly said "when can I 'ave another?" to my OB when he asked me if I had any questions, and he said we'd talk about it at my annual physical the middle of July...lol! So I am going to be a good girl and be sensible at least until the summer! I think. See with my history and me being the way I am, I feel kinda compelled to have a bunch of kids, you know?
Plus I LOVE, I sincerely LOVE being a mama to Isobella. It has made my life!!!
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I'm with you on that one right now. No desire at all here. Hope it comes back at some point!
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Originally Posted by AfricanQueen99 Considering you have to have sex to have another kid I can say with 100% accuracy that I will NOT be the first in this DDC to have another! Positive about that one. |
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DH is biding his time, but as far as I'm concerned I am. just. fine. without it.
Originally Posted by JayJay I'm with you on that one right now. No desire at all here. Hope it comes back at some point!
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Well mine has come back
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at 5 weeks. With my first in came back at 8 months, and with my second it was a year.
And let me just say I think we would have conceived
DH: we don't need condoms, you aren't ovulating yet, you're bf'ing
Me: better to be safe
DH: yeah, we better
So yeah I would deal but it would be verrrry hard for me
And let me just say I think we would have conceived
DH: we don't need condoms, you aren't ovulating yet, you're bf'ing
Me: better to be safe
DH: yeah, we better
So yeah I would deal but it would be verrrry hard for me
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