TTC While BF (no AF)

KOscar

I read the post below about BF after you got your BFP, but was wondering how many of you ladies were able to get the BFP without having had AF, due to BF.  We are talking about moving towards TTC but I haven't had AF since Dec 08.  I don't know if we should even plan to start TTC before I get this or if it would be unlikely to get a BFP without it. 

aldyn

Well, the only way it would happen is if you happen to be trying and it's during that first cycle back - then you could conceivably get pregnant before ever getting AF.  For me, we waited until I actually got AF, then we started trying.  FWIW, I could totally tell AF was starting up again before I got it.  It was a longer than normal cycle that first time back, but if you pay close attention to your fertility signals, you might be able to make it work.

For it to work for us, our timing needs to be as perfect as possible, so we waited to TTC so I could start using my monitor.

CaitlinJ22

everyone is different. I know a friend who got her period only when she weaned to once a day. I got it at 6 months after introducing a small amt of solids....so who knows. It depends on if you have a time you want to get pg by. You could always use ovulation tests, or just let it happen. As your baby eats more solids you may get it. 

GL 

hellopoppyseed

According to kellymom.com, it is "very unlikely" to get pregnant before you have AF but my body found a way. I got pg when DS was 3 months and I was EBF (not pumping and bottle feeding or supplementing at all) around the clock. Like the pp said, you don't know what your body is doing until you get AF. we were not aware at all that I was ovulating. But the only recommendation I have is to "do it" whenever you get the urge because if you've got a strong interest, it could be that you are ovulating(natures way of making babies happen). Otherwise it's impossible to know when or if you are ovulating before AF. That's all I've got.

whitless

my BFP came before AF returned.  I was nursing DS ~3-4 times a day (had stopped night nursing at 9 months).  It was the first month that DH and I stopped preventing.  I was PG 5 minutes later. 

eris1995

I got pg the first cycle I ovulated while bf'ing. 

We were TTC and I was charting so I knew that I had actually ovulated. 

ETA - I had weaned down to nursing 2x a day.