TTC while BF'ing?

littlemommy1

DH isn't into the planning part of TTC, so he just wants it to happen and be a surprise. He said if I know there's a higher chance, we will just wait and see.

I have been checking my cervix for a few months, and would like to start temping. When checking my cervix, it seems to be higher and firmer on random days, but I have no change in cervical fluid. I haven't had a period since before I was pregnant with DS, so this is my only way of tracking ovulation (although it could be a while due to breastfeeding.)

I did not chart or check my cervix before I was pregnant with DS, so don't know exactly what to feel for during ovulation. I wish I could have one cycle now so I can note the change! 

HappyAardvark

If you're still exclusively BFing your LO, it's quite possible that you're not ovulating yet, and will not ovulate until you start weaning.  

I would start charting and tracking my BBT/using OPK's to get a clearer picture of what was happening with your body - most ladies here use Fertility Friend (can be accessed by clicking on "my chart" link in my siggy, or through lots of other ladies' siggy's in their replies).  Or, you could just let nature take its course and when it happens, it happens.  But I personally prefer to be aware and take more control over the situation.

Twizzle

It can be really frustrating to chart before your periods return after having a baby.  You tend to read too much into the slightest changes in temp (at least I did!).  My periods didn't come back until my son was 18 months old.  At that point he was only BF 3-4 times a day.  I was able to predict my first pp period based on EWCM appearing for a few days and then AF showed up about 2 weeks later.  The change in CM was very obvious.

I started charting then although we weren't TTC yet, because I wanted to see if my cycles would normalize.  In my experience, which from other message boards I read seems to be pretty common, while I was still BF, I had really long fertile stretches, like 10-11 days of EWCM, and short luteal phases, anywhere from 6-11 days.  It wasn't until I weaned DS that things got normal again.  However, it is definitely possible to get PG while BF, but probably not if you aren't seeing any changes in CM.