XP: Anyone get preg while breastfeeding?

catdwg83

Hi ladies! I posted on BF board too, but I figured someone here might have an answer. I really don't wanna mess up my supply with the pill (mini-pill) because my supply seems to react to everything now. All other BC is not an option, except condoms & diaphragms.... which I'm kinda over using. DH & I are not trying to have another one now, but we could definitely handle it if it happened. It would just be slightly sooner than planned lol. It was super easy to conceive LO, but my cycle still hasn't regulated since his birth. Anyway, how easy or difficult was it to get pregnant while BF?

JrsGurl1823

my cousin believed she couldnt get pg while bf, and well let me put it this way, she is having her 4th in 4 yrs this oct. its extremely easy to get pg again after have a baby bf doesnt change it. hope it helps.

Hollygirl7

It totally depends on the person. BF'ing is not a reliable for of BC, because so any people do get pregnant while still nursing. I did, but only once I stopped nursing through the night and started taking B6 to lengthen out my luteal phase. A lot of people (like me) find that their luteal phase (from ovulation to menstruation) is too short to sustain a pregnancy, even if you're cycling regularly. I got my period 9 days after ovulating every cycle until the one I gave up and then got pregnant on. DS was 11 months old by that time.

Hope this helps!

Hollygirl7

Hollygirl7:

It totally depends on the person. BF'ing is not a reliable for of BC, because so any people do get pregnant while still nursing. I did, but only once I stopped nursing through the night and started taking B6 to lengthen out my luteal phase. A lot of people (like me) find that their luteal phase (from ovulation to menstruation) is too short to sustain a pregnancy, even if you're cycling regularly. I got my period 9 days after ovulating every cycle until the one I gave up and then got pregnant on. DS was 11 months old by that time.

Hope this helps!

And by this I mean, a lot of people who are breastfeeding. Luteal phase defects are really common while nursing, but still, I wouldn't count on having one.

catdwg83

Hollygirl7:

Hollygirl7:

It totally depends on the person. BF'ing is not a reliable for of BC, because so any people do get pregnant while still nursing. I did, but only once I stopped nursing through the night and started taking B6 to lengthen out my luteal phase. A lot of people (like me) find that their luteal phase (from ovulation to menstruation) is too short to sustain a pregnancy, even if you're cycling regularly. I got my period 9 days after ovulating every cycle until the one I gave up and then got pregnant on. DS was 11 months old by that time.

Hope this helps!

And by this I mean, a lot of people who are breastfeeding. Luteal phase defects are really common while nursing, but still, I wouldn't count on having one.

Thanks thats extremely helpful. I probably have one, but it would be too early to try to record it & see if theres a pattern. I've gotten 2 periods since LO was born & one was just light spotting for a couple of days. 

julygal

I have known two people IRL get pregnant while BFing.  Both got pregnant shortly after they introduced solids and their baby's demand for BFing went down.  Everything I read really didn't support BFing as a form of BC unless you are charting to avoid at the same time.

After having DS I used an IUD, and I was really pleased.  No hormones to interfere with BFing, no condoms, no diaphragms, no charting, etc.  I know it wasn't what you were asking about, but perhaps that is something else you could consider.

rainlily

I still bf my 21 month old DD.  My first pp AF came back when DD was 15 months old.  I was temping and could tell that I ovulated.  I got pregnant in a few months.  DH and I were trying, though. 

SailorGray

My good friend got pregnant while BF and on the pill.  She noticed her belly was rounder and started to wonder. She went to the doc and she was 5 months pregnant!  No joke!

catdwg83

hocus:

In general exclusive BF reduces your likelihood of getting pregnant, but it is still possible. Once you introduce solids then it really doesn't offer any production.

Have you considered a copper IUD? It has no hormones so it won't impact your supply.

Yep. I'm really allergic to silver & have a couple other metal sensitivities, so the chances are pretty high that I'd react badly. I wish I could though, that IUD would be freaking perfect.

catdwg83

SailorGray:

My good friend got pregnant while BF and on the pill.  She noticed her belly was rounder and started to wonder. She went to the doc and she was 5 months pregnant!  No joke!

Haha thats crazy! That sounds like something I'd do..... 

WyWysMommy

My SIL did. Her two are barely a year apart (by like days).

megkreig

I was on the mini pill shortly after i had the kids.  I got pregnant when i was still nursing one of my twins (25 months old at the time).  We decided that we wanted to try for another one and got pregnant a few days after i came off the pill.  FWIW- i didn't notice any issues with my supply when i started the mini pill. HTH!

abell77

I got pg while breastfeeding, but my son was almost a year so I wasn't nursing as often and I knew that it was totally possible for me to get pg, even though my periods had been so irregular.

KOscar

I did.  I never got my period back and was bf.  Granted DS was 13 months when I got my BFP so he was on solids and we were nursing less.  It was a little sooner than we expected but now I can't wait. 

DiscusCoach

Yup but not exclusively BFing at that time.