has anyone gotten pregnant while ebf'ing?

StickyBaby · March 2012

Just wondering how common this is... Smile

k80jane · March 2012

do you mean only bf'ing? I got pg bf'ing, but dd is eating solids also.

LaRue86 · March 2012

Yes. DS eats solids as well, but has not decreased the amount of BM.

klingb52 · March 2012

hocus:

It only works if you aren't also doing solids. PP has a page on its effectiveness.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/breastfeeding-4219.htm

This is not necessarilly true. I have a great friend who got PG while EBFing at 3 mos. She wasn't feeding any solids.

I am BFing DS currently and am in my first tri. He is 9mos. old and still drinks the same amount of BM as before he started solids. I do not supplement with any formula, but do pump at work so DS has BM for daycare the next day.

MammaBear81 · March 2012

yes, 4 times Stick out tongue

celiabwatson · March 2012

I was still BFing, but he did have solids, and my period had been back for 2 months. I have a friend who had two surprise babies while BF, before her period returned.

BrittKav · March 2012

I was EBFing when I got pregnant. DD was 5 months old. I get AF back very quickly PP, though, so I'd already had 2 or 3 cycles.

anchalmasako · March 2012

I am still bfing 6-7x a day, plus three meals of solids. I got pregnant after I had only one postpartum period, when my daughter was 8 months old.

etude de la vie · March 2012

Yes and on mini pill AND no period!

SarahP15 · March 2012

klingb52:
hocus:

It only works if you aren't also doing solids. PP has a page on its effectiveness.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/breastfeeding-4219.htm

This is not necessarilly true. I have a great friend who got PG while EBFing at 3 mos. She wasn't feeding any solids.

I am BFing DS currently and am in my first tri. He is 9mos. old and still drinks the same amount of BM as before he started solids. I do not supplement with any formula, but do pump at work so DS has BM for daycare the next day.

I also got pg while EBFing at 5 months pp. We had not started solids, DS wasn't STTN - in fact, he was still waking twice per night to eat, and I didn't have my pp period.

So yes, you can get pg while truly EBF.

NCMichelle · April 2012

Yep! No period, no solids. A quite shocking surprise!

MrsMSG · April 2012

Yep, three times.

And this current pregnancy was conceived using condoms.

You can imagine my DHs opinion of his sperm. lol

L&BK54471 · April 2012

Yes, while on the mini pill too. DD #1 was only about 10 weeks old when I got pregnant.

pixieprincss · April 2012

Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) as birth control has some rules. You can read them here: https://www.waba.org.my/resources/lam/index.htm. When my period came back when DS was 4 months old, it no longer became an effective BC method even though we were EBFing, cosleeping, rarely apart, etc. (all of the things that are supposed to stave AF off). I got PG with #2 when DS was 10 months old and we were still nursing on-cue around the clock (including every 2 hours at night) and bedsharing and rarely apart for more than a few hours.

norbert5 · April 2012

MrsMSG:
Yep, three times.
And this current pregnancy was conceived using condoms.
You can imagine my DHs opinion of his sperm. lol

lol

norbert5 · April 2012

MrsMSG:
Yep, three times.
And this current pregnancy was conceived using condoms.
You can imagine my DHs opinion of his sperm. lol

lol

RyanandManda · April 2012

period came back at 4.5 months even though I was EBF'ing without solids. Periods were 45 days apart. DD wasn't STTN. Started solids at 6 months but DD still wasn't STTN. Pregnant when DD was 9 months and we were using condoms!!!