Thanks so much for the reply!

I am really hoping my infertility is due to the breastfeeding.

I never would have thought it would be an issue especially recently, after almost three years (...and yes, it has been 1-3 times p/day comfort nursing for my little one also).
I suppose since both you and your friend had fertility issues due, in part, to extended breastfeeding, it must not be as unusual as I'd thought...
On the flip, I have actually heard more stories of women who were still breastfeeding (-EXCLUSIVELY-) their newborns and...
BINGO!
---Pregnant even before they got their first post-partum period!

Then there are cases like ours.

I was happy to see the return of what appeared to be regular periods starting 9 months post partum.That is when I began trying...in hopes of attempting to narrow the age gap this time around.
AF kept what appeared to be a good regular cycle from that day forward, but I suspect they have been anovulatory (or badly timed, "improperly" dispensed ovi -the odd time an egg would manage to eke itself out!) ever since then.

I actually used to daydream of getting pregnant while my current nursling continued to nurse, and I even thought about tandem nursing 'the two'...
*I guess for those of us with such sensitive systems these things would be next to impossible!

Currently, I'm feeling really guilty weaning (he really misses the few nursies he'd been having) but I have set the big milestone of '35 yrs old' as my own personal cut-off for having any more children. I turned 33 in May, so...I really need to buckle down here.
(And, I guess many would say a month short of 3 yrs of breastfeeding was a pretty decent run-)

I have not seen an herbalist or other professional re: my regimen. I did get all the usual bloodwork plus a few extra checks at my GP to make sure I had no health issues that might make these alternative therapies dangerous for me, then I did a bit of my own research and really listened to wise women like you, (-many of whom had consulted natropaths-) and have simply been following their/your lead.

If you have found the specialized treatment/advice helpful, I just might seek out a natropath myself. I live in a rural area outside Halifax NS, and though it is our Province's capital city (--and is a wonderful city, I might add...) there is not a huge population, and unfortunately, there may not be many around here (also, I do not drive!!!)

That is why this computer is so wonderful...love to be connected with other women from all over the world on similar journeys.


I wish you the best of luck! Lets really try to keep track of one another...



Your Canadian sister,

Shannon
(A.K.A. Chuffy Krumhorn)