Will be interesting to see what your FS says Lise. One of my girlfriends who had been in the verge of starting IVF before she fell pregnant naturally went back to her FS to discuss how long they should try naturally this time round before going the IVF route. He asked if she was still breastfeeding (which she was at the time) and when she said yes he said that it would be unlikely to work. This was regardless of the fact that she started ovulating a month after she gave birth and was breastfeeding exclusively for a year. I think what he had explained was that breastfeeding doesn't just potentially effect your cycles but it also alters the lining of the womb which makes implantation more difficult. I had always been told that you had to give up breastfeeding prior to (re)commencing IVF but had put it down to needing your cycle to come back prior to being able to start a treatment.

After we had DS my FS who was also my OB indicated that I would need to stop breastfeeding prior to recommencing IVF if we wanted to go for no 2. Because of my age and that it had taken 5 rounds to have DS we decided at the time to let nature take its course and I continue breastfeeding as there was no guarantee that IVR would work and it would be a shame for DS to miss out on all the benefits of being breastfed. Quite a few of my friends have had to go the IVF route and they were all given the same advice. However I guess as more and more research is done advice being given can change.