wannabe mum: Great news on the great 12wk scan! it's beautiful to get those big numbers on the nuchal fold isn't it?
Dory: I can understand that when someone feels ready to be pregnant again it's a powerful pull and it feels really hard not to be. It's tough to balance that yearning with the desire to breast feed if you feel the two wishes might not be compatible. Is it ok to ask: are you just ready to be pregnant again or do you feel under time pressures to start trying again now (because of age; i don't know how old you are)?
AFM: all good. I still get anxious on days the baby is quieter or does these funny feeling kicks towards the back. I feel better when baby is moving round lots and kicking at the front. Today was a good day. Oh... and i'm feeling just enormous! You can't tell i'm pregnant from the back but if i turn sideways...yowsers! Huge basketball in front. I don't remember being quite this big at this stage with DD. I'm a bit worried about what i'll look like by 38 weeks! Where is it all going to go?!!!
dory - are you still BF exclusively? Once you start giving Hannah some solid food, your @ will return, although not right away. I took 4 months for me. Also, your fertility often does not come back all at once, but gradually, the first cycle may be without ovulation, the next may have the LP too short. I know that once my cycles came back, the first cycle had only 9 day LP. The next cycle I fell pregnant, but sadly it did not stick.
I started giving some solid food to DD when she was 6 months old, but my period did not come back until she was 10 months old. She was almost a year when I found out I was pregnant again, and at that point she was much more into "real" food than BF, so I had absolutely no problems weaning her, she pretty much weaned herself. Do not rush with stopping BF, particularly if you enjoy it, with Hannah being over 7 months, your first @ is just around the corner.
Just a slightly different experience from Luna - as I said AF didn't return for me until 13 months when it was triggered, I was down to one feed a day and it still wasn't back! But that could be the PCOS too. When it came back , first cycle was normal (no EWCM but normal in length) and we got pg! So it can happen quite quickly Also, you can bf Hannah right through another pg, then tandem feed (baby feeds first, then Hannah) afterwards if you want to - there are plenty of tandem feeding Mummies on here who can help you with that one if you're interested. Milk changes when you get pg though so she may wean herself. good luck! Can't wait to hear how you go.
possum - it's great getting the results - I feel soooooo much more relaxed about this pg now. My ob says now the m/c rate, or loss rate is 1% and more than 90% of physical defects are ruled out at the 12 week scan. I like that he gives me numbers, the scientist in me loves numbers. Already looking forward to the next scan to see bubby again
angel - when do you get your results? How's it all going?
Also, you can bf Hannah right through another pg, then tandem feed (baby feeds first, then Hannah) afterwards if you want to - there are plenty of tandem feeding Mummies on here who can help you with that one if you're interested. Milk changes when you get pg though so she may wean herself. good luck! Can't wait to hear how you go.
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