After cluster feeding yesterday afternoon and evening, Ryan fed last at 7:30 and fell asleep by 8. I stayed up until midnight because I thought he'd wake around 10ish for another feed but he didn't. When I went to bed I thought he might wake around 1, but he didn't wake for a feed until 5! That's 9 hours! Craig dropped a feed early on but I thought he was 4 months old when he stretched his night sleeps out to 9 hours. Ryan seems a bit young so I don't think I'll get a repeat 9 hours tonight.
Alison - Pretty scary stuff, but as you said you can cross that bridge when you come to it. I didn't get my go ahead for a VBAC until I was 34 weeks pregnant with Ryan, there's a few things to rule out first (baby's position, placenta position etc) even with a low risk VBAC. With the mini-pill I have friends who fully FF and their GPs pushed them to go on the mini-pill straight away, so it should work for you so long as you take it at the same time each day. There is a good chance that you can't fall pregnant in the first 6 months if you exclusively BF around the clock, but even my GP warned me not to rely on that (and I have at least one mate who fell pregnant when BFing). It works because BF produces prolactin which inhibits the hormones which make you ovulate. If you BF at least 85% of your feeds, have not had your period and your bub is less than 6 months old then you are unlikely to fall pregnant (but if you have ovulated you wouldn't know until you'd had your period). With the periods, everyone in my Mother's Group was different. All the FF girls I know got their's back straight away and I think I was one of the last at 9 months. So maybe the comp feeds have brought your's back early? But I'm sure I can think of at least one exclusive BFer in my Mum's Group that also got hers back at 2 or 3 months. With the prams, I got mine not knowing how long the gap between babies would be for us, so I didn't even look into toddler options for it. All I can get is a skateboard attachment or side car buggy. I did want the Phil and Ted's, but there's nothing wrong with my Swallow Beema so I'm going to trial the skateboard thingy first. Not sure which pram you should choose, but like Tilda I know several people with 3 or more prams. Maybe get the best one for you now. You can always sell it if you end up needing a tandem pram.
Tilda - Yes, that's what my DH was thinking, that I should be right for at least the first 6 months withouth using anything. I think I was down to 2 BFs a day when my period finally came back last time, which was a bummer because we actually wanted to go again straight away. It then took me 6 months to fall pregnant, so DH thinks that we would be fine if we don't use anything but I just don't think you can guarantee the same again. Like you, I don't want to test it! I hope Matilda gives you a break today
Ryan fell asleep in my arms while I typed, so I put him in the cot and went to the loo. When I checked on him, Craig had climbed in too! I'm going to post a pic of them on FB.
Last edited by *suz1*; February 3rd, 2010 at 08:22 AM.
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