Before having kids I used to have rather painful ovulation pain that was strong enough that I knew what side I had ovulated from. Since having kids though I haven't really felt that pain noticeably. My cycle resumed after 9ish months after my DS was born and at the time I was still breastfeeding him around the clock.
After my daughter was born I assumed that seeing as I was now breastfeeding two kids around the clock it would take longer for my cycle to come back. We certainly thought it would at least take as long as after my son.
The first sign of my cycle returning was two VERY dark lines on a pregnancy test, lol! Turns out I have a sneaky egg break free from my ovary when my DD was about 4-5 months old right around the one and only time we DTD that month as I was ill. I had absolutely no inkling that I might have been about to ovulate, and didn't feel any ovulation pain. We were totally shocked when the pregnancy test came up positive and only took the test partly as a joke after I had felt a bit nauseous for 3-4 days in a row.
The first time I wasn't really paying attention as I wasn't having sex so there was no real need to know but looking back it made sense cemented by the fact my Mum's cycle returned at a similar time (6months and there is 15months between me and my brother). The second time I was caught completely off guard when it showed up 6w whilst I was tandem feeding!!! I originally thought that no way this could be it but it has been regular ever since.
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