Breastfeeding - Contraception AFTER 6 months

[MantaRay]

Kitt3n, if she is still drinking nearly all bm, and feeding overnight, you acould be ok. But there are no guarantees. If it wouldn't matter whether you fell pg or not, then relying on bfing at this stage is probably ok. But if you really don't want to, I wouldn't risk it hun.

[Kitt3n]

thankyou mantaray!

we dont want it to happen yet. next year would be nice.

but if it did happen it wouldnt be the end of the world, KWIM?

[thepixie]

I'm relying on exhaustion atm!!

[Matryoshka]

I wouldn't rely on it, my DS was a frequent BF'er, every hour at least for the first 6 months, and my AF came back when he was 4 months. When he was 15 months old, he was still BF every 2 hours and I fell pregnant then.
But if you don't mind then its no matter

[Ginger]

don't rely on it
i fell pg when ds1 was 7 months old, still bfing constantly

[~clover~]

I was pretty lazy after DS. Got my depo when he was 2 days, then never got another one. Just kind of told myself, I'll do it one day...
AF didn't return til he was 9 months & was around 6 - 7 weeks apart. After having AF 3 times & being scared each time, I decided I best get something more reliable. I finally got my next depo just after he turned 1. Due for the next one next week.

I do know alot of people who fell pg in the first 3 months even though they were exclusively BFing, so I'd be looking for a back up. JIC.

[Michelle71]

Do you recognise your fertile signs?? We used these to get pregnant and identify the lead up to ovulation to conceive DD 10 months after DS was born. That is an option if you don't want to use contraception but the possibility of a pregnancy isn't a big issue if it was to occur.