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Old August 25th 07, 08:30 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Erin
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I am feeding 13.5 month-old DD about 3 times a day and about three
months ago my period came back. Good news, because we are ready for
#2. I am not taking my morning temp. because I couldn't detect my
surge the first time after charting and had to rely on my trusty but $$
$$ urine tests. : ( I am counting the days in my cycle and it is
erratic. My first count was 34 days between periods and this last was
47 days. I've never been very regular, though.

Here's my question. We recently went on vacation and DD got a yeast
infection. All these disruptions have led me to increase her feedings
as I have noticed that she "asks" to be nursed more often. Is it
possible to have your period return and then disappear again due to
increased nursing?

Always grateful for your responses!!

Erin

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Old August 26th 07, 06:38 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Anne Rogers[_4_]
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Default Fertility and BFing my toddler

Erin wrote:
I am feeding 13.5 month-old DD about 3 times a day and about three
months ago my period came back. Good news, because we are ready for
#2. I am not taking my morning temp. because I couldn't detect my
surge the first time after charting and had to rely on my trusty but $$
$$ urine tests. : ( I am counting the days in my cycle and it is
erratic. My first count was 34 days between periods and this last was
47 days. I've never been very regular, though.

Here's my question. We recently went on vacation and DD got a yeast
infection. All these disruptions have led me to increase her feedings
as I have noticed that she "asks" to be nursed more often. Is it
possible to have your period return and then disappear again due to
increased nursing?


absolutely, I was very ill about 4 mths after my first was born and he
ended up being supplemented, my period appeared 2 weeks later, I had
another one 7 weeks later I think and maybe a 3rd, but we got back to
exclusive breastfeeding after about 6 weeks, I think I may have had a
light one at some point during the next 6months, but no normal one until
he was 15mths old and I got pregnant that cycle.

Cheers
Anne
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Old August 26th 07, 06:39 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
betsy
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Default Fertility and BFing my toddler

On Aug 25, 12:30 pm, Erin wrote:
I am feeding 13.5 month-old DD about 3 times a day and about three
months ago my period came back. Good news, because we are ready for
#2. I am not taking my morning temp. because I couldn't detect my
surge the first time after charting and had to rely on my trusty but $$
$$ urine tests.


You may or may not have ovulated before your first "period". It may
be worth trying the morning temps again. With my first I had several
months of seeming periods before I began having clear temperature
rises confirming ovulation. Often, the first cycles while
breastfeeding are irregular, not only in the pre-ovulatory phase, but
also in the luteal phase. It may take a few months before you have a
luteal phase long enough to sustain a pregnancy. Some months the
luteal phase may be long enough and others it may not be.


Here's my question. We recently went on vacation and DD got a yeast
infection. All these disruptions have led me to increase her feedings
as I have noticed that she "asks" to be nursed more often. Is it
possible to have your period return and then disappear again due to
increased nursing?


Yes, it is possible but even if she is now nursing as frequently as a
newborn you are still likely to keep having your periods.

--Betsy

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Old August 26th 07, 09:19 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
betsy
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Default Fertility and BFing my toddler

On Aug 26, 10:38 am, Anne Rogers wrote:
Erin wrote:
I am feeding 13.5 month-old DD about 3 times a day and about three
months ago my period came back. Good news, because we are ready for
#2. I am not taking my morning temp. because I couldn't detect my
surge the first time after charting and had to rely on my trusty but $$
$$ urine tests. : ( I am counting the days in my cycle and it is
erratic. My first count was 34 days between periods and this last was
47 days. I've never been very regular, though.


Here's my question. We recently went on vacation and DD got a yeast
infection. All these disruptions have led me to increase her feedings
as I have noticed that she "asks" to be nursed more often. Is it
possible to have your period return and then disappear again due to
increased nursing?


absolutely, I was very ill about 4 mths after my first was born and he
ended up being supplemented, my period appeared 2 weeks later, I had
another one 7 weeks later I think and maybe a 3rd, but we got back to
exclusive breastfeeding after about 6 weeks, I think I may have had a
light one at some point during the next 6months, but no normal one until
he was 15mths old and I got pregnant that cycle.

Cheers
Anne


The more recently you have given birth the more likely this is to
happen, but even some adoptive mothers who induce lactation stop
ovulating.

--Betsy

 




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