Breastfeeding... Can I Conceive, and How to Know??

My mother got pregnant with my little brother when I was 8 months old, and she was breastfeeding. I know a lady who is actually due in two days that got pregnant breastfeeding, and did not even know it until she was 25 weeks. She felt the baby move, and that is how she figured it out.

I'm nursing my 11mo--only one more month to go :-), but the thought has come across my mind. In my case we are done having children and so the thought of getting pregnant again kinda scares me. I have been on a low dose pill and if I am more than an hour late taking it we use a condom. I have not started a period yet either. And with my first child I did not have a period till 4 months after stopping breastfeeding. If you do not want to get pregnant right away you may want to switch to a normal bc pill. Although there is a short window of time that you can concieve if all is normal, while nursing you are still very fertil. If you are wanting to go ahead and get pregnant, you may want to stop nursing so that your baby does not take all the nutrients that a new baby would need. Just do a home test every week and check with your doc.

If you are pregnant, I wish you the best. HOWEVER....you said your husband did not want more children and you agreed to stop with 2. Do not trick him. He is smarter than you think.

That alone would cause some trust issues with you and hubby if he for a minute even thought you planned this and secretly hope to be pregnant.

My dad divorced my mom partly because she planned for baby #2 and he was against it. He found out she was planning it and oh so happy!

If your hubby wants to be sure to stop at 2, he needs to go get snipped. A condom is not the answer.

I'm sorry if this if offensive in any way, I do not intend it to be. I see a time bomb ticking when a mom wants another baby and dad does not. I'm not speaking directly to you but I have had acquantainces laugh about how they got what they wanted (pregnant)and they are not so happy now. Trust is out the window.

Hi C.!
A friend of mine got pregnant with her second while nursing her first. After weaning her first, she wanted to get back on the pill, but her doc. made her take a pregnancy test first, and, surprise!, she was pregnant. If you think you are (or just want to be sure either way), just take a test (though you may have to wait a little while for HCG levels to be high enough to detect), or go see your doc.
-Christina

I became pregnant with our 3rd child while still nursing our 14 month old daughter. She was obviously eating regular food for her meals and only nursed at nap times and bedtime. I went 10 months without a period after the birth of our daughter, and then my cycles were about 2 months apart instead of 28-30 days. I found out I was pregnant when I started getting symptoms of morning sickness (at about 7 weeks along).

If you're interested in learning more about fertility signs and how to achieve, postone pregnancy naturally, I encourage you to check out the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility", by Toni Weschler.

(By the way, our baby, our first boy, is now an 11 week old bundle of joy!!)

K.
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Yes, it can happen! When my 3rd was 9 months old and I realized I was 13 days late from my 1st period, my hubby rushed to the store to get a PG test. And sure enough...I was prego with baby number 4 and I was in the weaning phase of nursing. I didn't have any symptoms other than being late.

YES YES YES YES YES, You can get pregnant while breastfeeding. I did twice!! and was taking a low dose bc pill too. I just figured it out when I started getting nauseated which for me happens about 3-4 weeks into a pregnancy. I wouldn't change anything though! God always has the better plans for me than I do :)
Good luck to you!
J.
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I would recommend taking a pregnancy test in about 2 weeks from the failure. Call your OB doctor's office and see what they recommend also. You absolutely can get pregnant while nursing.

I was nursing my 12 month old and guess what - on micronor birth control - I discovered that I was pregnant! Yes - you ABSOLUTELY can conceive while breastfeeding! I thought that I had the flu - nauseau, vomitting, tired - but it wasn't. I just happened to take a pregnancy test because a friend of mine joked about being pregnant and thank goodness she did! I would get a test and just be sure!

Yes, you can get PG while breastfeeding. My advice would be to take a test, if it's negative, wait two weeks and test again (while practicing safe sex if you don't want to get PG). After conception, it takes about 14 days before your body will produce the Hcg hormone that PG tests detect. Best of luck to you!!!

Yes. I found out I was preg. when my firstborn was 5 mos. old. My baby who LOVED nursing all of a sudden didn't want to nurse anymore and I actually was turned off by the idea too. There were some other unusual signs like my brand new contacts not fitting so just listen to your body.

I did have a period while I was breastfeeding; my cycle returned when my daughter was six months. She was still nursing frequently at 2 when we fell pregnant.

I'd wait two weeks and then do a home pregnancy test.

Yes! I got pregnant w/ my 3rd when my 2nd was 7 mo. and nursing (my oldest was only 2 1/2 at the time like yours :) ). It was about a month after he started eating baby foods. I only had 2 odd periods before that. Warning signs for me were breast tenderness, I felt like I was getting a cold and I was real sensitive to too-tight waistbands on pants. I would just listen to your body and take a pregnancy test in a few weeks.