https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:11:04 +0000 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:43:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=22944 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=560736&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#560736 Author: freckle
Subject: 22944
Posted: 07 December 2008 at 5:43am

Oops I must have misread your first post - I thought you were saying you only breastfeed the one feed at night... My wee girl wasn't at all keen on food until about 8 months so I know what ya mean - when she started eating properly she naturally cut down on the breastfeeding (I also started a little formula as she wasn't sleeping well)... by start of ten months she was all about the food and totally over me feeding her... which was a little hard but it's a few weeks later and I'm over it too
... and yep I'm hoping for a small age gap too for the same reason (although when I said trying for baby #2 it's really #3 I just don't consider my 12 year old a baby - couldn't get much bigger gap there ...
Anyway all the best... hope it happens soon ]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:43:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=560736&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#560736 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=560453&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#560453 Author: leannie
Subject: 22944
Posted: 06 December 2008 at 10:46am

Freckle - I guess it's our bodys way of making sure we can support 2 little ones. But I would love to have kids close in age. My sister and I are only 15 months apart and we are best friends so I would love that for my babies too. I am not ready to stop b'feeding - especially since my little man is not interested in food at all! Let me know how you get on =0)
weegee - thanks for the wikipedia link. I am going back to work (part-time) in January so that will give me and bubs some time apart. I hope The Sleep Store can suggest how to stop him from scratching and waking at night! I would love him to go back to sleeping at night!!!]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:46:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=560453&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#560453 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559863&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559863 Author: weegee
Subject: 22944
Posted: 05 December 2008 at 11:48am

Hey leannie, I looked into the issues surrounding fertility while breastfeeding (for the opposite reason to you!) and there seem to be a few 'conditions' to fully breastfeeding which help to keep you infertile. The main things were feeding at least once every 4 hours during the day and every 6 hours at night, and apparently you're more likely to remain infertile if you sleep in the same room as your baby, and aren't separated from them for more than 3 hours per day. Here's the wikipedia page on it.

So I guess if you want fertility to return you need to try to space out the feeds a bit longer, and work on getting bubs to sleep through without a feed (try The Sleepstore for info on that), and maybe see if you can take a break from bubs during the day!]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:48:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559863&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559863 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559825&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559825 Author: freckle
Subject: 22944
Posted: 05 December 2008 at 10:58am

I was in same situation - I have a ten month old and I'm so ready to get preggers now... I was breastfeeding until two weeks ago and have only had two periods since baby #1 was born - despite trying when I thought was the right time have had no luck at all :-( ... I am hoping now that I have finished breastfeeding it'll happen soon... However, I have friends who have gotten preg (by accident) while fully breatsfeeding so it does happen... I think if you are only doing one feed your fertitility should return but it so different for everyone from what Ive read! I guess it's a time thing... but it sucks waiting eh :-)]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:58:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559825&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559825 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559530&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559530 Author: leannie
Subject: 22944
Posted: 04 December 2008 at 8:18pm

We would like to start on Baby #2 but I've only had 1 period (2 months ago) since Baby #1 was born (7 months ago). I am breast-feeding, bubba was sleeping through but now has terribly itchy eczema which wakes him up in the night so i feed him once to help him (and us!) back to sleep.
Any advice on how to get #2 cooking without stopping breast-feeding? ]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:18:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22944&PID=559530&title=ttc-after-baby-1-but-only-one-period#559530