weaning to fall pregnant

has anyone got a trick to get AF back without having to wean bubs off breastmilk? DD id 6 months now, and i would like AF back by the time she is a year, as i need at least 2 normal cycles to have a frozen imbryo tranfser done (we are IVFers). i really dont want a big gap between kiddies, but i dont really want to force DD to wean if she is not ready?
Any advice???

Give it time, most people will have it back within a year. I was one of the last of the Dec09 mums and I got it back at 11 months.

Otherwise, if you do want to encourage it, you could try night weaning her when she is a bit older, so that you have a long period without nursing each night? It's actually the frequent suckling, rather than the milk production that inhibits ovulation

Good luck

Oh interesting thread sugarbaby, I want a small age gap if everything goes to plan

I'm still BFing but I was on the minipill which i think mucked things up a bit. However when I went off it I got the one period when K was about 7 months and then got UTD again :D. She was nightweaned at about 3 1/2 mths. That may have helped.

Boosting fertility while breastfeeding article:

http://www.llli.org/NB/NBMayJune04p114.html

We're feeding day and night, pretty regularly still and still no AF here either but I am on depo currently, went on the mini pill (still no AF) and we've talked about going on the normal pill (which you can do after 6 months apparently) and doc said I will most likely get an AF. But you're wanting to TTC so not sure if it would work unless you took it for a couple of cycles to get AF and then stopped... Not sure sorry!

Yeah, I'd wondered that after I posted, because you don't OV with it... But once you stopped, AF may continue maybe??

Im trying for number 3 now, I havent weaned , but have started my girl on solids and since moving her into her own room she is waking only once a night if that for a drink
I did lots of research cause I dont want to wean her til she does it herself, and it appears that a sudden change if B/F habits can cause ovulation, but possibly not a period.
I definately ovulated this month , about a week after my girl stopped feeding around the clock so that bit worked for me, whether or not I get pregnant ( BD'd as soon as I realised I was ovulating and took executive B ) or get AF is still to be seen. Im a bit crampy at the moment so will just have to wait and see what that means
I will try and update if AF arrives (or I get a positive!)

Edited by Raspberryjam

oh actually thats wrong! I must have put it in wrong, Milla is 3 in may ! but..
They are 2 years 2 months and 2 days apart
Milla was born at 3.51am, Portia at 1.53 pm - weird ha

I think I am probably in the minority but my AF came back REALLY early, DS was only 4 months old and trust me...we were feeding A LOT, including loads of overnight feeds. Mind you, we were using nipple shields so wonder if that had an effect, maybe less nipple stimulation or something?

Anyway, my point is that everyone is so different and the actual time spent BF can make not a blind bit of difference.

I am certainly interested in this increase ferility thing while BF, off to check out link....this is probably a stupid question, I am def ovulating every month and my cycles are regular as clockwork so does BF have any impact now or none whatsoever??