My period. lol~ Arrived for the 1st time since my dd Ruby was born. She is 16 months old. Im a tandem nursing mom so I didn't expect my cycle to come for another year or so. Lucky me, right? ~sigh~ So, I had to share ... I even called my dh at work to let him in on the great surprise.
Argh, i know how you feel. I nursed my son for all of two months, and my moon returned the following month. I nursed Willow for a year, but by 4 months (i wasn't even giving her baby food yet), i already had it back. I've heard some moms say theirs didn't come for a year or more AFTER their babies were weaned...it sucks to have a body that always wants to be pregnant, lmao!
Well the guy from CO wants to have dh call him to see if he is interested in any of the positions in Denver. The company is trying to find where to place him. We should get alot more answeres really soon. I can't wait to leave Texas!
Hmm...we plan on moving to Denver/Boulder area by next summer-when hubby finishes school...It seems to be a magnet for HF mamas!
Is it an actual period or just some really light bleeding? The reason I ask this is because I was told that you can't get pregnant while you're nursing. If not, why have a period?
Breastfeeding can be used as a natural Birth control. But it all depends on a bunch of things. Like you how much you are breastfeeding, how much you wieght, and weather or not your pierd has returnned. Breastfeeding decreases the amount of estrogen a womans body makes. The more you breast feed the less estorgen you make. Estrogen is what makes you ovulate, thus having a pierod 14 days or so later. But if you are breastfeeding alot, like tandum nursing, or excusively nusing a infant (means he only gets breastmilk, no soilds or anything else), and are not signifacantly overwieght. Your pierod may be suspended, and you can't get pregnant then.. Okay I think I explained that right
YES, you can get pregnant while breastfeeding! I did, twice! Breastfeeding can act like birth control, but once you get your period you are ovulating. There is an awsome book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility that explains all of it, its a really good book!
careful on that! A lot of women I know got pregnant unplanned for a second time because they were told this simple sentence. It works in a way, but not that simple... but that was postet before. (I think because of that I have a brother who's only 11 month younger then I am)
its kinda lke how my nephew was born...my brother and his ex wife were told if they did cocaine they would both be sterile....stupid people...
I heard of people believing that too... one of them has a kid... from around that time ;-) It probably makes many people a lot less fertile... but not everyone...
Dear Husband = DH Dear Daughter= DD Dear Son= DS Dear Wife = DW STBX = Soon To Be X SO= Significant Other DP= Dear Partner Thats all I can think of right now~
Be careful. If you're nursing and you haven't had a period yet and that's what you're using for birth control...how do you know you're not about to get that first period? How do you know that you're not ovulating and that your first post-baby period isn't on it's way (unless you get pregnant). You should only rely on that for birth control if you wouldn't really mind getting pregnant again.
i nursed my older 2 2yrs 3rd 2yr 10 mo and 4 10 mo. i always seemed to get my period at about 6 mo.about the time i would start some solids or a little juice. always thought it was just my body noticing the change in schedele. as for breastfeeding and contraseption i always thought that you actually ovulated before your first period. so theres the chance of getting pregnant and never even menstrating.
It can also occur that it's the other way round: No ovolation but period. But I think the natural family planning method, where you watch some body symthoms, like the cervix, the slime, and messure temperature every morning can give some clues. But then again, it's not only used breatfeeding as contraception. But I have read that at least for mononursing it can be save until you don't feed less then a certain number of times a day, which usually stops when solid and other external foods are added after 6 month.
