WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 1997: Re: Breastfeeding And Pregnancy

Re: Breastfeeding And Pregnancy

From: Noelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:22:23 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Tami wrote: >
>I am wanting to get pregnant but still want to continue breastfeeding.
>Since the birth of my son in Oct. 1996 Ihave had only one period in
>December. I know I am not pregnant at this time. My question is can I
>still ovulate with out a period and if so how can I determine this to
>get pregnant. Thank you for your help.

Hi Tami,

Here's my experience: I got pregnant 10 weeks after the stillbirth of my son in December. I had NOT gottten a period yet and was beginning to wonder when it would ever come. I started charting my basal body temperatures (waking temps) and trying to chart my cervical mucous (although I never quite got the hang of that) to help me identify when and if I would ovulate. I used a very helpful book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler (sp?) to do this.

I thought the charting way was a good first step for me to pay attention to my cycles (even though it wasn't quite a "cycle" for me at that point, per se!). I know women who've used ovulation predictor kits instead of or in addition to charting, some of whom have found them helpful. In my situation, though, since I had no idea where I was in any "cycle" or even IF I was ovulating at all, the OV predictor kits seemed way too pricy and kind of hit & miss since I think you have to know what day in your cycle you are to use them most efficiently (ie. to time what days you're going to test).

Turns out I did ovulate without having gotten a period and that's when I got pregnant. Who knows if I had actually ovulated before that also -- I wasn't paying any attention before I started charting. I also don't know if I WOULD have gotten a period had I NOT gotten pregnant when I did.

Other folks will have to give you their opinions on being pregnant while breastfeeding, but it is possible to ovulate even without a period.

Good luck!

Noelle

--
Noelle Haland
Mommy to Ethan Theodore, stillborn 12/2/96 at 31 weeks
and "little bean" due 11/4/97
*** It's a boy and his name is Max!!  ***

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