https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 15:45:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549340 Sun, 15 May 2016 20:31:38 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2549340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first weaned at 14.5 months and I had a BFP exactly two weeks later. We didn't use any protection from 9 months pp on. My cycle returned at six months. For a long time I thought that it was the weaning that got me pregnant.</p> <p>And then....</p> <p>I got pregnant 3.5 months pp while EBFing my second. We were able to nurse until almost ten months when she started refusing.</p> <p>I hope it happens for you soon! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549338 Sun, 15 May 2016 20:26:11 +0000 winniebee 2549338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant easily while nursing but couldn't stay pregnant until we weaned at 13.5 months (even though it was just once or twice short sessions a day at that point). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549334 Sun, 15 May 2016 20:20:50 +0000 MoonMoon 2549334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My period returned at 21 months, but I haven't been trying to get pregnant, so I don't know if it signaled fertility or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549328 Sun, 15 May 2016 20:07:01 +0000 MrsSRS 2549328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant when we were down to just a few short nursings a day, but my cycle was still all over the place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549318 Sun, 15 May 2016 19:57:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2549318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first self weaned at 20 months. She was down to one nursing session a day around 18/19 months and I had my first period two weeks after that- so I take that to mean I ovulated as soon as she dropped down to one pretty much. I had that one period, she weaned completely a few weeks after that, and I got pregnant. So for me I had to almost completely wean but then I was very fertile. (And the physical signs of ovulation were right on time based on when I know I got pregnant). But I never was on any birth control in between. I don't know how long my period would have been otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-extended-bf#post-2549312 Sun, 15 May 2016 19:48:38 +0000 MenagerieMama 2549312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did your fertility return? We've been TTC for 3+ cycles now. IUD was out when LO was 16 mo and weaned at about 18.5 mo. The first cycle TTC though LO was only BFing 2x/day, and down to 1x/day the second cycle. My first cycle after my IUD was out was 38 days, I figured it was long due to getting back on track after the IUD. Next cycle was 31 days (normally 30-31) and figured we just had bad luck since our timing seemed good. This cycle (fully weaned LO on CD1) is going on 36 days now with tons of BFN and driving me batty. I had all the ovulation signs (without charting) on time but now it's a whole lot of nothing. It did take a couple weeks for me to dry up from BF (I was an overproducer and apparently the girls were sad to give it up!) and also was really sick at the beginning of my cycle. But I wasn't expecting my period to go AWOL when last month was so normal and I had only been nursing LO once per day. I never had long cycles before LO! </p> <p>My plan was to do OPKs next cycle to see if my timing is off or I'm not actually ovulating, but now I'm just worried I haven't gotten my period at all and it's getting later and later. I've made peace with not getting pregnant this month but desperately want to move on!! Any stories or words of wisdom? </p>