In order to get pregnant while breastfeeding, you need to have gotten your period, right? I'm not ovulating if I haven't gotten my period, am I right?
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Your period generally comes about two wks after ovulation, so yes, you can get pregnant before your period comes back.
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...generally yes. But I swear some members have shared that they've gotten their pregnant while breastfeeding with no sign of periods yet. Or maybe I was hallucinating??
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You don't need to have your period back.
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@winniebee: so how would I tell if I was ovulating or not?
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I think it would just be the month you would be about to get your period, if you manage to catch that egg? I'm not sure though! I did get what I bought was a positive OPK when my son was 9 months old and I didn't get my period until 11 months pp.
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@schubr03: I use Creighton nfp, and the signs of ovulation were the same before my first PP period as they would be for any other ovulation. I didn't have anything going on for 12 months, and then I had the EWM cervical mucus that's indicative of ovulation and my first period arrived about two weeks later at 13 months PP.
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My OB told me that she got pregnant while EBF and without having a period. She wanted to make sure I knew it was possible!
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I got pregnant with my second, 9 months after giving birth and was still EBF a lot!!!! It can happen. I hadn't had a period in like 3 yrs.
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@matador84: and you had no sign of a period?
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@schubr03: nope. i was pregnant, and then nursing, and then pregnant again. No AF.
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My understanding has always been what @Mrs. Champagne said- it's possible but only the month you would have gotten your period back.
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I read somewhere that 5% of women ovulate before their period comes back. I got pregnant at 8 months postpartum without getting my period back. I was able to continue nursing.
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The way your cycle works is that you ovulate and then about 2 weeks late you get your period. So, when you're breastfeeding, you will ovulate and then around 2 weeks later have your first post partum period. If you have sex around ovulation that first time it is possible to get pregnant.
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