We didnt really use any contraception from when Ivy was about 6 months old and would have been happy if I had fallen pregnant.

Once she got to a year and AF was still a bit AWOL I began to get a bit more twitchy and wandered if anything was going in (some months I would get AF like cramping and more CM)

It was the end of December I just bought IC OPKs and did one a day and I discovered these odd once every 14 day 'almost' surges.

I got a postive OPK on 29 February (so Ivy was nearly 14 months) and I actually conceived but unfortunately it was a chemical pregnancy.

I hope that explains a little! I would only say we are actively TTC now I have cycles to actually aim at

Thanks I think I may be having the same mini surges you had then, I'll just keep up with testing every day and see if I can make sense of any kind of pattern that might show up

Don't know what's going on. I have used these before and gotten plenty of negatives. Before James, and the last ovulation I had I will normally get 2.5-3 days of positives. I'm on Day 5 and they're just getting darker. It was clearer when they were fresh, but here they are: Top down Tuesday - Saturday

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You say your first cycles gave test results like mine. I'm just curious did you have your AF before you started TTC or were you testing before it came back as I am? Thanks for your support [/QUOTE]

I was testing before AF too. I got a couple like that but then no period, and then one with two surges, and my first AF. Annoyingly, I then only had a 4 day LP!

Have you tried again yet?

Nope, I will though if it's not here by next weekend.

Well here's a turn up for the books. Having whined about how much I'm struggling with nursing, now I'm missing it! Alice has been staying with my parents since Sunday. She's back tomorrow and I can't wait to see her, and I'm weirdly keen to nurse her too! I suppose it just feels weird as she's never gone more than 12 hours without it. Evidently she's not fussed as she's not mentioned it at all.

Only about a month until I'll (hopefully) be tandem feeding now!

Yay!!!!


Oh.......the came! Never been so happy to see AF in my life!

Tacey! How exciting about wanting to nurse again! Wow, can't imagine going a couple of days and not nursing now How exciting for a new baby! Are you worried about Alice getting jealous? I worry about James...but I'll have to get pregnant first

Ozzie - congrats on the witch.

Hi everyone, not been about on this thread for a few weeks, but really hoping that some of you might be able to give me a bit of support and reassurance.......basically, I am drawing very close to the end of my pregnancy, and the closer I get to the end, the more difficult both physically and emotionally I am finding the night times with Isla.
We have a family bed and are committed to co-sleeping and I am committed to nursing Isla until she self weans. The main problem I am having is that I find it nigh on impossible not to react negatively to Isla when she wakes at 4am and I can't get her to go back to sleep. I have had no milk throughout this pregnancy, and dry nursing just isn't working for her to get her back to sleep. I am being the mother from hell if I can't get her back to sleep in the early morning as invariably, I have only had 4 hours sleep max and just can't face the day on this. We generally do manage to nap together at lunchtime which always helps, but I just seem to be behaving like a witch between 4am and 6am if we have to start the day then and I hate myself for it.
I am hoping and praying that when I have milk again, I will be able to nurse Isla back to sleep - she is certainly still tired at that time of night/morning but just needs nursing and can't self settle. There is no more support available to me than I have already.
Has anyone had a similar experience? What was the outcome? How can I find more patience in the early morning? I am at my wits end and feel so crappy about this aspect of my mothering, I just don't know what to do.