Anyone had a successful IVF FET cycle while breastfeeding?

[Pauls_angel]

Hi all,

Hubby and I are thinking about when we might try for baby number two. Our first Bub is 14 months old (IVF FET natural cycle with a donor embryo) and still breastfeeding (a lot!). He loves his booby milk and I have no desire to wean him just yet - but I'm nearly 35 so we are thinking that we should try for our next baby soonish (within the next 6 months) - it will be another FET cycle with a donor embryo (we have 6 more from the same donor frozen at our clinic) - following my natural cycle as I did before. Also - I had moderate/severe hyperemesis gravidarum with my DS and have read that breastfeeding more than 4 times per day can help reduce the severity of hg - which is another reason I'm keen to keep it up.

I know lots of clinics encourage women to wean their bubs before starting an IVF cycle - I'm just keen to know if anyone continued breastfeeding during an IVF FET cycle and how this affected your pregnancy and milk supply.

Thanks in advance 😊

 

[gingmg]

Hi. I'm in the same exact position. My son is also 14 months and still nurses a lot. We are starting to think about number 2 but my biggest hesitation is breastfeeding, I'm so far from being ready to wean. We have one frozen embryo and I would love to do a natural cycle but I don't know of my RE will be on board with that or not yet. We are going to have a consult in another month to see what she says. If that cycle doesn't take, I will have to wean as we will have to start over with a fresh IVF cycle.

There is an old thread in assisted conception on this exact topic- if you scroll back you can probably find it. I think there were some women who went ahead breast feeding and did a natural FET cycle and there were others who were told to wean first.

Have you talked to your RE yet?