when should I start to worry about no return of cycle after weaning?
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| Hello ladies - I can't believe I am back to the TTC boards! I had a DD in March - but my fertility is really bad. I was given like a 3% chance of IUI's working and no chance at IVF (extremely high FSH), but miraculously our IUI worked. I'm 35. They told me in order to have a second I should start again 6 months post partum. Well, some things came up and I didn't wean until 8 months or so. I did wean over two months though - so for a long period of time I was down to 2 feeds a day - then one feed a day - then I fully weaned four weeks ago. My body shows no signs of going anywhere fast. I started taking my temperature two weeks ago and it's still super low. I am wondering when I need to start to be concerned that my cycle hasn't reappeared. I know four weeks isn't long - but built into that is two months where I was definitely NOT exclusively breastfeeding and at least four weeks of only 1-2 feeds a day. Any one BTDT? What do they do to get a cycle going? I saw my RE back in October and he told me my cycle would be back pretty quickly after weaning (OB said the same thing). Any advice would be very appreciated. |
Anonymous
| Mine took at least 6-8 weeks to come back. I was pumping exclusively and had a very robust milk supply, so not sure if that contributed to it take longer... Good luck! |
Anonymous
| OP here - Thanks so much - I used the TTC board so often when I was TTC to conceive my first - where did everyone go?!?! |
Anonymous
Everyone is over on the Infertility board now,  I'm about to wean to TTC #2 myself, and hopefully this will be an easy process. Just curious...why was IVF not an option but IUI was (and worked, hooray)? (I've almost always heard the opposite.)
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Anonymous
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OP here - sorry I disappeared - I will check out the infertility board. I don't want to be insensitive though - I know it's hard to focus on someone wanting a second while desperately working on having your first. So my FSH is sky high - which eliminates the ability to do stimulated IVF in most fertility offices. That said, Cornell has a high FSH doctor that does the estrogen priming protocol and that was my next stop after the IUIs. Also Dominion does natural cycle IVF which I was also eligible for - when I got pregnant I was 33 - so while my high FSH definitely said something about the number of eggs I had they also said they couldn't necessarily assume the quality was bad since I was younger - they said high fsh when you are older is bad supply and bad quality usually. I'm now 35, so we'll have to see what happens this go round. . Good luck to you weaning and going for #2!
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