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[quote=Anonymous]I nursed through a FET that was successful and am due in the spring. My kid was 19 months at the time of the transfer and was down to nursing 1-2 times a day for only a few minutes at a time. Based on the information I found online, prolactin returns to pre pregnancy levels once your cycle resumes. I'd been having regular cycles by that point for probably eight months. I checked with my daughter's pediatrician about the medications and dosages I would be on (estrogen and endometrin). She looked up the information about what is passed through the milk, and gave me the green light bc of how little breastmilk my daughter was actually consuming. My RE told me no FET until my kid had been weaned for two cycles but couldn't give me good reason for it other than it being best practice. He unofficially left it up to me.

After a lot of thinking, ultimately my husband and I decided that our daughter's comfort and routine was the priority. We saw no merit in taking that away from her before she was ready, especially given the lack of sound reasoning from my RE, who acknowledged there was no point in even testing my prolactin levels because I was back to having regular cycles with evidence of ovulation. We proceeded with the FET and my doctor never inquired about whether I was still nursing.

Having said all that, I am not a nursing fanatic and did not plan to nurse my kid beyond the age of two, regardless of what she had in mind. Our decision to continue with the FET before waiting until she was weaned primarily had to do with me being 34 and wanting to try for a due date prior to turning 35. Other factors in our decision were that we had four remaining embryos, and   knew that emotionally (and financially) we only had it in us for two more transfers. We wanted to give our little girl a sibling but we were also at peace with the possibility of it never happening.
We might have decided differently on the nurse/wean issue if we only had one embryo left, or if my 35th birthday coincided with when I was still our kiddo's primary food source and prolactin levels were higher.

The link below may also be worth a read, but bear in mind this is one of many bloggers who earned her medical degree through Google university. Ultimately it comes down to the question that if the transfer fails, would you constantly wonder if it had been because you were still nursing, and could you live with that uncertainty? My husband and I were okay with taking on that risk, but many, many other couples are not.

https://babydustdiaries.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/breastfeeding-through-fertility-treatments-ivf-and-fet/

OP, I would just focus on enjoying your kiddo. Turn your thoughts towards this when you are actually closer to when he is 16 months and then reassess.
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