Transfer while breastfeeding

Has anyone had a successful transfer while still breastfeeding another child? I am still breastfeeding my successful embryo baby who is now 21 months, and isn’t showing any signs of stopping. We’re ready (as we’ll ever be) to try for a sibling. We only have one embryo left and I will be 40 next year so don’t want to leave it too much longer. I know a lot of clinics want you to have stopped, so if anyone has gone against this advice and been successful please let me know!

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I did! My little one was only 5 months old when I had my second transfer. So very lucky both my first and second were successful first time. I was breastfeeding and no one actually said anything about it. I went onto feed him until he stopped himself at 13month, so I got a few weeks of no feeding until my second baby arrived.
However I have also recently had an unsuccessful one and I’m breastfeeding my second baby, but I don’t think that had anything to do with it not working, although the Dr did have a hard time getting the catheter through my cervix and she asked if I was still breastfeeding 🤷🏼‍♀️

thank you. And congratulations on your 2 babies, sorry to hear you had an unsuccessful one too. The thing is my cycle has been normal and regular since I was 9 months pp and I ovulate as normal, so I don’t think me breastfeeding interrupts that at all. I’m not worried about the medication affecting my milk supply as I wouldn’t be too upset if she stopped BF at this point anyway, I just want her to do it on her own accord, without me rushing her because the doctors said so.x

It worked for me! Had my second successful transfer while breastfeeding my 2yo. I didn’t take any medication. My fertility clinic wasn’t too supportive but I wanted to try. I’m 31 weeks now :) and still breastfeeding

thank you, very lucky indeed.
Same, I got my cycle back 3month PP with my first and only 5 weeks PP with my second 😳 both EBF and straight back into regular cycles too.
I don’t believe my recent unsuccessful one was anything to do with still breastfeeding so I don’t think you need to worry about that. I also continued to breastfeed all throughout my pregnancy without any change, until the last few weeks, your little one might self wean like mine did. Good luck! X

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Help! First time mum -

I have a 4 month old and now all of a sudden when he’s been asleep for 1hr30/2hrs he will wake up screaming (high pitched) I’ve tried winding him sometimes that helps, I’ve tried bicycle legs & bringing his knees up but that doesn’t seem to help but he brings his knees up himself sometimes but nothing happens. I’ve noticed since the 4 month mark he has started to struggle passing wind downwards! Any tips?

Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Don’t want to leave my first born😭😭😭

Anyone else extremely sad and anxious to leave their first born😭

He’s 2 and we have never not put him to bed or be here for when he wakes up😭

I’m so sad and anxious about leaving him

Help meeee

!!All advice welcome!! My 5 month old (nearly 6mo) is just not sleeping . Not for naps and not at night . She can’t connect her cycles . We started sleep regression at 3 months but in like how is this nearly been going on for a further 3 months . Like surely not . She has 10 min naps in crib ( which take so much effort ) and maybe 20/30 min naps in my arms/pushchair . She wakes minimum every hour at night with guaranteed false start 20 mins in . I combo feed. I breastfeed her until almost asleep then place her in the next to me crib give her the pacifier and put my hand on her cheek/face for 20 seconds and she drifts off . It’s not really getting her to sleep that’s the issue it’s she just won’t stay asleep . She doesn’t even need to feed much at night usually 1-2 breastfeeds . The rest is comfort wakes needing her pacifier or my hand on her cheek . I’ve looked into sleep associations and independent sleep and I broke the feed to sleep association and rocking and do bedside comforting instead for most wakes which has now lead to my hand being a sleep association on her face . I’m just so exhausted my husband is working mon-fri 9-9 and it’s just me . I haven’t had more than 4 hours in a row since her birth . I can’t get anything done during the day . She is so clingy and cries if I leave room /put her down etc. I love her so much but we both need rest . If anyone has any tips or a routine that could help PLEASE tell me I’ll try anything 🥲❤️❤️

Feeding to sleep

FTM here! 👋

Are you guys feeding your baby to sleep?

I just read feeding to sleep is creating bad habit and baby will always cry etc when awake at night expecting to get bottle before falling asleep again. 🤔
It said should feed the baby, give a bath (or not) and then put to sleep.
I do other way around - bath, pjs/lotion, rock to sleep and feed at the same time and then baby falling asleep.
Am I creating a bad habit? Been doing it all the time really. 😳

Feeds

How many times a night are your little ones getting up? My daughter is every 90-110 minutes. I am absolutely exhausted and don’t know how much more I can cope