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TTC + Breastfeeding (Period): Fertility Check List

Trying To Conceive While Breastfeeding With A Period
This is not a full proof list, but when I checked all of the following off this list while breastfeeding my first child, I did end up conceiving my second child. As a disclaimer, all women and their fertility are different. Some women may be able to get pregnant sooner or later with or without checking all of these things.

Fertility Check List
  • Get Postpartum Period
  • Positive Ovulation Tests (Regular Ovulation)
  • Have a Luteal Phase of 10 or more
  • Child is nursing less
  • Child is sleeping longer through the night


Postpartum Period
Need To Know: When you get your postpartum menstrual the first few maybe different then your regular cycles in length and how light or heavy your flow is. 

 My Experience: My normal length of days is 5 and a medium flow. My first postpartum cycle, my length was 3 days long and light.  My second one was also light and 4 days long. Then my third and foruth postpartum cycles became 6 days long. My cycle finally became normal in length and flow by my fifth postpartum cycle.

You may also have a luteal phase deficiency from breastfeeding. That means your luteal phase is short and below a 10. This is very common among breastfeeding women, that their first several cycles are not full fertility and prevents pregnancy. I must also add some women do catch the first egg while breastfeeding and / or have fertile and regular postpartum cycles right away. When your luteal phase is below a 10, the minimum you need to get pregnant, it makes it harder to get pregnant. If you do become pregnant, you have a higher chance of having a chemical pregnancy, because the egg does not have the proper length of time to implant. Although my cycles were more regular in length and flow by my fifth postpartum cycle, my luteal phase was not at the minimum I needed to get pregnant. It did not become a 10, until my eighth postpartum cycle. To help with my luteal phase deficiency, I took Vitamin B6 to help lengthen my luteal phase from a 9 to a 10.


 Last Edited: December 14, 2018

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