Three false positive tests,I'm breast feeding, what can i do to improve my chances for pregnancy a second time

Question

I went to the Doctor and she told me the fourth test was negative. Weird !!! Never heard of a false positive until now, I breast feed and it makes my periods abnormal. What can I do to increase my chances. My partner and I have sex every other night and still nothing...PLEASE HELP.

Answer 1

If you had 3 positive tests, you probably *were* pregnant and had an early miscarriage. False positives are *highly* unlikely (and usually indicate a problem). The hormones of breastfeeding do *not* mimic HCG--the hormone tested for in pregnancy tests.

Another thing to keep in mind is that if you aren't having periods, then you aren't ovulating, although you *can* have vaginal bleeding (technically not a period) even if you aren't ovulating. Many women are infertile for many months while breastfeeding, although you can only *count* on it for the first 6 months, until you have your first period, or until you are no longer exclusively nursing (whichever comes first). Under these circumstances, breastfeeding alone is 98% effective.

I would suggest you read _Taking Charge of Your Fertility_ by Toni Weschler. It has detailed information on how to determine when you are fertile, even if you are breastfeeding.

Answer 2

You sound quite frustrated already. First thing you need to do is to relax. Conception won't come easy if you're stressed.

I'm not sure how old your first baby is but if you're still in the first 6 months of the baby and you're exclusively breastfeeding then there's a bigger percentage that you won't conceive yet. If you've already introduced solids, it's still possible that your fertile period won't be that long (even if you've already had your menstruation back) if your baby is a night nurser. The fact that you're breastfeeding, I'm sure you simply want the best for your first baby so if he's a night nurser for now, don't get too upset about it. It just means he needs that moment with you emotionally and he will outgrow that in a few months. Once he sleeps longer during the night without nursing, you will improve your chances of getting pregnant soon.

In older cultures, family spacing comes spontaneously such that nature will allow conception only when it believes that the current youngest baby AND the mom is ready for a new baby. So if you have a baby who clings to you more and nurses more often, it just means you won't be ready to have another baby who needs such attention just the same. Again, don't get upset because a clingy baby who gets the response he needs in a timely manner will outgrow that faster than someone who's deprived of it.

Also, instead of stringently having sex every other day to have a baby, try to observe your natural lubrication. You'll notice that there are differences each day. Target having sex around those days when you are more lubricated. Again, nature's way of helping out in conception.

Answer 3

The first step is to stop taking so many tests. As you noted, you're breastfeeding, so your body is producing hormones that can mimick the hormones being detected in the pregnancy tests. You should have an ultrasound to see what's going on inside.

From there, ACOG advises that you wait 12 months from the last delivery until you conceive again. It's the time that your body needs to properly heal from the last pregnancy, and for your nutrition status to return. Keep taking the prenatal vitamins. There's a school of thought, not sure where the research stands on it, but if you have your babies too close together there is a perceptable change in IQ in the next baby (probably has more to do with mom's nutrition status than anything else) and there's an increased chance of having a high-risk pregnancy.

My own OBG was of the opinion that our bodies will return to normal hormone levels at varying levels based on our own health. There's not a major point when everything is "back to normal". Some of us will get there within a few months, but after one of my pregnancies, it took close to a year. The best predictor that things are on the upswing is that your mood gets back to normal and your sleep habits are closer to what they were before you're pregnant.

Answer 4

My cousin and that i both had our daughters round an identical time...March/April 2005. She became breastfeeding besides and wanted to get pregnant back about 6 months after and did not until eventually purely at present even as she slowed purely about to a provide up from breastfeeding. It must have something to do with it. no matter if that is yet another toddler that you seek for. think about to make a determination on what's more advantageous major. Breastfeeding or a sparkling toddler?

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I am also breastfeeding and trying to conceive so I understand the frustration. As other answerers have mentioned, it would be beneficial to learn about fertility signs and track them. This will give you a better understanding of whether and/or when you are ovulating. Remember no matter how regular or irregular your period is, ovulation is the key to conception.

An herb called chasteberry/chaste tree berry/vitex is very helpful to women who are breastfeeding, trying to conceive and struggling with irregular cycles. It is taken orally by capsule or tincture, you should be able to find it at a natural food or supplement store. See this quote from kellymom.com:

"Chasteberry/Vitex/Chaste tree berry has been said to enhance lactation, but in practical application it may decrease milk supply. Once the milk supply is firmly established and on autocrine control, it's doubtful that the use of vitex, in and of itself, will have any negative impact on milk production, but it should not be recommended as a galactagogue.

Vitex is a very useful herb for PMS symptoms, as well as for moms who are breastfeeding and are desiring to conceive again, and are having problems with their cycles returning or becoming regular enough to sustain a pregnancy.

Vitex works by stimulating the production of luteinizing hormone (LH) and suppressing the production of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). This in turn causes the corpus luteum to secrete more progesterone. Progesterone suppresses the production of prolaction. Also, vitex has components that bind to the dopamine receptor sites of the pituitary, inhibiting prolactin secretion. "

Answer 7

Generally , if you are breast feeding then you are not ovulating. While it does happen sometimes it is not often. The hormones needed to produce milk keep the hormones needed to stimulate ovulation away. If you want to conceive again you will most likely have to stop breast feeding and let your cycle return to normal.

Answer 8

Breast feeding has nothing to do with it. You still ovulate. In the 60's people thought that breastfeeding was considered fool-proof birth control, but just ask my mother-in-law that one. 11 months after her first one, here came baby brother. Just keep trying, and good luck.

Answer 9

did the doctor give you a blood test to determine your not pregnant ?sometimes after you have given birth for the first 3 or 4 months you will get a positve reading because all the pregnacy hormones arent out of your body

Answer 10

breastfeeding has nothing to do with not getting pregnant yeah you can get pregnant while breastfeeding goodluck