TTC & breastfeeding...

I'm currently breastfeeding my 3 month old daughter. I really want one more child. I want my daughter to have a sibling close to her.(My 2 older boys live with their dad and are alot older than her.) My doctor said there was only a 2 % chance I could get pregnant while bf.. is this true?? I dont want to stop bf before my daughter is at least 9 months old, but it took us 4 years to have her, and I'm 35..soooo I dont want to push my luck too much. We are not preventing anything in the meantime. anyone know someone who has gotten pregnant while breastfeeding?

I heard that its hard ttc while brestfeeding becasue doing so makes your uterus contract. I also heard that it can cause a miscarriage

I find it hard to believe that there's only a 2% chance... I know of 3 people off the top of my head that conceived while they were breastfeeding and they weren't even trying! I would just go for it. Doctor's aren't always right, and neither are statistics

I breastfed for a full year and didn't get pregnant. I didn't even get my period until a month after my son was weaned.

well im not sure but is pumping different than nursing? As far as the hormones that get released go?

2%... that seems low. I don't know personally anyway to increase your chances other than positive thinking!  

well im 34 weeks preggo and i just got my daughter off nursing literlally yesterday and last noight was the first time going without it. and i was on birth control. so i dont think theres a 2% chance or im just realllllllllllly damn fertile then,

I got pregnant with my daughter and was bf my son. He was 14 months when I got pregnant with my daughter and didn't even try or prevent it. Like you it took us a while to get pregnant. And to let you know I bf him until 18 1/2 months, so yes I was about 4-5 months pregnant when I weaned him, so it is okay to bf while pregnant.

Just a note of inspiration... it took us 1yr to conceive our son and 1month to conceive this baby !!! Good Luck

It's usually the ones who WANT to get pregnant while breastfeeding who don't, and the ones who don't want to get pregnant do.

I got pregnant when my daughter was 6 months old while still breastfeeding her. Don't worry mama there's hope. Just keep nursing her because it's the best thing for her and things will work out for the best.

Quoting Sunbonnet Weiners:“ I breastfed for a full year and didn't get pregnant. I didn't even get my period until a month after my son was weaned.”

Lucky, I just got my period and I am only 5 weeks PP

*edited* I am also breastfeeding

Thanks so much! You all have gave me hope!   I guess if its meant to be it will happen just like it did with our daughter. We tried for so long and even took fertility treatments and nothing worked, then we got pregnant on our own. If we are meant to have another baby it will happen, its just nice to hear the odds sound more than 2%!!

I have a ten month who i breastfeed and i got pregnant when he ws 7 months but lost the baby two months later.

I heard from my Lac consulant that I used that you can breast feed for at least the frist two months of your pregnancy. Which is like the first eight weeks.. =P