Trying to understand your fertility while you are breastfeeding your toddler is an uphill battle.
Sure - Google abounds with tips & information about conception and contraception, but less so about conception and contraception while you are breastfeeding... and finding support for making sense of those things while you are breastfeeding a TODDLER?! ...virtually impossible.
But, have no fear - your toddler breastfeeding guru is here! [insert Wonder Woman gif]
In this half hour episode I have packed in:
- Considerations for timing your next pregnancy (or not!) and how there might be factors you are unaware of that could be increasing your stress, and impacting your day-to-day breastfeeding with your toddler.
- Tips for supporting your sex-life while breastfeeding
- A simplified breakdown of the menstrual cycle, the hormones involved, AND how they are impacted by breastfeeding.
- What is normal (and what is not) for your period when breastfeeding
- What contraceptive methods are compatible with breastfeeding (and WHY)
- Support to talk about fertility drugs with your doctor (before you decide to wean)
- How to be empowered to understand YOUR body better
- ...and last but not least, how to support your body to move back into fertility while you are breastfeeding.
Make sure to hit "follow" or "subscribe" so you don't miss next week's episode all about breastfeeding through pregnancy.
Resources mentioned in the podcast:
https://www.infantrisk.com/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/
Resources I used in preparation for this episode:
"The Second Baby Book" by Sarah Ockwell Smith
"Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler
Heinig MJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Peerson JM, Dewey KG. Factors related to duration of postpartum amenorrhoea among USA women with prolonged lactation. J Biosoc Sci. 1994 Oct;26(4):517-27. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000021647. PMID: 7983102.
Wilcox AJ, Weinberg CR, Baird DD. Timing of sexual intercourse in relation to ovulation. Effects on the probability of conception, survival of the pregnancy, and sex of the baby. N Engl J Med. 1995 Dec 7;333(23):1517-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199512073332301. PMID: 7477165.
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