My doctor had told me that most of the time, women who are breastfeeding get a period to let them know they are fertile again. Sometimes this is an "un-fertile" cycle. And typically, even if you DID actually ovulate, the chances of conceiving on very first cycle (or apparently ANY cycle) is statistically only around 25% even if everything is timed "just right".
So I nursed Kenzie and waited for my "warning period". We weren't overly concerned about it, since we had decided that we didn't care how close babies #1 and #2 were anyway. My doctor told me that if I wanted to, I could test every once in awhile, just to make sure I didn't "happen" to get pregnant at the first drop of an egg.
So I stocked up on Dollar Tree tests. And I tested around once a month.
We decided it would be especially fun to test around the holidays. In October, Kenzie would be 6 months old and breastfeeding would be less "reliable".
Halloween came. No period. No baby.
Thanksgiving came. No period. No baby.
Christmas came. No period. BABY!!
Baby #2 was on the way and we couldn't wait. Our babies would be 16 months apart and we couldn't wait.
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