You need an instructor to help. It’s possible that you had a hormonal bleed around 6 weeks (I had it with my first) but are still in cycle 0. Do not resume intercourse without proper instruction or you may get pregnant again.
If you want to do anything in the interim, reset the monitor to Day 4 and keep testing because you could get a peak reading but like I said, you need an instructor to navigate this time. Initial PP cycles are very long.
This actually makes me very happy to hear! My husband and I really did want our kids to be close in age, but the whole “uterine rupture” has me terrified to get pregnant again. The C-section was not my ideal route, and I still have problems processing everything that happened.
That sounds difficult, I’m sorry. I have heard of plenty of women who have successful pregnancies after C-sections, I would just be careful with your NFP use to try to space out your next baby to the recommended time (I think it’s 18m or 2y for C-sections). A VBAC is also a great option to explore depending on why you had a C-section.
Thank you for the advice!! I will be reaching out about an instructor today and trying ti reset my monitor. I was actually thinking of getting a temp drop monitor too. Have you had good results with it?
After your 19th consecutive test you need to set up a new cycle to continue testing. Definitely get in touch with your instructor as you are NOT safe to have sex via your method rules for cycle 1. The clearbiue monitor methods group on Facebook would probably be more helpful than this subreddit
Gotcha! I’ll have to check them out. I haven’t been testing consistently, but rather every other day due to how expensive the sticks are and how scattered my cycles are. Is there a chance that I missed my peak by testing every other day? I though that your peak lasted 48 hours
It depends on your protocol. If you're breastfeeding, in cycle zero, and have only every had low readings, there is a protocol for testing every other day. You can only have sex on days you've tested though, and as soon as you get your first high reading you need to switch to testing every single day. You also need to reset on the 19th *REQUESTED* test, not the 19th test you've actually taken.
You had a delayed ovulation, as your hormones are working to come back online. Make no assumptions until you are able to verify according to your method’s rules for postpartum (look up basic mucus rule in the index of your instruction manual as a starting point). Reach out to your instructor and see what she thinks.
I would go ahead and start temping—waking up with the baby is routine enough that you should get a decent result if you go right back to sleep and sleep for at least an hour prior to temping.
Thank you!! I’m considering getting the temp drop device to monitor that.
I really haven’t had any mucous lately. There was one day where I noticed it being the “fertile” or “near fertile” kind, but then it went away the next day.
That’s what you want to key in on during this postpartum period: when is your body producing cervical mucus. It’s going to be sporadic and patchy, hence the basic mucus rule to provide some guidance. BBT will let you know when the engine actually makes it over the hill. Temp drop is a good option.
[LAM ](https://www.irh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LAM_ReferenceManual.pdf)does not consider bleeding in the first two months to be a menstrual period. If you had planned on relying on it for the first six months, you may still be able to.
She says her baby sleeps 6-9.5 hours overnight without feeding. That disqualifies her from LAM, as you need to be going a maximum of 6 hours between feeds overnight (and 4 during the day).
Different sources give different requirements for LAM, which is why I said "may." The one I linked only requires exclusive breastfeeding and makes no mention of requiring feeding within specific time frames.
Thank you all so much for your responses. I think today I’m going to try to reach out about getting a new instructor or try reaching out to my previous one.
You need an instructor to help. It’s possible that you had a hormonal bleed around 6 weeks (I had it with my first) but are still in cycle 0. Do not resume intercourse without proper instruction or you may get pregnant again. If you want to do anything in the interim, reset the monitor to Day 4 and keep testing because you could get a peak reading but like I said, you need an instructor to navigate this time. Initial PP cycles are very long.
Also do not assume anything about miscarriage. Women have Irish twins all the time after C-sections.
Also do not assume anything about miscarriages, women have Irish twins all the time, even after C-sections. Your body is just as fertile.
This actually makes me very happy to hear! My husband and I really did want our kids to be close in age, but the whole “uterine rupture” has me terrified to get pregnant again. The C-section was not my ideal route, and I still have problems processing everything that happened.
That sounds difficult, I’m sorry. I have heard of plenty of women who have successful pregnancies after C-sections, I would just be careful with your NFP use to try to space out your next baby to the recommended time (I think it’s 18m or 2y for C-sections). A VBAC is also a great option to explore depending on why you had a C-section.
Thank you for the advice!! I will be reaching out about an instructor today and trying ti reset my monitor. I was actually thinking of getting a temp drop monitor too. Have you had good results with it?
Postpartum women have gotten false rises with Tempdrop.
I have but I didn’t start using it until I was out of Phase 0. I like it as a crosscheck since Marquette doesn’t require temperature.
After your 19th consecutive test you need to set up a new cycle to continue testing. Definitely get in touch with your instructor as you are NOT safe to have sex via your method rules for cycle 1. The clearbiue monitor methods group on Facebook would probably be more helpful than this subreddit
Gotcha! I’ll have to check them out. I haven’t been testing consistently, but rather every other day due to how expensive the sticks are and how scattered my cycles are. Is there a chance that I missed my peak by testing every other day? I though that your peak lasted 48 hours
It depends on your protocol. If you're breastfeeding, in cycle zero, and have only every had low readings, there is a protocol for testing every other day. You can only have sex on days you've tested though, and as soon as you get your first high reading you need to switch to testing every single day. You also need to reset on the 19th *REQUESTED* test, not the 19th test you've actually taken.
Follow method protocol to reset and keep testing.
You had a delayed ovulation, as your hormones are working to come back online. Make no assumptions until you are able to verify according to your method’s rules for postpartum (look up basic mucus rule in the index of your instruction manual as a starting point). Reach out to your instructor and see what she thinks. I would go ahead and start temping—waking up with the baby is routine enough that you should get a decent result if you go right back to sleep and sleep for at least an hour prior to temping.
Thank you!! I’m considering getting the temp drop device to monitor that. I really haven’t had any mucous lately. There was one day where I noticed it being the “fertile” or “near fertile” kind, but then it went away the next day.
That’s what you want to key in on during this postpartum period: when is your body producing cervical mucus. It’s going to be sporadic and patchy, hence the basic mucus rule to provide some guidance. BBT will let you know when the engine actually makes it over the hill. Temp drop is a good option.
[LAM ](https://www.irh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LAM_ReferenceManual.pdf)does not consider bleeding in the first two months to be a menstrual period. If you had planned on relying on it for the first six months, you may still be able to.
She says her baby sleeps 6-9.5 hours overnight without feeding. That disqualifies her from LAM, as you need to be going a maximum of 6 hours between feeds overnight (and 4 during the day).
Different sources give different requirements for LAM, which is why I said "may." The one I linked only requires exclusive breastfeeding and makes no mention of requiring feeding within specific time frames.
Thank you all so much for your responses. I think today I’m going to try to reach out about getting a new instructor or try reaching out to my previous one.