How many here got preggo while nursing? (m)

jem0622 wrote: And how did you feel if you were nursing and preggo? Did you take any home pregnancy tests and get a positive result, or did you need to get a blood test done? I have heard that you actually have a level of HcG in your blood when nursing and it can throw off the test.

I am asking b/c I have been nauseous since last week. No sore boobs. Nursing Gabe still (13 mos) but not nearly as much. I haven't been on the pill in months either b/c I got off track with them and stopped b/c DH and me hardly bd'd so I figured I was okay.

I tried to call the doc for a blood test referral but the office is closed for lunch. I will try again later. I took a plus/minus test and it was a faint plus. This would definitely be our last (3rd) if I am really preggo. I got nauseous after taking a multivitamin this am and got sick a little. DH made a joke that maybe I was preggo.

Julie

victoire2002 replied: Well, those signs all point to pregnancy.... I have heard that there is very little chance of false pregnancy with a HPT. I don't know about bf'ding throwing off HCG levels, but I would call for blood test asap. The nausea definitely seems noteworthy, though.

Good luck! Let us know what happens.... I can't wait to hear.

kit_kats_mom replied: I am still bf'ding but I've taken a few tests over the last few months and never gotten any kind of line. Sounds like you might have a 3rd on the way!

Schnoogly replied: Wow sounds possible. When was AF due (or has it started yet?)

Guest_jem0622 replied: I can't seem to remember my login, so here I am as a guest. An update...I finally got through to my dr office and they could write up a lab slip asap...so I left work early and picked it up. The lab was just minutes away. I will know tomorrow afternoon. DH said 'see, if you would just take your pills. And we are about to go on vacation where there is a hot tub. (sigh)' He told me I would have to get fixed, but I told him it's the other way around! LOL.

I'll keep you posted. Thanks all.

Julie

p.s. Please think pink for me if I am preggo. I already have two boys and relinquished my daughter almost 11 yrs ago (11/12) so we could stand to have a little lady around. LOL

MomToMany replied: I got PG while nursing, and I'm still BFing Hannah. I took a home test and it sure came up positive. I never had a blood test done. Sounds like there's another on the way!

Good luck, and I hope things work out the way you want!

kit_kats_mom replied:
Holy Cow! That preggo brain hit you quick. LOL

Just kidding, I can't remember my logon either.
pink dust coming your way.

amynicole21 replied: I don't think that bfeeding would make your HCG levels high enough to show up on a preg test, so... looks like you are expecting!!!! HOORAY!! Lots of baby news today!!!

Sending *~*~*~ PINK DUST *~*~*~* your way!

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Good luck to you!

*pink vibes*

Hope you get a baby girl!

here's a personal question for you - was it hard to give up your daughter? my BIL has a 12 year old daughter who he's never had a chance to get to know...the woman took off on him when the girl was 3 months old...

jem0622 replied:

Yes, it was very difficult. I was 17 when I got pregnant, and the father was 15. He was from a broken family (mother walked out on him and his Dad when he was a toddler); he was a recovering alcoholic and a H.S. drop out. I did not want to rely on anyone for anything and had certain expectations of myself to be a parent. It was rough. I had her when I was 18. She'll be 11 on 11.12.

I know that I did the right thing at the time, even if my life is different today. The guy threatened my life when I tried to go and ask him to sign the papers. He had dumped me when I was 3 mos pregnant...so it wasn't like he was interested in being a dad. She didn't deserve all of that.

I got pictures of her until she turned 6. I know quite a bit and am grateful, but do not have visitation and would not want that b/c I couldn't handle it.

All of that really made me enjoy being a mom once my eldest DS was born. But I did have issues after his birth b/c of buried feelings.

Maybe one day she will want to know me and she'll look for me. I'm not going to initiate b/c I don't want to scare her off. It has to be on her terms.

I would highly recommend that your BIL sign up with the ISRR and other registries for the state he lived in where she was born b/c she might come looking for him. I hope that the mother did not speak poorly of him around this girl and tell her he doesn't love her or isn't interested. I think a lot of kids today understand the circumstances.

Julie

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Thanks for the answer.... I hope I didn't cross the line by asking that!

kimberley replied: I stopped nursing my first son at 13 mos because i was 3 months pg and didn't know it! i still had not had AF return and didn't feel any different except a little sick. when i did the HPT, it came out positive without a doubt and the blood test confirmed it. i have also done tests while nursing that came out neg, so get ready to have a baby! lol

and don't give up on that little girl! i was positive Jade would be a boy and was a tiny bit disappointed i would never have a girl... but 2 boys later, out she came!

{{{{{{Pink Dust}}}}}} coming ur way!

jem0622 replied:

Not at all. I am very open about it. It has helped my healing process.

It is interesting when I hear about the bdad's. I kind of know where the father is...and would never put him in a bad light. They would have to figure it out for themselves really. I have a friend who is a bdad b/c the mother's family really detested him and he is by no means an awful person. Every family works through teenage pregnancy in different ways.

Julie

Hillbilly Housewife replied: BIL was 14 when he had his daughter. The mom was 17.... his parents (my inlaws) never acknowledged the child, since they had never met it. BIL was living in British Colombia, and inlaws were here in Ontario, so they never got to see her.

One interesting thing, though, is that BIL has put 50$ aside every month since the mother and child left him....so if ever the daughter was to contact him, and wanted a relationship with him, he'd have money to spend on her!

The mother never sent requests for child suppot, or anything like that.... she never even sent him a picture. He and his current gf (they have 2 kids together) have done a search for her, and did find the mother...but the mother warned him not to come near them...she's remarried, her current husband is known to the child as her real dad... i don't know that the child knows that her dad isn't her dad. The girl is getting older now though, and might be told....although I don't know.

All I know is that BIL has an open heart, an open house...and looks forward to teh possibility of knowing his first born.

jem0622 replied:

Well, once she is 18 her mother can't say squat about it nor can she take any legal action against him. She should be ashamed of herself for lying and if she gets caught in a lie then that is her own fault.

What a good man to be saving. It really shows that she never left his thoughts.

Julie