BF Roll Call!

Ok, tell us:

• How long have you been providing breastmilk.
  
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
  
• A random fact about you.

 

I've been nursing Evan about 5.5 months! Aunt flo came visiting last night for the first time. :cry: I gotta make me a run to the store.

Twin pregnancy: 7 years infertility which included 2 IUI's and several months of clomid and finally IVF.
Evan (twin pregnancy): wine

I have an AA in general education, a BS in Recreational Therapy and am a SAHM.
and all my kids were born on the 23rd day of their month

 

*I have been breastfeeding the twins for over 4 months. They do get two formula bottles throughout the day.
*The longest I have breastfed one of my babies was 18 months, no bottles of any kind.

*We weren't trying to get pregnant with the twins, but the longest we had to try for one of our children was 8 months.

*I remember as a child my mom spraying us with her breastmilk while she was feeding one of my siblings. I think she would flip if I told her I remembered
*I do not own a cell phone or cordless phone. They both give me headaches if I talk to long on them.

 

It'll be 4 weeks tomorrow that I've been breastfeeding. I was exclusively doing it until this past Friday. Now she gets 1 formula bottle at night.

We tried for two days before conceiving her on Christmas=) We never expected to conceive so quickly or we may have waited a little longer...effected me gettibg a job this school year.

An interesting fact...I have twins lol I just bought my first home a month and a half ago. At this time I was also on bedrest and expecting her at any moment.

 

*I have been BF'ing my guys for 9 1/2 months
*We got pregnant with the twins on our first IVF cycle
* I have two teenage sons, one is 18 and one is 17. I had my tubes tied at 18 that is why we had to use IVF. I wouldn't trade these little monkey boys for anything!

I breastfed my older guys for a very short time, but didn't have the knowhow or support to continue. I am thankful to have that this go around!


Great topic btw!

 

How long have you been providing breastmilk. I have been breastfeeding a little over 7 months now. They refuse to take bottles, so I am constantly on call.

How long did it take for you to get pregnant? It took us 7 years and 2 IVF cycles.

A random fact about you. I used to have a high stress, high level career as a HR Manager and gave it all up to be a SAHM. I am loving every minute of it!

 

QUOTE(JicJac @ Oct 6 2008, 07:52 AM) [snapback]1013336[/snapback]
Ok, tell us:

• How long have you been providing breastmilk.
  
  I did provide exclusively BM for 9 months and weaned slowly until about 10.5 months.
  
  
  
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
  
  I got pregnant right away once we decided we "might" want kids and I went off the pill. I miscarried that baby and the twins were next after 3 more months of not really trying. We were incredibly lucky.
  
  
• A random fact about you.
  
  I'm currently writing and recording a children's album. A bit of a stray from my normal genre and I'm LOVING it.

 

I have been breastfeeding my babies for almost 5 months now. This is the longest I have ever breastfed. I feel pretty good about the accomplishment.

I had a m/c in March of 07. I was 9 weeks. We had to wait till I got a normal cycle and tried again. I got pg with the twins in August or September. Can't remember which. It was at the very end or very beginning. Found out I was have twins on Oct. 30th! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! LOL!

A random fact is that even though I have 6 children now, my tubes are tied, I would still love to have another!!! But, by the time my babies begin school, I could actually be a grandmother. It would be funny to do the "Father of the Bride 2" thing. DD #1 doesn't think so though! LOL!

 

I've been nursing for the last 4.5 years, the twins for the last nine months.
I get pregnant every time DH looks at me funny (although now that he's had things taken care of, it shouldn't be a problem anymore
Right now (in my 2 minutes of free time) I'm knitting my small ones Christmas stockings.

 

I've been breastfeeding my boys for 8 weeks now.

We have MF infertility. Our first IVF was a BFN. On our second attempt, I responded very poorly to the meds, so we converted that cycle to an IUI. I had 2 eggs and according to everyone (and backed up by our 4 years of trying) we weren't supposed to be able to get pg without using IVF/ICSI. And bam... twins.

A random fact... I'm so tired I can't even think of anything.... my favorite candy is cinnamon jelly bellies.

-maria

 

I've been giving my boys mama's milk for almost 8 months!! I can't believe it!

We TTC for 6 months before discovering we were pg. Imagine our surprise when we found out it was TWINS at our 1st u/s at 8ish weeks. Funny thing is that I was pg when I went for my annual check-up, but it was too early to tell. At that visit, my GYN gave me an RX for Clomid to try and regulate my cycles. I didn't need the script after all!

Fun fact - I have a brother who is 8 years older than me. When I was born, he was the one who named me. I found out a few years ago that he actually named me after the little girl he had a crush on! :lol: Interestingly, I was friends with her brother all through school.

 

Hi everybody!! :wavey:
QUOTE(JicJac @ Oct 6 2008, 06:52 AM) [snapback]1013336[/snapback]
Ok, tell us:

• How long have you been providing breastmilk. about 11 1/2 months, still 3 times a day.
  
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant? I had known I am infertile for years,(tubes) but it was first try with IVF!!
  
• A random fact about you. I have aproximately 112 animals.

 

I have been nursing for a little over four months so far. My goal is to get to a year including using up my frozen stash. I pumped for six months with the twins, but never got the nursing thing down.

It took three years of trying and finally IVF to get the twins and another three rounds of IVF to get Natalie.

I met my DH on a trip. We both went on the same tour and we just clicked right away. My sister was on the trip with me and when we came home, she told my parents that I met the person I was going to marry.

 

• How long have you been providing breastmilk.
  I've been breastfeeding my little guys since they were born almost 4 months ago. They also get a bottle or 2 of formula, especially now that Mommy is back to work.
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
  I don't remember exactly how long. I think 2.5 years or maybe it was 3 years. We did 2 IUIs with Clomid (which doesn't wok for me), 3 or 4 IUIs with injections, and 2 IVFs (with ICSI). IVF worked the second time. We still don't have a clear diagnosis on the infertility. There was one mild male factor, but not anything that either doctor thought would require IVF.
• A random fact about you.
  If you look online, I've done a little bit of lactavist work--all before I got pregnant and actually was a breastfeeding Mom. Go figure!

 

1. Breastmilk for 17 months!! I never expected to go past 12 months, so this is a different experience.

2. We were lucky - I came off the pill in June and we got pregnant in September.

3. Random fact: I have had 10 different addresses in the last 15 years.

 

• How long have you been providing breastmilk.
  Fifteen months now, and going strong the two times a day we nurse.
  
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
  One year of trying, two IUI cycles.
  
• A random fact about you.
  I have a tendency to cut off all my hair when I need to make important life changes (sometimes along with, sometimes instead of

 

How long have you been providing breastmilk. Quickly approaching a year!!

How long did it take for you to get pregnant? I wasnt trying, it was an accident. Best accident I ever had!!

A random fact about you. I hate fingernails, once they grow over the skin I have to cut them all off again.

 

I have been bf for 2 months already!! If it wasn't for my husband's encouragement I would have stopped right after I left the hospital, I'm sure. All of my friends stopped after 1 1/2 months because it was too hard or they said they supply didn't meet demand. Since I've gone past that "hump" I'm hoping I can do this for as long as we're all able to.

We got pregnant the third month after I stopped birth control. We found out it was twins at our first appt at 7 weeks. the way we found out is our doctor said "oh my god" *and paused while we started to get scared* "twins!" We switched doctors after that.

random fact #1 The doctor who delivered my babies also delivered J Lo's twins.
random fact #2 I secretly hope that my SIL has twins (she's doing IVF) so that I can give her all the amazing tips and products that people suggested here.

 

How long have you been providing breastmilk.
Almost 9 months now! They were exclusively breastfed for 4 months, and now they get some formula since I've returned to work.

How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
Umm, I think on average it takes about 15 minutes I got pregnant with the twins immediately following my first cycle after my pregnancy loss in February of 07.

A random fact about you.
I have a degree in mechanical engineering.

 

How long have you been providing breast milk?

A little over 9 months!


How long did it take you to get pregnant?

We decided at the beginning of May 2007 that we were ready to go for #2. Found out on Memorial Day 2007 that we were pregnant! We were very blessed that it happened so fast!



A Random Fact:

I had back surgery when I was 19!

 

QUOTE(JicJac @ Oct 6 2008, 12:52 PM) [snapback]1013336[/snapback]
Ok, tell us:

• How long have you been providing breastmilk.
  
• How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
  
• A random fact about you.

• The girls have been retired for 1 yr :cry: and I still miss BF every single day.
• We were fortunate that we got pregnant quite easily with all of our children.
• I BF for total of 7 yrs & 10 mths.

 

-I bf until the twins were almost 2 y/o and pumped at work until they were 15 months old

-it took some time and some work, and large sums of money to get me pg!!!

-my favorite color is yellow

I always enjoy reading roll call Jackie, thanks for starting another thread :good:

 

You guys ROCK!!
(before you get disappointed that you didn't get an emoticon (smiley) next to your name, I am only allowed so many so I randomly took some off. Each and every one of you deserve at least one & more! )
Pam - 4.5 months !

Jessica - 4 weeks!

MissyEby - 9.5 months! :yahoo:

Heather - 21 months!

shellstwins - 7.5 months!

Liesel - 10.5 months! :bow2:

Tammy - 5 months!

Kim - 4.5 years total! (9 mos with twins) :yahoo:

Maria - 8 weeks!

becky - 8 months! :yahoo:

prairiemom3 - 11.5 months - and 112 animals! Do they all have names?

Ellen - 4.5 months! :yahoo:

sullivanre - 4 months!

Erica - 17 months!

Zabeta - 15 months - I tend to cut my hair off too at times, then I regret it!

Cohlee - 11.5 months! :yahoo: Wow! A single mom can do anything!!

horizon250 - 2 months!

Wendy - 9 months! :yahoo:

Jori - 9 months!

Callen - 7 years, 10 months total!! You rock!!

Kristi - (almost) 2 years!! (Me too on the time & money!)

Lisa - 12.5 months!

Bigeyes - 12 months!

ChristinaB - WOW! 5.5 years... did you know that nursing twins is considered double the years?

Holly - 1.5 years! Great job! Oh and.. eeww... (skunk)

Twinsanity+3 - twins - 18 months and N* 3 weeks! Keep up the good work!

melissao - 17+ months! Wow.. I guess Elizabeth loves it!

ChelleBadger - 8.5 months! WTG! Do you still live in that town?

erw - 5 months! WooHoo!

Queen of Carrots - 3 months with twins! I hate grates too!!

ginagwen - 6 weeks with twins - :welcome: to TS!

motherof5 - 14 months!

mia&olivia'smummy - 6 weeks! Great setting goals! WTG!

Jessica - 9 months! Wondeful!

isis - 8 months! Is it getting easier?

Becca - 4 months! Eew.. liver! lol

Amber8719 - 6 months! Two sweet! I love caligraphy too! I did one in hs. art class about twin moms and my mom framed it and gave it back to me for my twin shower.

Evan and Livie's mom - 20 months

SMax - 12 weeks! WTG!

Jeb-O - 4 weeks! (It gets easier!)

RondaJo - 4 months!

julesbabies - 3.5 months! WooHoo!

Firemedic - 6 months! Great job!

omcc-mom - 11 months!

twinboys07 - 15+ months!

piccologirl - 3.5 months!

miss bossy18 - 3 months!

eewelks - 8.5 months! Glad to still have you around here!

KaseyS2104 - 2 months! Great to have you here!

DMBMom40 - 2.5 months!

annelily2000 - 11.5 months!

cnasmom - 26 months! :bow2: What? NO AF? YOu rock!

snowtwins! - 13.5 months! COngratulations! Have you joined our pregnant after twins forum?

li li - 2.5 years! Great job!

Fletchie - 5.5 months! Both breast & pumping! Wow!

Vivian - 5 weeks! Super job!

kj427 - 3 months! WTG!

 

Hi - I'm still hanging around! Been very bad about checking in though. sorry!

How long have you been providing breastmilk?
One year, two weeks and one day! woohoo! Still nursing 3 or 4 times a day.

How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
Three years. First it was male factor, so we went straight to IVF. Then after a few tries at that with no success (except one early m/c) I got a diagnosis of poor egg quality. After 5 failed IVF cycles, my beautiful sister offered me her eggs. So IVF number six with my sister's eggs, I got pregnant with my beautiful babies. I still have embroys in the freezer, I'm trying to figure out how to talk DH into transferring two on our next try so we can have twins again! These babies are the best thing that ever happened to me.

A random fact about you.
Turns out that I love playing with baby toys! Sitting on the floor playing with two one-year-old and their toys is the most fun I've ever had in my life.

 

Boys just turned 1 year old 2 days ago :birthday: so 1 year.
It took us about 3 years to get prego
i got my hair cut soon after babies were born. went from long hair to super super short hair.

 

How long have you been providing breastmilk.
Lillian: 13 months
Joseph: 11 months
Michael: 9 months (had to quit due to health issues)
Allison & Sarah: 14 months
Eliza: 15 months
Harmony: 2 months so far

So if I add that up, that's 64 months, or roughly 5 and a half years I've nursed in my life.


A random fact about you.

I graduated with a degree in Family Science (child development, marriage relations & the like). It comes in handy!

 

Great thread, Jackie! Wow, so many nursing moms!

I've been providing milk since Feb 07! And we're still nursing plenty.

How long to get pregnant? 6 cycles, a miscarriage, then 3 or 4 cycles after that.

A random fact about me: I like the smell of skunk.

 

I've only nursed this one 3 weeks and some odd days but I nursed my Twinkies for 18 months.

I'm not sure since I was nursing the babies a whole lot and we just was not being cautious.

A random fact? Hmm um I find nursing two easier than nursing one!

 

I'm here :wavey:

I've been nursing Elizabeth for 17+ months. She is still nursing 2-3x a day most days. I nursed Andrew and Catherine for just over a year.

It took me 2 or 3 months to get pregnant with Elizabeth and 6 months to get A&C. I had 2 miscarriages on either side of my twin pregnancy.

Random fact: There are 2 sets of twins in my family (me and my sister and my brother & sister). I'm one of 6 kids - all breastfed!

 

- How long have you been providing breastmilk?
8 1/2 months - we've done 1 bottle of formula before bed since 5 months.
- How long did it take for you to get pregnant?
One year of trying, then one cycle of Clomid resulted in the twins. I have a 4 year old DS who was a surpise...go figure.
- A random fact about you.
My graduating class in high school had 78 kids. It was a TINY town.

 

QUOTE(JicJac @ Oct 6 2008, 03:34 PM) [snapback]1014405[/snapback]
ChristinaB - WOW! 5.5 years... did you know that nursing twins is considered double the years?


Nope! So I guess that makes roughly 6.5 years!

 

5 mths and counting

with my ds it took only 1 try and with my twins it was a total surprise I was still nursing my ds and it was the first night we had really gone out together (not to mention the wine)

i have had 3 kids in 2yrs and lived in 3 different states since the 1st baby.

 

[*]How long have you been providing breastmilk.

Three months on Thursday with the twins--total of 27 months before that.

[*]How long did it take for you to get pregnant?

Two months with the twins. This was the first time we even had the chance to "try."

[*]A random fact about you.

I hate walking over grates in the road. I always go around them when I can, but it's hard with a stroller!

 

Just wanted to say thanks Jackie! What a great round-up post. I love reading this thread. Thanks for taking the time to post the results in one place too. You're the best!