nancy said: I've known two women who tried to conceive while nursing toddlers. Menstruation had resumed several months prior. Docs (in both cases) who were breastfeeding friendly said that it was a problem with Luteinizing Hormone. Both women became pregnant promptly after weaning. ********************************** Yup- could be a short luteal phase situation. OTOH, weaining isn't alwasy necessary, and if hte mother isn't ready to wean, as many aren't, there are options. One is to increase nighttime lighting. Susun Weed suggests doing so at mid cycle so the night time peak of estrogen isn't suppressed. For some women, I've heard reported that they just increase the lighting throughout the cycle. Another option for women with very low body fat is to increase fat intake. Not only does fat store estrogen, but fat cells produce estrogen. THirdly, if it is short luteal phase, and the woman has "irregular periods" she may be conceiving and producing insufficient progesterone from the placenta at the time the corpus luteum dies. THerefore, she has been conceiving and losing the pregnancy early. Progesterone, of course, can be taken for that. I don't know if she can try herbal methods, but I suspect there may be some out there. Just some thoughts on weaning. Sometimes if a woman has worked hard to have her first baby and to nurse the baby, she is hesitant to wean to "take a chance" on getting pregnant subsequently. Did you guess I like the idea of child-led weaning even though my 20 mo old is bruising my nipples due to pulling, playing and finger sucking? :-) == Kate Hallberg, mom to Ursula (wow! 4) and Sage (1.5) http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina "It is the job of the physician to find health, anyone can find disease" - A.T.Still, "Philosophy of Osteopathy",1886 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8193/ _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com