Guess i drew the short straw! BF= No period?

[nicki01]

Well as the title says really!
Guess i drew the short straw!

My LO turned 10 weeks and my period returned! She feeds mainly every 2 hours sometimes 3 hourly, also through the night too! I held out in the hope it was just a little bleed from nowhere but oh no! Its was a real heavy period near enough shouting IM BACK!! and lasted 5 days!

Gutted! I was hoping with my little one still being a very frequent feeder that it would stay away for a while but i was sooo wrong!

Anyone elses period returned soon after even though breastfeeding?

 

[armywife11]

My best friend had hers return with both her kids at 10 weeks, full on heavy period. She exclusively breast fed and on demand.

 

[optimistic1]

Mine came back around 12 weeks and hasn't came back since just random spotting days and that's it.

 

[Amour]

9 weeks. I was a little gutted too and just hoped it was fluke, but oh no��

Apparently I heard it means your extra fertile but not sure I believe that

 

[Julesillini8]

2 months after my first, 3 months after this baby. I BF for 13 months with my first, so it would've been nice to not have AF for all of that time, but no such luck for me. I was pissed thati just got it back again with this baby too. BOO

 

[lily28]

I EBF, I got spotting at 14 weeks pp, the obgyn said it is not considered a period unless it is a certain amount of blood for at least 2 days.
I had some sporadic spotting a few weeks later too.
Thing is I still don't have a period, spotting has stopped entirely, and baby goes up to 5-6 h between feeds during the night, around 3-4 during day.

 

[Julesillini8]

Thing is I still don't have a period, spotting has stopped entirely, and baby goes up to 5-6 h between feeds during the night, around 3-4 during day.

Yeah, mine period came when my babies started sleeping through the night, >10 hrs. Maybe that one feed you do in the night keeps AF away! Wish I didn't get mine back

 

[nicki01]

its so gutting, especially as she still feeds 2-3 hourly through the night aswell! I wouldnt mind so much if i got it back but got a good chunk of sleep but by the time ive fed her, winded her and gotten back to sleep myself im awake again an hour or 2 later. Oh well!

Guess the super fertile thing could ring true, ive had 5 pregnancies (3 losses) but each time ive fallen on the first month trying!

 

[Bmama]

I just posted a thread about this yesterday because I just got mine at 7 weeks pp! And I am also ebf. Super gutted as well as I get very cramps and have a heavy AF I guess it means we're healthy at least!

 

[dizzy65]

aww i know what you mean mine returned when my LO was 12 weeks!

 

[annio84]

Mine returned at 8 weeks and DD feeds very regularly still. I was so miffed!!

 

[BabyUrq]

this is the exact question i came on here to find out about....mine came back pretty early too...somewhere between 8 to 10 weeks after...he's been sleeping through the night from very early on as well...he's up to 8-10 hours a night....of course not exactly regular but pretty close to on time since....however it's not this time....i would really rather not be pregnant this soon after (he's only 4 months old)...so its encouraging to hear that they can be irregular and random for some while bfing...plus there's been a couple nights in the past week and a half that he's fed in the night...i've wondered if that could have something to do with it....a change in bfing schedule could make a change in ur period schedule

 

[9jawife]

Do you ladies find your supply decreases during your period? Just wondering because mine does.

 

[Bmama]

Do you ladies find your supply decreases during your period? Just wondering because mine does.

I am only on my first period but yes I have noticed less of a supply. So far my little guy is eating okay but I like to pump every once in a while to build up some storage, and yesterday I was barely able to get 2oz and usually I can get 4oz no problem. I have heard this is pretty normal though

 

[nicki01]

Yes I think my supply has been effected too, before the period I could feed and pump and still get 2oz each side, since the period I'm struggling with the pump, although my little lady seems satisfied I sometime only get a dribble with the pump and am very lucky to get 2oz with half an hours pumping alternating between sides.
Very frustrating as I need to pump as my sister has got to have her quite a lot over the coming weeks as I have appointments for my toddler!

 

[HisGrace]

AF showed up for me at 10 weeks. I was gutted, too. I hoped it was just a fluke but I've had 2 more since then.