Uh Oh! Period or Implantation?

[SweetPea3200]

I'm five months post partum and I bf and formula feed but I pump or bf every four hours tops. A couple of days ago I had some spotting that I was expecting to turn into a blood bath nightmare because of all the horror stories I've heard about first pp period. It did not. It just went away. Should I be taking a pregnancy test or has this happened to anyone else?

 

[staralfur]

My first PP period was very light and short. Then skipped 2 months before coming back. Things can be very weird at first. But, if there's any possibility you could be pregnant then a pregnancy test will put your mind at ease. I went through about 10 of them while I was breastfeeding because my periods were so random and weird (and still are, actually!).

 

[noon_child]

It sounds quite normal BUT if you have been supplementing (even if you pump) breastfeeding is no longer a reliable method of contraception. Even if you were exclusively breastfeeding it would only be a reliable contraceptive for another month anyway, so if you are not pregnant and don't want to be, you need to start considering your options now. I guess the only way to tell would be to take a test.