when did your period return?

[smileyfaces]

Im 6+1 postpartum and my period just arrived. Is this a joke?! I was under the impression it would not return for a while if Im EBF

Not happy lol

 

[ssarahh]

Wow!! I'm 3 months post and still no sign for me!

 

[bumpy89]

I had a period at a similar time postpartum, but LO is now nearly 13 weeks and I haven't had another so hopefully it was just a one off. I did get my periods back fairly early (i think around 4 months postpartum) with my other boys, but not this early, so annoying!

 

[Bevziibubble]

16 months with Holly. No sign of it yet with james.


Sorry yours is back. That seems very unfair

 

[Boozlebub]

12 months with DS and 7.5 months post partum with DD and it's not back yet.

 

[JT2013]

At 6 months - right around when I started weening him onto solid food.

 

[smileyfaces]

Ah this is just not fair at all then

 

[Bevziibubble]

 

[DaisyDreamer]

Sorry! Still no AF at 9.5 months PP. No signs of anything happening down there

 

[Lucasmum]

About 13 months maybe it's just a one off

 

[love.peace]

Almost 15 months here and still no af. Although im also still feeding my 3yo and he feeds a lot. I did have a small bleed around tgat time. Onky a few weeks after stopping bleeding from birth. Ny midwife said it was completely normal. Nothing since though x

 

[jessmke]

I was exclusive breastfeeding and got my period back at 5 1/2 months PP.

 

[aidensxmomma]

With my older daughter, I exclusively breastfed from her birth until she was 3 months old. I got pregnant when she was around 4 weeks old (ended in an early mc), so my period would have started again around 6 weeks postpartum.

This time around I'm breastfeeding again. DS is almost 4 months and it hasn't returned yet.

 

[Tui]

I got a period at 5 weeks pp and was told its still counted as birth bleeding (can't remember what you call that) up to 6 weeks. Then my proper period came back around 5-6 months pp despite breastfeeding.

 

[smileyfaces]

It varies so much! This is definitely a period rather than PP bleeding because I've got all my usual period pains to go with it. Just wasn't expecting it at all!

 

[msbene]

I BF'ed exclusively for 6 months and for a total of 13 months. My period came back 2 months postpartum and every month after that! Lol. My doc said it can indicate very high fertility...

 

[smileyfaces]

Well me and DH had sex for the first time since having Baxter last week and i am SO relieved i insisted on using a condom!!

 

[staralfur]

I had some bleeding which resembled the first couple of days of my period when I was about 8 weeks pp but it stopped before it hit the heavy days. Didn't see it again until 13 months pp. Hopefully it's just a one-off due to hormones and you get some more time before your cycles return to normal.

 

[Kiwiberry]

3 months PP this time, 2 months PP last pregnancy. I thought the first pregnancy was maybe because I was pumping since my baby was in the NICU. However, after having my second child and still getting my period so close to giving birth that I think my body is just resistant. After my postpartum bleeding went away which was 6 for my first and 8 weeks for my second, I would have a week of no bleeding then a week of light bleeding. Then I would go back to having another week of no bleeding and after that week was over my period would start. This has happened after both of my pregnancies.

 

[babyjan]

I did have a weird bit of spotting not long after birth but that wasn't even a period. Nothing since at 8 months pp.

First baby it returned 4 months pp x