When did your period return postpartum? Especially if you were breastfeeding
My period still hasn’t returned an my baby turned one last month! I kinda thought it would have returned by now.. a couple weeks ago I got symptoms that had me thinking I may be ovulating but still no period. Even took a pregnancy test today just to make sure. Anyways, if you did get yours was it after you cut down on breastfeeding sessions or eliminated overnight feeds? My baby has only ever fed at breast never taken a bottle but he took right to solids at 6 months and now eats lots. He maybe breast feeds once or twice throughout the day but still wakes overnight a few times and I nurse him back to sleep.
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6 weeks then 9 months onwards.
Once you night wean it'll likely come back.
Hey I am the exact same but my periods weren't exactly great before having a baby also, I'm nearly 12 months pp and not a whiff of anything yet. My son eats food pretty well now but he does breastfeed a lot still, during the night probably 4 or 5 times and then during the day about the same I reckon. If you are wanting to get them back it usually a reduction of the night feeds you need to do
8.5 months with my first. We fed until 25 months but everyone is so different. We were feeding 1-2 hourly day and night x
Maybe around 15 months after birth. I still breastfeed, at night as well. Strangely, this time my periods are painless. Other than that, pretty similar to before the pregnancy.
9 weeks after my first.
6 months after my second.
Breastfed them both but the women in my family never got breaks from periods back and tons of back to back kids as a result.
Just had at 11Ms pp, still BFing, but reduced slightly now he's started nursery.
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