Period return?
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I'm almost six months out and nothing yet. Like you, I've felt sometimes like it may be coming, but nothing. BFing and just starting on some solids now.0
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Mine returned at 6 months PP and it was horrible! Now I get them like clockwork.
I was so loving not having it every month and what really sucks is that when I ovulate my nipples hurt sooooo bad. Every time I nurse her for about 2 days I cringe. I don't remember that happening with my first kiddo, but man oh man it feels like I am nursing a newborn with a bad latch. From what I have been reading it is completely normal because of the hormone changes. 0 -
Mine returned at 11.5 months PP and it sucks. My first two were incredibly/abnormally heavy, but relatively pain free (just one dose of ibuprofen on days 1-2 for cramps). The third... wow. Back to the God-awful, super painful pre-pregnancy periods I was used to. No joke - if the worst labour contraction I felt was a 10/10, my period pain is easily a 7/10. I said to DH a few years ago that my periods were so bad that I bet the pain was comparable to labour, and now I know it's true! :sad:0
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18 months with my first and 19 months with this one0
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About 6 months with both my 1st and 2nd. I was EBF both until starting to add solids at 6 mos for 1st and 7 mos for 2nd. I breastfed #1 for 18 months and period was fairly light, though regular, until I got pregnant again when she was about 15 months. Never believe anyone who tells you that you won't get pregnant while breastfeeding (possible even before your period returns). When my period returned with #2 it was very, very heavy, and has remained that way - regular but heavy. I am still feeding #2 a few times a day at 19 months, and she shows no interest in stopping, which is fine by me.0
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About 6 months with both my 1st and 2nd. I was EBF both until starting to add solids at 6 mos for 1st and 7 mos for 2nd. I breastfed #1 for 18 months and period was fairly light, though regular, until I got pregnant again when she was about 15 months. Never believe anyone who tells you that you won't get pregnant while breastfeeding (possible even before your period returns). When my period returned with #2 it was very, very heavy, and has remained that way - regular but heavy. I am still feeding #2 a few times a day at 19 months, and she shows no interest in stopping, which is fine by me.
From what I understand, there are some guidelines to use re: BFing as birth control. The biggies are no returned period, baby is not yet 6 months old, and baby is EBF (essentially no solids).
http://kellymom.com/bf/normal/fertility/
ETA that WOW, that link has a lot of info about period return, too! Average for "ecological" BFing is over 14 months!0 -
Im breastfeeding my fifth child (20 months) as much and as often as she wants. Which is all day and all night, as I'm blessed to be a SAHM. I've breastfed all of my children from 18 mos to 4 yrs in duration. I'm actually, currently tandem nursing my 3 (almost 4) y/o DD2 and DD3. My older one only nurses about 5 minutes at bedtime. My pp cycles have returned anywhere from 9 mos to 2.5 years with no hormonal bc figuring into that. SO had the Big V, so no bc here....ever!!!! Lol. Currently, no AF in my life or on the horizon (hooray!). I bedshare with my girls, so LO nurses frequently and we are content.0
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Ok, here is my SUPER TMI follow-up question:
Before you got your period again, did you have weird discharge beforehand?
Late last week and into the weekend I had a lot of clear/whitish discharge to the point where I felt kind of gross and wet down there even though I wore pantiliners. It was similar to the discharge I had during my pregnancy. I don't know if it compares to my normal ovulation CM because I never paid much attention to that. I've been so dry otherwise that I found it surprising. I can't compare to my first pp experience because my period returned so quickly that I had very little time between the end of pp bleeding and my first pp period (maybe 7 weeks), so I don't recall any differences.
Just wondering if this is a sign that my hormones are shifting. In new developments, I'm regaining my sex drive, so there's that :drinker:0 -
Ok, here is my SUPER TMI follow-up question:
Before you got your period again, did you have weird discharge beforehand?
Late last week and into the weekend I had a lot of clear/whitish discharge to the point where I felt kind of gross and wet down there even though I wore pantiliners. It was similar to the discharge I had during my pregnancy. I don't know if it compares to my normal ovulation CM because I never paid much attention to that. I've been so dry otherwise that I found it surprising. I can't compare to my first pp experience because my period returned so quickly that I had very little time between the end of pp bleeding and my first pp period (maybe 7 weeks), so I don't recall any differences.
Just wondering if this is a sign that my hormones are shifting. In new developments, I'm regaining my sex drive, so there's that :drinker:
For me, the ovulation CM was kind of sticky. I'm guessing that even if that wasn't what it was, that things are starting to change for you.
I'm 5.5 month PP, no period in sight, but I'm also BF'ing almost exclusively (just starting to play around with solids) - DS has only gone 6+ hours between nursing sessions once or twice. I'm also on the mini pill, so I'm not sure how that affects things.0 -
I got mine 12 days after I stopped bf. LO was 15 months old.0
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I think everyone is different. I got my first period at 9.5 months pp. I was slacking on taking the mini pill combined with my supply dipping so I'm sure that was the cause. Can't say that I noticed any discharge. Then again, I wasn't really looking for it.0
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I got mine just before my son turned a year old. It coincided with me dropping to 1 pump while at work, although we still nurse 4-5 times outside of work.0
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I got mine at 10 months after EBF then adding in solids and continuing BF.0
