Breastfeeding and period

[babi77]

Everyone,

I'm been breastfeeding for 3 months and today my period come again, what a surprise! Anyone have experienced this before?

regards
Babi

 

[eva]

Hi Babi,

I have also been bf for 3 mths, but no period yet, could be coming soon.

 

[bbc mom]

Hi babi 77,
I got my period after 9 months of breastfeeding. I posted a thread called "postpartum menstruation" under the family health forum. Sarah gave some excellent information regarding this, and its perfectly normal. Check it out.

 

[nanzbier]

I got my period when my daughter was 10 months and I'm still breastfeeding. I'm not too sure, but I heard that when your baby is sleeping solidly without a feed for 6 hrs straight, your period starts. Has anyone else heard this before?

 

[scr]

Yes I've heard that if your baby sleeps for 6 hours without a feed, then your periods come back. With my own son I don't really remember if he slept that long but my periods also came back when he was just 3 months old. I remember being shocked as well as disappointed !

 

[carang]

i got mine when my sone was only 4 months old... at the time i was BF about 75% of the time...

 

[sonza9]

I got my period when my daughter was 10 months and I'm still breastfeeding. I'm not too sure, but I heard that when your baby is sleeping solidly without a feed for 6 hrs straight, your period starts. Has anyone else heard this before?

Really? This is the first time I heard about it.

I got mine when my baby was 2 months old and still breastfeeding.

 

[Vivian]

My son is almost 9 months. i'm breastfeeding him. have not had period since his birth. but one of my friend, not 100% breastfeeding, had period when her baby was three months.

 

[JennyB]

I think it really depends on the person. My period returned when my baby was 5 month old and still exclusively breastfeeding. She had been sleeping longer since about 3 months old. But there is a wide variation on what is normal so don't worry about it!

It would be nice to have no periods while breastfeeding (I thought it unfair, when I was having to pump milk during my breaks at work, when I had to find time to change tampons as well!) but some people are trying to get pregnant to have their kids close together!

 

[Wee Kean]

I got mine when I daughter was 19 months old. I was breastfeeding her on demand until she was 18 months old where I cut down her day feed gradually. Now, she is 20 months old and I just got my second period this week.

I am actually quite glad for having my period back. I was told by my doctor that even though I didn't have period, I might get pregnant and couldn't count the due date.

It is kind of weird for not having period for almost 2 years. Anyone has the same experience?