BFers: first pp AF ?

snowflakemom

I BF, am 7wks pp, and just got AF for the first time. This seems so early to me. With DD#1 I EPed for 3 months and didn't get my first pp AF until after I stopped pumping.

 Anyone else get AF so soon?

REOM

Are you sure it is AF and not PP bleeding?  With #2, I bled for 8 weeks. It would taper off, stop, then start again. Maybe that is happening to you?

Rebekah1021

I got mine at 10 wks pp. I was EBF'g too.

It sucks!

snowflakemom

REOM:

Are you sure it is AF and not PP bleeding?  With #2, I bled for 8 weeks. It would taper off, stop, then start again. Maybe that is happening to you?

 I'm pretty sure it's AF. I stopped bleeding around 5wks pp, then started feeling crampy a couple days ago and now AF.

marrymemylove

I got mine exactly 8 weeks, precisely 4 weeks after the end of pp bleeding.

I felt SOOO gibbed. 

marrymemylove

Re what REOM said, it was definitely a period for me, had the same pattern, light to heavy to light to brown...

Also I had it every 4 weeks throughout BFing until I went back on the pill after weaning (when of course it was still every 4 weeks just lighter).

Totally gibbed. I used to have loooong cycles and I was looking forward to an even longer break BFing for a year. 

sooosie

I am 13 weeks PP, BF'd for awhile and then EP'd.  I stopped pumping 2 weeks ago and I still haven't gotten AF.  I am waiting for it though!

mags01

Hi there.  My DD #2 is 3 months old (and BF) and I thought for sure I had gotten AF 6 weeks after I had given birth.  (With DD #1 I got AF about 12 weeks after).  I had stopped bleeding for about a week and a half, was crampy and my back hurt for a few days leading up to it.  It just felt like AF.  I asked my doctor and he said it wasn't likely.  I bled for 5-7 days and then it stopped.  THe same thing happend around 8 weeks and again I thought for sure I had gotten AF.  Must have just been PP bleeding because I haven't bled since - thank goodness!  Good luck.

lsufan

10 weeks both times, despite exclusive breastfeeding.