When did you get your period back?

Mrs.Felicity

DS is almost 13 months old, and I'm down to 3 nursing/pump sessions a day:  Nurse when he wakes up around 6am; pump once at work around Noon/1pm; nurse him before bed at 7pm.  He doesn't have a nighttime feeding anymore unless he's sick or teething or something else unusual is going on.

Soo.....we've been doing this routine for a month (before that it was pumping 2x during the workday plus the morning/night nursing) and I have had no sign of my period.

I'm certainly not complaining, mind you!  I just thought that if you weren't nursing regularly every 4-6 hours it was supposed to come back.  I'm regularly going 12 hours at night, and nothing.  Just curious, since EVERY other breastfeeding mom I know (and I know a lot!) had their period back way before this.

Is there a point at which I should be concerned?  If you had a similar schedule, when did yours return?

tokenhoser

Are you on the minipill?

No sign of mine, but we're still nursing ridiculously frequently and I'm on continuous mini-pill. I suspect the pill will suppress it until I stop.

Mrs.Felicity

tokenhoser:

Are you on the minipill?

No sign of mine, but we're still nursing ridiculously frequently and I'm on continuous mini-pill. I suspect the pill will suppress it until I stop.

Nope, no minipill and no other BC (besides condoms) in use!

Nhev

Hi, congrats on BFing for this long! I'm not on birth control and BF on demand, usually 3-5 times a day. I just got my first PP period on January 1, so she was about 13.5 months old. *sorry, I forgot how to post with paragraphs on my iPad!

jlsimon56

My sister never got hers back so her doctor took her off BC (she was taking a pill...not sure what kind) to see if her body would regulate itself.  She had almost completely weaned by then.  After a few months, still no period, and she got pregnant.  So obviously SOMETHING was going on since she was ovulating, just no period.  She nursed her 2nd for 6 months and got her period back shortly after stopping.  The body is bizarre.

lauralovesbob

I'm glad you posted this, because I'm curious about the answer! DS is only 9 months, but no sign of AF. I am concerned because I'd like to start trying for baby #2 and thinking about how things will go around 12 months when we reduce frequency of pumping.

cottonlily84

One month after she was born!  And I'm on the mini pill now...tho it was late this month so maybe that's kicking in now.  I pump 6-8 times a day and still get AF.

Kougl Wife to Be!

lauralovesbob:

I'm glad you posted this, because I'm curious about the answer! DS is only 9 months, but no sign of AF. I am concerned because I'd like to start trying for baby #2 and thinking about how things will go around 12 months when we reduce frequency of pumping.

This exactly!  I was hoping to have another one on the way by now...no luck and no AF...I'm reducing pumping/breastfeeding to only 4 times a day and next week i'm going to drop to 3 times...hopefully that will set it off...I have plenty in the freezer to get by for at least a month and a half if not longer...