NER - anyone get their period back early after birth?

mh2t · November 2009

DD is exclusively breastfed (no pumping, even) and she is not yet eight weeks old. Yesterday I started bleeding very slightly - I thought it was just residual lochia following the birth. But this morning I started bleeding again - light, but definitely red blood. Is it possible I could get my period this soon? Anyone have this happen?

Lotte134 · November 2009

I think MeganBrian got hers pretty early so you may look for her. I'm not help because I still don't have mine.

lytedark · November 2009

Lotte134:
I think MeganBrian got hers pretty early so you may look for her. I'm not help because I still don't have mine.

she did but i think she said she wasn't able to EBF.

i obviously have no experience but just wanted to say if that's the case for you - i'm sorry because THAT SUCKS! :-(

Joes_love · November 2009

i got mine back when DS was 12 weeks.

papagena · November 2009

Does she sleep longer periods during the night? From what I understand, it often has to do with the frequency of feedings, so if you were blessed with a great sleeper, maybe she's sleeping long enough that it's not suppressing the hormones well enough? Sorry - that does suck.

Lotte134 · November 2009

lytedark:
Lotte134:
I think MeganBrian got hers pretty early so you may look for her. I'm not help because I still don't have mine.

she did but i think she said she wasn't able to EBF.

Oh that's right. Either way, I'm sorry - that does stink! Though if you have a really good sleeper I might not be so very sorry. Wink

Temp76535187505890 · November 2009

Lotte134:
I think MeganBrian got hers pretty early so you may look for her. I'm not help because I still don't have mine.

Good god Lotte....I don't have mine either! I need to go look in the mirror to be sure I haven't turned in to you completely.

babybird7 · November 2009

I bled for 10 weeks pp and then got my period back at 4-5 months pp so I only had about a 2 month break. grrr....My DD is 15 months and is still bf so I was looking forward to at least a year of no period. Didn't happen. I hope that's not the case for you. That's supposed to be one of the perks of bfing, right?

clayswife · November 2009

I had lochia until 7 weeks and then my period started back at about 9 weeks pp and DS was EBF when it was back. It wasn't super consistent, but it never has been either...

Teacher_2_b_in_3 · November 2009

I got my first af two weeks after my postpartum bleeding stopped. I EBF for 6 months before my supply tanked finally having to wean at 7.5 months. I've always wondered if the two are correlated.

ashawee127 · November 2009

I bled for 6 weeks PP, started the "mini pill" after my 6 week appointment, and have had three AF's since then (5 weeks ago)

DD is almost 12 weeks old, and I've not bled for maybe a week and a half of that. Joy...

Oh ... and DD is EBF and eats around the clock.

lytedark · November 2009

okay - now you ladies are scaring me!!

that totally SUCKS!! :-(

MawrtyrB · November 2009

That's about when I got mine back. Joy of joys.

mh2t · November 2009

papagena:
Does she sleep longer periods during the night? From what I understand, it often has to do with the frequency of feedings, so if you were blessed with a great sleeper, maybe she's sleeping long enough that it's not suppressing the hormones well enough? Sorry - that does suck.

Yes, she does sleep pretty well for her age - usually 4-6 hours the first stretch and 2-3 hours the second stretch. I guess if that's the reason, I'm OK with it. I'd rather get AF than be woken up all night long. I just hope my supply isn't affected!

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