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bride2beNY · October 2008

If this is too personal don't answer, but I am wondering how long it typically takes to get your period again after you started breastfeeding. Did it only start again after you weaned? Did you get it while BFing? I feel crampy (like period crampy) but I am still bfing.

moonglo · October 2008

i am still bfing and no AF yet. I had a friend who didn't get hers until she stopped bfing when her dd was 18 months. But I am heard of others getting it ealier.

Sorry for any typos, i'm typing with one hand. ?

angelsmile · October 2008

I gt mine back while I was stii EBF...it eas at 3.5 months pp. I had no symptoms that it was coming

angelsmile · October 2008

eas=was darn one hand typing!

fIowerchild · October 2008

I didn't get it again until I weaned.

jodynjames2005 · October 2008

I got it at 4 mo pp. I was not amused.

KristinKD · October 2008

You never know. Some women don't get it until they wean; others get it just a couple months postpartum.

I'm still breastfeeding and haven't gotten my period yet.

nosoup4u · October 2008

I think the general rule is the more you nurse, the less likely you'll get your period - DS is still nursing all the time, so no period over here...

jec2006 · October 2008

I got mine at about 7 months, when DD started to nurse less and eat more solid foods. I couldn't believe it...it was like I was 12 again. I was in total shock, and I laughed when I told my husband, "guess who just moved back in??". LOL.

Cabela · October 2008

Two full months after I stopped BF. I'm not sure if this matters, but I had an oversupply and it took forever to dry up.

stargirlkate · October 2008

she seems to have come back today

still nursing, constantly it seems. i ve felt crampy off and on but had felt that way before too.

rorygirl218 · October 2008

i haven't gotten AF yet and i weaned about 1 month ago although i have an oversupply problem and still bf once in a while.

femmeftle9 · October 2008

Still haven't gotten AF yet Big Smile

jeffs_baker · October 2008

I got mine when dd was 9 months. I still ebf.

fozzy923 · October 2008

I just got mine a couple of days ago... she's been sleeping a little longer and not nursing as much. I am trying unsuccessfully to wean her.

chihuahua26 · October 2008

I stopped BF'ing completely about a month ago and was only doing mornings and nights for the month before that. I still haven't had my period. I had some spotting and occasional cramping, but no period.

Summerly2 · October 2008

I think it's kind of a crapshoot as to when you'll get it, personally. I got it at 9 mo pp with DS. He was eating some solids at that point and sleeping longer stretches at night. I had no idea it was coming though.

I just got it Friday (6 months pp) and DD is not on any solids and is nowhere near STTN. I had no idea it was coming this time either.

Obsidiandreams · October 2008

EBF and AF showed up just before DS turned 5 months old.

Violet7 · October 2008

Never got it. I started feeling like I would several months ago, but it never came. And now that I'm knocked up again, I'll never know when I would have.

runnergirl79 · October 2008

I got my first pp period when my daughter was 3 1/2 months old. I was also ebf.

meghanmck · October 2008

DS is 10.5 months old and I just got my first PP AF last Sunday. I recently started weaning him by cutting out one of our nursing sessions. I think that's what did it. I did not feel crampy, but I noticed an increase in discharge (TMI) for a few days prior to AF's return.

It's different for everyone though. With my first DS AF returned at 7 months PP. A friend of mine who has been exclusively BFing got her first AF only a month after her baby was born. Poor thing!

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