No AF & still nursing at a year

Vet-Tech · September 2011

I'm still breastfeeding my DD, although less frequently. I haven't seen a sign of getting AF at all. Is this still normal or do most people get their period while still breastfeeding?

cpmich · September 2011

i am in the exact same boat but a month behind... interested to see what others say.

Vet-Tech · September 2011

cpmich:
i am in the exact same boat but a month behind... interested to see what others say.

That's good to know. I've seen where people have supply issues when they get their period, so I was thinking something was wrong with me.

nicoleanderic · September 2011

With DS#1 he was born December 2009 and I breastfed exclusively until he started weaning himself in November 2010. I got my period for the first time in December 2010 and then got pregnant with DS#2 in January 2011.

diamondcks · September 2011

I got my first AF at 14.5 months. I think I only got it because I cut back to nursing only 3x/day at around 14 months.

meganandgabe · September 2011

I didn't get my first pp period until DD was almost 13 months old. I was only BF at night at this point. I day weaned at about 11.5 months because I had enough of a freezer stash to make it past a year.

GBCK · September 2011

part of it may be the IUD I got in the interim...but none here yet either.

nosoup4u · September 2011

I didn't have a period the whole time I nursed DS1. I was cutting back sessions in hopes of getting it when he was about 21 months, and I got pg before I got it back. I still haven't gotten one since DS2's birth, and he'll be a year in October.

Mrs.Syntax · September 2011

I didn't get my period until DD was 14 months old and I was down to just a morning and evening session.

Luv2Run1st · September 2011

I just got mine and I am breastfeeding 5-7x/day which is probably quite a bit by most people's standards at this point so I definitely wasn't expecting anything until the feeding had dropped down more. I think what did it was over the last 2 months dropping from 3 pumping session at work to just 1 and my LO finally starting to eat more food.

I am really happy to see that my body is doing something on its own since before LO I rarely had AF on my own, anovulatory and had to take provera and Clomid to conceive so maybe my body is working now. Will have to chart temps though to know for sure.

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