Mobile: question for STM's
This may be a TMI question but I'm just curious.
How long did Aunt Flo stay with you after you delivered? And how soon did she make her appearance afterwards?
Edit:: some back ground on the question. My friends have told me some out rageous things and I don't believe half of them. EX. My friend has a 14month old she claims to STILL be visiting Aunt Flo.
Re: Question for STM's
Yes this was the question. Thanks for your answer
With ds1 af came back on his first bday. With ds2, not until he was about 19 months.
I was still bfing both when af returned.
After I had DS, I bled for 2 months straight but it tapered off at one point and got really heavy again. My OB said that I must have ended my postbirth bleeding with my first real period. Yayyyy!!!
Mind you I wasn't bfing.
Not weird at all, it's normal to want to know what to expect. I bled just about until my 6 wk checkup the first time but it was very light after the first week or so.
the second time it was overall a little less and probably would have been done entirely at 2 or 3 weeks but I kept overdoing it and it would start up again.
Both times I did not get my period until a few weeks after I weaned, so sometime around 10 or 11 months. It was not missed!
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it the more it will elude you but if u turn your attention to other things it will come & sit softly on your shoulder."
BFP! 04/26/11 - DS born 12/28/11 - BFP #2! 04/02/13 - DD born 12/11/13 -
My Ovulation Chart
This for PP and also 12 weeks PP for AF... but I pumped exclusively for 11 months and still had AF come back 12 weeks PP
Mommy of four munchkins!
Sorry, that was probably convoluted.
I don't recall exactly how many weeks PP I bled, but I know for sure I was done by my 6w PP appt. I want to say it was only a week or 2.
Since we were breastfeeding, I didn't get my regular period again til somewhere between 6-8 mo PP. This was shortly after DS was eating more baby food with his nursing, so he was nursing less overall.
Everyone is different though.
My 2 December boys
My period returned after 4 months...and I exclusively breastfed. What's up with that??? I was hoping for closer to a year... I got cheated lol
I bled for about 5 weeks or so PP, but then AF didn't return until ~15 months PP. I was nursing, though, and that makes a big difference. Some people get their cycle back quickly regardless, but others won't until the babe is weaned or nursing much less.
ETA: If your friend is STILL bleeding 14 months PP, she needs to checked out, obvs. That's seriously not normal. 6 weeks is about the max for normal PP bleeding.
The hospital will send you home with mega pads, take them and then take some more.
PP - heavy bleeding for about 2 weeks and by heavy I mean take your worst day and multiple by 3.
Regular AF came back around 15/16 months.
Postpartum bleeding is usually gone by your 6 week postpartum ob visit. It pretty much starts immediately following the birth, and is usually quite heavy at first, but it's definitely not heavy the whole time. I think my bleeding was heavy for the first week, medium flow for the second, and then really light bleeding for another two weeks after that. Not sure I remember exactly, but I think it lasted about 4 weeks for me. Women vary of course, but by 6 weeks post partum your bleeding should be done, or you can ask your OB about it at your appt.
It's not a period, and it's anyone's guess when your first period will arrive or when those will be regular again... somewhere between 3 months and a year you'll probaby get a period depending on breastfeeding and contraception...
This. And I was pissed. I so wanted that two year absence.
ETA: I meant to quote CaityA83, but I obviously fail at mobile bumping. Off to the laptop!