This is probably the dumbest question...

IceHide61313 · October 2014

So I have my 6w PP check up on Wednesday and I think my period is trying to come back. Does a person try to reschedule or still go?

TIA!!!

kareik01 · October 2014

Still go. Are you BF? If you are, it's not period blood and still just PP bleeding. I had what I thought was the start of my first period because I hadn't had any blood/spotting since about 3 weeks PP, but I asked and I was told there's no way it was my period already. Gave it a day and the spotting stopped.

If you aren't BF, I don't know the normal times for the period to come back, but I'd still go to the doctor as scheduled. If something hasn't healed correctly, you/your doctor need to know now regardless of what else is going on down there

IceHide61313 · October 2014

@kareik01 Nope, I stopped a little before 2weeks pp.

So when they ask you to get nakey, doooo you leave the undies on? Obviously I will let the nurse know what's going on but I'm just wondering what the normal thing to do is.

Thank God for you ladies.

jenniferurs · October 2014

kareik01 said:
Still go. Are you BF? If you are, it's not period blood and still just PP bleeding. I had what I thought was the start of my first period because I hadn't had any blood/spotting since about 3 weeks PP, but I asked and I was told there's no way it was my period already. Gave it a day and the spotting stopped.
If you aren't BF, I don't know the normal times for the period to come back, but I'd still go to the doctor as scheduled. If something hasn't healed correctly, you/your doctor need to know now regardless of what else is going on down there

I'm pretty sure you can get your period at 6 weeks pp even if you are breastfeeding.

dogperson11 · October 2014

Kareik01 said:
Still go. Are you BF? If you are, it's not period blood and still just PP bleeding. I had what I thought was the start of my first period because I hadn't had any blood/spotting since about 3 weeks PP, but I asked and I was told there's no way it was my period already. Gave it a day and the spotting stopped.
If you aren't BF, I don't know the normal times for the period to come back, but I'd still go to the doctor as scheduled. If something hasn't healed correctly, you/your doctor need to know now regardless of what else is going on down there

This is ridiculous. You can certainly get your period while BFing.

@Kareik01 you know you can get pregnant whole BFing, right?

poofwok · October 2014

Yes you can get your period while bf. Who told you you couldn't @kareik01‌ ? Just curious.

laurenita8 · October 2014

Agree with above. Saw doc for 6 week check last week, she said if I was bleeding still this week it likely want my period and I'd need an ultrasound. Inactually 8 weeks out. Last thing I want is a d and c to clean me out so I'll wait another week before scheduling ultrasound.

tamarar5 · October 2014

You absolutely can get your period while bfing! I got my first pp period after DS at 8 weeks pp. And got it every flipping month until I got pregnant on my wedding night — while still exclusively bfing! We hadn't started ds on any solid foods at all.

I got my first pp period at 6 weeks pp this time.

Had a c/s, a week of heavy pp bleeding, followed by 2 weeks of extremely light spotting, and zippo for 3 weeks. Then bam. Period. Yuck.

Moral is the story, don't rely on bfing for birth control! And you can get your period early while bfing.

kareik01 · October 2014

@dogperson11 and @Justine2502

Yes I do know you can get your period while BF, just typically not nearly this soon. It took my sister over a year to get her first period because she exclusively breast fed, which I've heard will often delay the return longer.

Yes I also know you can get pregnant while BF, even if you haven't had a period. You ovulate before you have a period, so if you ovulate and have sex before your period returns, pregnancy is still possible.

Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean to make it sound like I think these things weren't POSSIBLE.

cachoque · October 2014

OP, if it makes you feel better.. Leading up to IF treatments (IUI & IVF) it is standard protocol to come in for wand u/s' during AF to ensure your ovaries are quiet before starting stimulants. I can't tell you how many times I had an exam while on full out AF. (TMI:) I'll never forget the first time I went in and left the tampon in & the OB looked at me like I was a complete idiot.. Like how is a wand going in there? *forehead slap*

Anyway, if your office does IF treatments, rest assured they see it all the time!

dogperson11 · October 2014

cachoque said:
OP, if it makes you feel better.. Leading up to IF treatments (IUI & IVF) it is standard protocol to come in for wand u/s' during AF to ensure your ovaries are quiet before starting stimulants. I can't tell you how many times I had an exam while on full out AF. (TMI:) I'll never forget the first time I went in and left the tampon in & the OB looked at me like I was a complete idiot.. Like how is a wand going in there? *forehead slap*

Anyway, if your office does IF treatments, rest assured they see it all the time!

I'm dying to know - did your OB pull it out?

cachoque · October 2014

Haha, no! I actually asked about it right as I was putting my legs in the stirrups. He stood up without looking & snapped at the nurse for not "prepping" me! From that point on, the nurses always reminded me to remove it. I'm not sure if I had a nurse that didn't follow protocol the first time, or, if they flagged me to always get a reminder! lol

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