Personal question..... how long after giving birth did you have your first period?

[juicychops]

Its been over 10 weeks and i still haven't had mine yet. Is that normal?

[mummytosteven]

5.5 weeks. think that birth can do funny things to your hormones, and delay your periods, but might be worth doing a PG test, especially if you've got any PG symptoms

are you bfing? bfing can often delay your first period.

[Aero]

Are you breast-feeding jc? If so it can take ages. Mine only came back after I stopped with ds1 and when the feeds dropped to once a day with dd and ds2. Ds1 was 16 months old when it returned! Has ocme back a little earlier with the other two.
If bottle feeding, I'm not sure, but someone will be able to advise better on that, I'm sure.
Is this your first?

[juicychops]

No. was only bfing for 4 weeks. I did a PG test (although we have been careful) but it was negative. I wanna go on the pill but i cant until i come on. its so frustrating!

[mummylonglegs]

It depends if you're breast feeding for one thing. I b/f dd and had my first one about 3 months after giving birth which was, apparently, very early for a b/f mum. My friends didn't get theirs until about 5 months after. It actually took me about 3-4 weeks to stop bleeding after the birth so I'd have been very surprised to get a period as early as 10 weeks. I don't know how it works if you're bottle feeding though. Or if you had a caesarian.

[juicychops]

Yeah this is my first baby

[mummylonglegs]

Sorry, clashed posts! You can get an IUD fitted, I did about 2 months after birth. It was very painless and I've had it in ever since. Dd's 2 1/2 now.

[Yorkiegirl]

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[juicychops]

whats an IDU? (sorry if im being a bit thick)

[WigWamBam]

An IUD is a coil.

My periods didn't come back until dd was 13 months old, so I wouldn't start worrying yet, if I were you.

[Aero]

it's a type of contraceptive coil jc.

[Aero]

Stands for Intra Uterine Device.

[juicychops]

thats put my mind at ease now... I thought i had something wrong with me! (im only 20... bit naieve). Well i suppose soon as im not planning on having another baby any time soon i should just enjoy the fact that they haven't started again yet... im not a big fan of periods!

[Aero]

Oh to be 20 again!! Am just jealous! Long may your 'no period' days continue!! Congratulations on your new(ish) baby to. Just make sure you're covered for contraceptives whichever method you choose - you don't want to know that my BIL was born 11 months after my SIL! Poor MIL - she thought that you can't get pg whilst bfing! - oops! This was over forty years ago though - much better advice these days!

[juicychops]

Thanks for the congrats. Don't worry. im making sure i am fully protected... i am no way ready for baby no 2 just yet!!

[Aero]

[expatinscotland]

I didn't. I went on the Pill exactly 3 weeks after DD was born b/c I was on a lot of medication for PND and it was not avisable for me to conceive another child.

[stitch]

everything is 'normal'. depends mostly on whether you are breastfeeding or not. andif so, how often.
long may your period free days last.
by having two babies within nineteen months, i managed to have only four sets of periods in a about three and a half years. was brilliant

[Sponge]

I breastfed for 3 months but ds is now 8 months and mine still haven't returned. 10 weeks is pretty soon. I'm delighted not to be having periods so I'd just enjoy it if I were you.

[noddyholder]

about 3 months iirc