When did your period come back after birth if you breastfed?

[Onedropbeat]

Gave birth back in may
Been exclusively breastfeeding
Baby now 7 months old

I feel like my period is on it’s way

This seems too soon

[DramaAlpaca]

Four months for me. Then I was pregnant again at seven months postpartum.

There's a wide range of normal on this. Anything from four weeks to over two years is perfectly normal as you'll see if you read old threads on this subject.

[Aroundtheworldin80moves]

7months both times. I was pregnant with DD2 by the time DD1 was a year old. Breastfed until 17minths first time, and 2.5years second time.

[AnneLovesGilbert]

Four months here too. Regular as clockwork ever since.

[YakkityYakYakYak]

Around 6 months for me.

[DearTeddyRobinson]

A month after I stopped BF-ing, at 6 months, for both dc. Don't be sad, it's good to be getting back to normal in a way. Hope it's not a heavy one, they can be a bit over the top for the first couple of months

[redfernsydney]

5 months. ..I was a bit disappointed as I was led to believe it wouldn't come back till I started weaning!

[Hailtomyteeth]

27 months. I continued to feed until 51 months.

[Turefu]

Five months.

[PegLegTrev]

Mine was 6 weeks and I EBF. I think I was very unlucky.

[bluebluezoo]

Exactly 4 weeks post birth for my first. Straight back to normal despite exclusively breastfeeding until weaning at 6m, then alongside solids for a further 6m.

7m with my second, despite bf until 14m.

[grool]

With 2nd DD it was the day she turned 1. She was still breastfed but had cut down. And it was the most horrifically painful period I've ever had, I was ill in bed genuinly thinking I was dying!

With firat DD it was when she 2as 6 months when I stopped breastfeeding completely. Just a nice normal period after that. Bodies are strange!

[kowari]

15 months. Breastfed for just over 5 years.

[Handsnotwands]

13 months for me. What a blessing!

[edgeware]

11 months - exactly when I stopped feeding at night

[grool]

(Sorry for the typos, I really need to proof read my posts!!)

[LittleBearPad]

6 sodding weeks

[emptyplinth]

6 weeks, also EBF

[Smallbus1]

7 months (twins are 8m now and no sign of second pp period)

[StacySoloman]

Once they were night weaned so about 7-9 months.

[PlanDeRaccordement]

Well, I bled for four weeks straight after each birth. So it was like all those skipped periods when pregnant had just been deferred. :(

Then I remember my period came back shortly after the post birth bleeding stopped. So straight away for me I would say.

[ForeverBubblegum]

18 months with the first, 11 with the second but I think it's largely luck of the draw as a friend who also bf got hers back at 6 weeks. How well baby sleeps can also be a factor, if you have a baby who sleeps through so doesn't feed for 6-8 hours, that can trigger your period to start. Mine are both terrible sleepers and were fed back to sleep though the night until weaning (around 2 for first, second is 16m and no were near), so that's possibly why I got a bit longer without a period.

[Justcashnosweets]

About 10 months I think..And my periods have been more regular than ever since then.

[RenegadeMrs]

Four months with DD1 - was exclusively breast feeding.
Two months with DD2 - again exclusively breast feeding. Felt very short changed this time round!

[GrouchyKiwi]

3 months with all three.

DD1 I EBF till 3 months then combi fed till 5 months, so I thought it was because I started mix feeding.

But DD2 fed every 1-2 hours for the first 6 months of her life and I she was EBF, so that wasn't it.

DD3 was also EBF and my period was back at 3 months.

I might have cried each time.

My sister, however, gets at least a year. It's variable.

[Itmaybeus]

Both times about 8 weeks after I started weaning.