To ask how long after baby your period returned?

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It’s been 11 months for me and no sign! On one hand woohoo....on the other, is that normal?!

Quick check of mums I know and no one else’s disappeared for this long....

If breastfeeding it can be a while. For me it was around a year all 3 times.

Are you still breast feeding? I had a coil fitted today and when the doctor asked if I'd had one yet (5 months pp) I haven't, her next question was am I breast feeding, which I am, she said its totally normal for them to not return until after you've stopped... I thought that was an old wives tale.

Totally normal - breastfeeding makes a huge difference!

I'm 13 months and counting...
still breastfeeding though.

Was around 6 months with eldest, I combi fed and was pretty much down to only 1 breastfeed at that age.

My BFF says hers was 6 months, 17 months. 7 months and 12 months.
She breastfed all of them.

18 months and 12 months

6 weeks after for all 3 babies and 2 miscarriages

13 and 14 months here.

I breasthink feed at night trying to stop he's about to turn 3 I've still not had one has anyone else been in the same boat

About 8 months each time, bf until 18 months but presumably weaning made the difference for them to return

First baby 4 months, 2nd baby 11 months.

Both breastfed.

16 months for me after my first. 14 months after my second.

Mine hasn’t returned yet, but I’m breastfeeding and it’s only been 3 months since I had her.

Normal for me. Longest I went was about 2.5 years!

6 weeks here. Breastfed only for one week (booo!) and then bottle.

About 10m with DS (ebf). It came back when he wasn't feeding loads (about 4 times a day and almost never at night), and it spelled the beginning of the end for my milk supply. I had been led to believe by older relatives that the "norm" was for feeds to be reducing to only about 3 or 4 by 9m. I know now this was effectively a weaning approach in the days when the few people who did breastfeed usually switched to cows milk at 9 months. For me it was not enough feeding to maintain supply. My period returned and supply tanked rapidly.

Breastfed baby (not exclusively infidelity by the end). 21 months. Wanted to ttc again so was getting very frustrated at the end

And its nearly 4m now with DD (still on the boob constantly).

Jealous of you all that breastfeed and had a long time without! I breastfeed and mine was back within three months, both times :(

1st time after 6m second time after 12m, I breastfed until 12m both times

8 weeks here. Exclusively breastfed (currently 5 months)

4 weeks after ☹️

God I feel like I got the short straw! Was 6 weeks after my first and she was exclusively breastfed for 15 months

@eatsleeplaugh were you breastfeeding?

About 6 weeks? I couldn't breastfeed though

15 months, breastfeeding on demand around the clock.