Periods coming back?

[noitsachicken]

Looking for advice/experiences please!
DS2 is 13 months and BF at night, and occasionally in the day.
No sign of period returning before now, but the last few days I have had lower back pain, and twinges/cramps.
Keeping thinking period is coming, but nothing!

What was your first period like when it came back?
TIA

With DS1 they came back when he was 14 months old- lots of cramping, but a much lighter flow than before. With DS2 thry hadn't returned when I had a mirena fitted 6 months after the birth. With ds3 I had a period when he was 10 weeks old- I was stunned and thought it must be lochia coming back, but no, it was my period. Very crampy, moderate flow. All three were exclusively bf.

With ds I mix fed and period came back 4 weeks after I stopped feeding him at 6 months. Very painful and heavy, I was taking full doses of paracetamol and ibupfofen for 3 days-horrid
With dd I've also mix fed her (still feeding her at 6.1 months and she's had less f than ds did)and period came at 5.5 months all of a sudden. No warning or pain- slightly sooner but much better!

I have read stories of first periods being awful!
I wonder how long the pain/cramps will go on for without any bleeding?
Feeling generally bluegh as well.

My period didn't come back until DD was 26 months old! I'd had what you described, crampy achy feelings, on and off for a few months before it started. Then back to very normal periods every 28 days.

Oh that's good to hear, so I could get the period feelings without the bleeding for a while?
I had a small fear in th back of my mind that I could be pregnant!