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baby is BF at 13 months old and I I still have no periods, is this normal????

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Difers · 05/02/2007 15:42

Is this normal??? I don't want one but am wondering if I'm actually ever going to have one ever again.

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Tatties · 05/02/2007 15:49

Mine came back when ds was 12mo, I'm sure people on here have gone longer. Enjoy it!

DaisyMOO · 05/02/2007 16:12

I hope so because mine haven't returned yet and my baby is 16 months old

malaleche · 05/02/2007 16:14

mine didnt come back till bf baby wa about 15 mths or even later, cant remember TBH

mawbroon · 05/02/2007 16:15

I wondered the same. Still feeding 15 month old ds, but stopped taking the mini pill last month and hey presto - my period. I would assume that it was the pill rather than the breastfeeding that was stopping my periods as it would be too much of a coincidence. Are you using hormonal contraceptive?
I do believe that I have read that some women don't have any periods at all until they have finished feeding completely so you might be one of the lucky ones.

Londoner · 05/02/2007 19:26

Hi, don't worry, I reckon it's probably normal for you as am in same boat with DD of 15 months. No surprises here as with my others I only started periods again exactly 28 days after giving up the very last feed although I only fed them to @ 10 months so it is interesting to see it go on this long. Must say it is a real bonus. Hth.

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Difers · 05/02/2007 19:34

oh, absolutely normal then, no i'm not on any pill at all. This is great, why don't they ever pronote this as a huge plus of breastfeeding. They should stick posters up all over the NHS.

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ILoveDolly · 05/02/2007 19:37

i've had no periods and am bf 13m old. but i thought it was due to contraception - perhaps a combo of both? hooray I love it. If it wasn't for the bitten nips i would carry on bf for years!

EcoBel · 06/02/2007 19:42

just seen this thread - my baby is also 13 months old and I've had no periods yet, but I'm only breastfeeding once a day. For those of you who still haven't had periods how often are you feeding?

determination · 06/02/2007 20:55

My daughter was 16 months - Result i thought! Hope it is the same this time round

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Difers · 06/02/2007 21:26

Probably relistically about every 4 hours as son is a boob merchant and is addicted to it to sleep!

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Miaou · 06/02/2007 21:32

Mine didn't return until I dropped down to two breastfeeds a day, when ds was almost one (in fact he might have just turned one). Totally normal IME

Enjoy the break!!!

yaddayah · 07/02/2007 09:45

Totally normal,I bf ds1 until he was 18 months, stopped and then had one AF, THEN found i was pg with DD2 !!

Was v good as don't think my boobs had a chance to "deflate" as i've heard can happen they're still suprisingly perky

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