When did your periods retutn after giving birth?

[KEAWYED]

Hi DS3 is 9 weeks old and i've not had my periods return.

DS1 and DS3 returned within 6 weeks I had what I thought was the start of a period but just a slight smear then nothing.

Help please. Thanks

[6inchnipples]

4 months with first 2 dc both exclusively bf

dc3 currently 10 mnths no sign of the old AF as of yet!

[allaboutme]

mine returned at 5 mnths both times and that was bottle feeding

[KEAWYED]

has anyone had the contraceptive implant, How much does it hurt does it REALLY work???

[KEAWYED]

I've been wearing white trousers while its been warm panicking that they will return. knowing my luck it will be the most unfortunate moment!!!

[HenriettaJones]

I started having regular periods somewhere between 4-6 weeks after DS was born

(can't remember exactly as was a few years back now! But I do remember that the bleeding from the birth had only just stopped and then a couple of days later I had a full period! I was told it was a sign of fertility!)

DS was breastfed exclusively and continued to breastfeed to 13 months old.

BMI (don't know if it's relevant) is the lower side of average, although I was a couple of dress sizes bigger after giving birth so would have had a higher BMI then.

Steaknife "i do know that if your weight falls below 7 and a half stone your periods stop. Equally girls dont start their periods until they reach this weight."

I'm sorry but that's rubbish! I started my period as a skinny teen when I would've weighed less than 7 stone, and have had periods as an adult when my weight was under 7 and a half, but my BMI has still been healthy as I am short. Having said that, periods do stop if one is underweight so maybe for a taller person this would happen at 7 and half stone.

[MiniMarmite]

8 months - when I went from 5 to 3 feeds per day.

[sleepsforwimps]

DD 3 months, DS 8 months, both exclusively breastfed. I felt totally robbed when they returned at 3 months whilst feeding my DD, I put that down to her sleeping through from 9-12 weeks for 10-12 hrs though. The worst bit of it all was that she then didn't sleep through again until she was 19 months..

[FaintlyMacabre]

Thought I'd update my message- 1 week after starting night-weaning my period has returned.
Now I'm wondering why I wanted it to!

[hormonal, too hot and in pain emoticon]

[4andnotout]

We are most definitley mad! We are actively trying but nothing seems to be happening yet. I fancy one or two more yet!

[BunnyLebowski]

4andnotout - you do know you can get preggers when bf'ing don't you?

And do you not have enough on your hands you mad woman without going for a fifth? (only messing - if money and space were no object I would have 27!)

[belgo]

I don't see why BMI would make a difference?

[SachaF]

4 months with ds1. Exclusively bfing and several times at night. Bfed him until 13 months. Like EDM I was robbed!

7 months with dd. Began weaning at 5.5 months onto solids. On to an occasional bottle at 6.5 months and not weaned fully to formula until 8 months.

4 and not out - You can still ttc! You might get lucky and fall pregnant without having a period!

[belgo]

DD1: eight weeks (I was so annoyed)
DD2: 9 months
DS; 9 months.

All exclusively breastfed.

[HeadFairy]

9 months... about a month after I started work, I was still bfing twice a day but I guess my hormones weren't enough to keep the periods at bay any more.

My bmi is perilously high in the overweight category (somewhere in the mid 20s) so I'm not sure it had any influence in my case....

[tinierclanger]

I'm on mini-pill too. Had one mini-period at around 6 months, another at around 10 months and nothing since (DS nearly 12 months).

I was on mini-pill prior to DS and had regular periods then, don't know whether everything has changed for good and no more regular periods, or whether this is because I'm still BF. I have been a bit underweight as well since DS was born but have put some weight back on now. Lots of contributory factors really!

[ButterbeerAndLemon]

Nine months first time, just over 12 months second time.

(No one will ever, ever describe my BMI as low. Or at least, not without then rolling on their back convulsed with laughter waving their legs in the air...)

KEAWYED, you might not get periods on the mini-pill; some women don't (others like me find they get almost constant breakthrough bleeding on it).

[4andnotout]

My dd4 is 8 mo and still bf and no period as yet!

Bit of a bugger really as i want to ttc asap!

[Steaknife]

Still bfing at ten months and still no sign. My BMI is low, i don't know if that makes a difference but i do know that if your weight falls below 7 and a half stone your periods stop. Equally girls dont start their periods until they reach this weight.

[IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern]

DD 6 weeks ex bf. DS I got a period when he was 9 months and had a stomach bug and fed a bit less for only 24 hours but they went away again until he was 15 months.
My bmi was 25-27 both times.

[nigglewiggle]

Mine was about 10 months for both. My BMI is far from the skinny end of the scale .

[KingRolo]

Does the BMI make a difference? Mine is 21.

[FaintlyMacabre]

20 months and counting...

We've just started night-weaning in the hope that this will make me slightly more fertile. Last night I had 7 hours with a breastfeed, which is the longest gap we've ever had!

[KEAWYED]

montifer my bmi is on the wrong side of normal....

I've just introduced a formula feed at 11pm which is an extra feed it hasnt replaced a breast feed. otherwise its all breast.

ive started taking the mini-pill instead of microgynon and i worry about another pregnancy. the word mini makes me think its not as effective.

[KingRolo]

Still breastfeeding DD but had a short (4 day) period when she was 7 months old and another at 8 1/2 months old.

[GeorgeTheSlitheen]

5 weeks with DD, 6 with DS.

Both prem so was expressing for them ever couple of hours.

Was mighty pissed off.