Is it the night feeds which stop your periods?

[rubyslippers]

DD is coming to the end of her night feeds - we are down to just one now and it is getting shorter

can i therefore expect my periods to return?

it has been lovely not having them for so long

DD is 7 months BTW

TIA

no. well, for some people it is, but not all

my periods returned at 7 weeks pp with ds1 and ds2 and 12 weeks pp with ds3 i was still feeding all of them very regularly, inc at night!
in fact, ds2 was feeding every 45mins-1hr day and night

No, not necessarily. I think it's probably around the point where they drop to feeding fewer times in a day than they eat, just because most people who feed on demand until the end get them back at 14-18 months, and most people who breastfeed to around 1 year but start dropping feeds on purpose when weaning is established tend to get them back around 8-10 months.

Or when you introduce a regular bottle they can come back

Or for some women, it seems to be completely randoim

I stopped feeding DS when he was 7mo and my periods returned after the last couple of feeds I done with him at that point. Long time to not have a period but wasn't complaining at the time!

My periods returned both times once I'd stopped the night feeds. They were both over a year old.

thanks all

will see what happens

she still feeds plenty in the day!

For me the amount in the day made no difference, it was the night feeds that affected my periods.