How long after giving birth did your periods return??

[Pudding2be]

I have an almost 10 wo DD. I'm not breastfeeding, but my periods haven't returned ( sorry tmi)

When should they return??

it's been different with every pregnancy

well you passed me up...6w both times even tho I bf... What a treat.

My sisters all went abt 6m even after they weren't bf ... sisters they always get everything you want

it can vary from woman to woman so be wary of pregnancy/don't think you can't get pregnant.

Yes with my 3rd they returned straight away despite b/f so with the 4th I had the mirena coil fitted 3 weeks post partum

DD is 11 months. No period as yet!

5 months with both DC

9 months but I was bf. enjoy it while it lasts!!!

Mine returned right around 2 months both times. Even with BF.

Pudding2Be, perhaps you're already up the duff again

How random that this thread appeared today. My period returned today - joys. DS is 11mo. I am still bf, but obviously he is starting to cut down now.

Coco stop showing off!!!!!

that first one is pretty hideous though itsn't it?

I have a friend whose periods did not return until the final b/f was dropped - she has a 2.5 year gap between each of her children as a result!

DS is 10 months and still no periods here.

7 months, didn't bf- did get worried and did a couple of preg tests it seemed to take so long to arrive! Once my periods had begun again I started to lose some of the baby weight, though this is probably just coincidence.

Mine has also appeared this week . Although it is much much lighter than it ever was before. The Boy is nearly 14mo and bf.

6 wks both times even though bf. Not a happy bunny.

Exclusive bfing...

13 weeks
5 weeks

I honestly can't remember, it must have been about three months, but they came back more ferocious than ever, heavier, more painful, more emotional but that could be down to being knackered and therefore more irritable. what no one told me is how long it'd be before I could actually hold a tampon in for more than five minutes. About 18 months and even then its a super heavy flow dambuster.

Random I hope I'm not, not as it would be a bad thing but I get married in May next year. Not sure if my dress would fit

Oh Christ Mama they were bad before I had DD. I didn't realise but the pains I used to get were like early but strong labour pains

Thanks ladies

About 4-5 months I think.

About 4 weeks but bottle fed. And omg you can't begin to imagine the heaviness! I had to go back to labour ward thinking it was retained products but nope just the mother of all periods Hello mirena coil is all I can say...

Returned at 12 weeks. I wasn't bf either. Were irregular though and only got regular again after about 4 months. And the first period after giving birth was VERY heavy.

first time 6 weeks :( this time more than 6 months and still no AF.....

10 months.

Breastfeeding (with solids but no formula) and they came back a few weeks after I started taking the mini-pill, which my GO assured me would actually stop my periods. And then caused my non-existent period to return...

16 months. Was still breastfeeding. It came as a bit of a shock - I'd got so used not to having them!

DS1: 19 months, DD1: 16 months, DD2: 14ish months, I think.

DD is 11m, am BF, no period yet thank God. Planning to stop BF soon, dreading return of periods, hate them