How long before your period came back?

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Just that really. Five weeks post partum after having a c section and then expressing breast milk for about 2 weeks before it sent me insane and we moved to formula. Wondering when I can expect my period to return? How long did yours take?

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4 1/2 month despite ebf. I was gutted.

4 or 5 months I think. I breastfed till 3 months though.

6- 8 weeks despite exclusively breastfeeding. 😠

Last baby they came back 2 months after birth, despite end! I was not happy (first time was about 9-10 months!)

*despite ebf that was meant to say

Stopped breastfeeding at 5 weeks and my period returned at 8-9 weeks.

7 months

I BFed both times it was about 10 months.

Mine was when my milk supply was trailing off, so about 6 months but think it was more to do with breastfeeding ending. Seems to massively vary doesn't it.

1.5 years. Exclusively breastfed but at 1.5 tried cutting feeds down drastically to get baby ready to wean entirely. After a month of cutting down his feeds it came back just like it used to be. Everyone's different, my friend breastfed same time as me but got hers back a month after delivery. Really varies and you'll never know till it happens.

5 weeks. Tried breastfeeding but it was such a struggle so we moved to formula very quickly.

It normally comes within 4-6 weeks after you gave birth or stopped breastfeeding.

11.5 months after I dropped to two BF per day.

9 months breastfeeding still nothing

Mine was 28 days on the dot after giving birth

5 weeks despite ebf

4 months 1st time whilst still ebf

9 months 2nd time whilst still ebf

All you ladies saying 4-6weeks after birth, I bled for 6 weeks after each birth so that seems mad to me 😂

13 weeks. Formula fed from day dot.

Everytime it’s been around a month after I stopped EBF.
so 7 months, 11 months and 7 months.

DD is 8 weeks and this period has been going on for about a week ugh! I’m usually a 3 day gal. Pretty certain this is my second one post c section too 😮😮 very cruel!!

‘Pretty sure’ because obviously the one a month ago could have been a re-start of lochia which was still here and there, but I had all my classic period symptoms so I suspect it was one.

Around a 4-6 weeks, can't exactly remember but I was the first by a long stretch before anyone else in my NCT got their periods again and it was before my 6 week doc apt.

I also didn't bleed that much after my c section. I did the first day but I was out of maternity pads by the first week and it was pretty light.

I was straight back to my normal every 27 day cycle!

My situation was similar to yours - c section, and I did bf and pump for around 8 weeks plus formula feed. I got my period before I stopped bf'ing but I wasn't ebf.

I'm not sure I'm the norm though!

13 weeks. Formula fed from birth. I had a C-section and stopped bleeding by week 3. I was expecting it to come back a lot earlier so 13 weeks felt like a bonus! Now to see what happens with my second period and how wonky my new cycle is.