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Is it just arbitrary when you become fertile again after having a baby?

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FlightAttendant · 07/10/2009 21:33

I'm wondering how it is worked out iyswim

I had ds1, breastfed for 16 months, period came back a month after that.

Had a long gap - ds2 born four years later, breastfed till now, still has a lot of feeds and just got my first period since he was born. He's 28 months old.

why would it take so long this time? Do you think I should be worried about anything gynae related that could have stopped it?

Thanks for any thoughts.

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Angifi · 13/10/2009 05:12

Sorry, I don't have any answers for you, I am bf my ds(14 months) and have no sign of af returning.I am hoping I don't have to wait until he is over two! I imagine, for you it may be because your ds has been feeding a lot?Will you see a gyno about it?
i am taking b6 and vitex in the hope that it will get the eggs moving again!I'm seriously running out of time (biological clock).
I guess it is just different for everyone.One of my friends was mortified when her period resumed at 6 weeks pp, and her baby was demand fed.

pseudscorner · 13/10/2009 12:51

I think it must be arbitrary - or maybe it depends on how sensitive your body is to prolactin.

My DD was breastfed on demand until 1 year old, but my periods came back when she was 5 months old

Some women I know didn't get their periods back until they had stopped breastfeeding all together.

So I would say you are probably just one of those lucky people who periods take a long time to come back whilst you are breastfeeding, and there's nothing to wrong about

Are you TTC?

pseudscorner · 13/10/2009 12:52

worry not wrong

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