Menstruation following 2 children (quite close together)...

[onelittlefish]

I had my children quite close together (17 months apart) and breast-fed both of them to a year. So basically I did not have a period for 3 1/4 years (nice). I am now on the mini-pill.

What I want to know though is about the first period after childbirth. I had my first period just over a month ago and it lasted about 9/10 days. 3 weeks later and I have just come on again! It is not heavy - just long. I am wondering if anyone else had weird periods after they had children. Also, it seems to get heavier if I exercise.

Has anyone else had this? How long did it take to settle down?

I have four children, the first two were 14 months apart the second two were 16 months apart. I found the first three periods after each were irregular and heavy/painful. Since my last baby (now nearly 2) I have been on the mini pill and they are fairly regular now, on occasion I will be a little late or early but not more than a week either side.