No period, 8 months post partum? :(

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Hi

So my little boy is now 8 months old and my partner and I are keen to try for another baby in the next couple of months.

However my period still hasn't come back and I'm rather worried. He has been bottle fed since 2 weeks old so I know this is unusual. I've had no spotting, cramps, no indication of anything.

I've had blood/hormone tests at the doctors and they said my bloods came back normal and it shows that for all intents and purposes I'm healthy. They're contacting gynaecology to see if I need to be checked more thoroughly.

Just worrying as I thought my oeriod would be back by now and we're desperate to give our baby boy a sibling ;(

Has this ever happened to anyone? X

Yes this happened to me, except I didn't want a second child so was happy with the lack of periods. I was a little concerned that it had been so long as it was around a year.

We had unprotected sex once, not long after my period returned and I got pregnant. Looking at the dates of ovulation I shouldn't have been able to get pregnant. After my second birth in February, my period returned immediately and with a vengeance.

I doubt you have anything wrong. I also had no indication that my period would come back that first time, and it came out of nowhere. It then was more reliable, less painful but longer. After the second birth it's been horrendous - with no warning it suddenly starts and I struggle to deal with the amounts for several days and then it's like someone turns the tap off and it ends abruptly. Very different from how it was before children and after my first.

Thank you for replying. It sounds like you had a pretty stressful time with it. We're desperate for a 2nd baby so that's where the worry comes from, and also if there's anything wrong. But I suppose from your account I may be going the same way.

Thanks again 💐