Extended breastfeeding and periods

[knittingbee]

Can't find the feeding thread for some reason and thought, ah well, sure someone here can help...

DC2 is 12mths. At 9mths, I went back to work and she went from BF on demand to one AM and one PM feed. That's suited us quite well. I'm on the mini pill. Last month I got my first period since getting pg and it went on for 2 weeks. Had five days off and I've just started again. Grr. Is this normal?! I didn't BF DC1 for long so never had this issue last time.

I've had that too.
Bf twins, 18 months old now and down to 2 feeds each a day most days (today they've had 5 or 6 each though ).
Periods came back at about 6 months, and they were all over the place, from a 2 wweek cycle to a 6 week, and could last anything from 2-10 days.
Had a period end of Feb, and then nothing till 1st of may, then started again yesterday ,so I'm hoping this means they've settled down back to normal ,but I'm not holding my breath!
I've peed on more sticks in the last year than in my entire life beforehand!

I came off the mini pill a few months ago and was feeding about 3x over night. My second period was about two weeks late, but for all that time I felt like my period was just about to start. I had horrendous pmt the entire time and took two pregnancy tests. Never been so pleased when the monthly curse arrived

Mine started at 9 months, and were regular from then on.