Despite breastfeeding exclusively, I’ve had my period back since 4 months pp. I’m on my 3rd cycle, as my baby is 6.5 months old. Each period I’ve had has been heavy and painful. I thought because I was breastfeeding, they’d be lighter, but they seem worse than they were before I had my son.
Today is day 3 and it’s like a murder scene in the bathroom (sorry if tmi) and I’m still in pain. With my pre baby periods, I’d have pain for the first day, maybe some the second, then it would calm down and get slowly lighter and no pain by day 3/4. This is horrible and I feel so run down and tired. I’m breastfeeding too/expressing as my baby has decided he wants to refuse breastfeeds during the daytime now we are weaning and only nurses at night really. So I’ve got to express regularly, while I’m bleeding heavily, in pain and feeling like this.
Is it worth seeing the GP and requesting to go on the pill or some kind of hormonal contraceptive? We use condoms at the moment, because the pill has always given me really bad acne, mood swings and headaches...I think I’m quite sensitive to hormones.
Well done if you’ve read this far, I have rambled on a lot, does anyone have any ideas or advice?