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Irregular periods 6 months PP

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welshgirl20 · 28/04/2020 11:41

Hello all;
I had my little girl in October and due to complications she's been bottle fed from the start.
I'm now on my 4th period and I'm just wondering if anyone can give me reassurance that these are normal for 6 months pp.

First 2 were like they were before getting pregnant but last month lasted 9 days and I was soaking through night pads every 1.5 hours for three days before they became manageable.
This time I'm very light but I'm on day 10 and there's no signs of stopping.

When I looking online I'm seeing people normalise by the third period but has anyone experienced strange ones this far post partum?
No nasty smell, less pain if anything and generally okay but just worried.

Thanks all Smile

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welshgirl20 · 02/05/2020 07:44

No one? Oh dear!

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LHMBF · 18/06/2020 22:53

Sorry you've had no replies. I'm 6 months pp and my periods still seem to be all over the place. The first one was so heavy I was soaking through pads in mins, clothes soaked, flooding everywhere, it was horrendous. Second one wasn't so bad but still heavy. The third one was back to normal flow but seemed to stop and start halfway through. The last one lasted around 8 days, when they had been 5 days for years before DD. The last time they lasted 8 days was when I first started having periods at 13.
Also the last one I had spotting for a day or two before it started, and am having the same this month, never had that before DD, they always just started heavy and ended with the brown spotting. Now I'm getting the brown stuff at the start as well. Also they keep coming earlier then the previous date each month, although they did come a few days early each month for years before DD, now it seems my cycle is getting slightly shorter with the spotting a day or two before

Rockinghorse2019 · 03/08/2020 11:00

I was just going to post. I’m nearly 11 months pp and periods still all over the place. Took 6 months to get my periods back bottle feeding after 6 weeks. so far had 4 (2 in July!) . First 3 really heavy and needing to change pads in an hour now I’m still on period 4 which is very light mostly dark brown stuff but still going on day 11. Not sure if to phone doctors or see what happens next month. Bit fed up with it now.

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