When did your period return when exclusively breastfeeding?

[Newsenmum]

I feel like it was five and a half months with my first.

My second child is over six months old and still no period! No im not pregnant 🤣

And did you have any signs when it was coming?

Around 9/10 months for all three of mine.

About 18 months.

#1 was at 8 months pp
#2 11 months pp
#3 13 months pp
#4 16 months pp

Within 3 months both times and I was still exclusively feeding all through the night. Also still had af with the mirena coil....apparently my body loves having af!

Four weeks, with each child.

Oh immediately. Fed them both for a year, without a hint of anything else till six months, and periods came back as soon as postnatal bleeding finished…

Eight months with first, fourteen months with second. Both after a drop in night feeds. I don't think I had much indication before the first period suddenly turned up!

6 weeks. I was really pissed off.

I was under 6 months too, also felt cheated.

12 weeks post partum with each of three children, all exclusively breastfed at that point.

For that reason I'd never advise anyone to rely on breastfeeding as contraceptive protection.

28 days exactly both times, my milk had gone by a week after

I asked my GP when I saw her for something else as I was concerned mine wasn't back despite combi feeding rather than EBF. She said anything up to a year was considered normal and they wouldn't do any tests until then.

Mine eventually came back just before a year despite 50/50 combi and no night feeds after eight weeks.

It does seem to be very variable - a friend accidentally got pregnant at six weeks PP despite EBF round the clock! She's now got two in the same school year...

18 months both times. 'Twas bliss

6 weeks after giving birth. I felt cheated as I had just finished postpartum bleeding.

That's rough!

Over 2 years with DC1 (who breastfed until age 3, but very sporadically by that point). DC2 is 20 months, breastfeeding a couple times a day and there's no sign of a period yet.

about a year

18 months with my second (on my birthday 😔) My first was 11 months but she had the odd bottle of formula.

No signs- went to the toilet in a restaurant and had to use toilet paper to get through the night

I’m EBF and had what seemed like a period after 3 months but I seem to get super light spotting that lasts about 4 days every fortnight which is so annoying!!!

Mine came back after 1 month. I was so annoyed lol.

straight away! And regular, i definitely feel cheated as I did not miss this feeling one bit. Exclusively BF

About 6 months for both DS1 & 2.
And now I'm pregnant again when DS2 is only 8 months old

Mines still not back, not complsining. 🤭 Can you remember how you felt just before it returned and if there were any signs?

Mine came back when DD was about 12.5 months.