When Did You Get Your First Period After Having A Baby

[Cloud9xo]

I’m a FTM to a 5 month old and have been combination feeding from when he was born and have had no signs of my period yet. I’ve heard if you’re exclusively breastfeeding you may not have a period until you stop nursing but usually get it back within a couple of months if combination feeding. Should I be concerned or is it worth making a doctors appointment to discuss this?

For me it was four months, despite exclusively breastfeeding. I felt cheated! I didn't mind too much though as I wanted to have another baby quite quickly.

It's not worth a GP appointment in itself, I don't think. There's such a wide range of normal. If you read threads on here you'll see anything from six weeks to over two years. So I wouldn't worry.

One thing that can trigger ovulation is stopping breastfeeding at night, so if you're doing so it might be worth thinking about.

Literally 4 weeks after birth for me, and back to 28 day cycle ever since, now 4 months postpartum! And I am breastfeeding, thought I’d get at least a few months off but sadly not🥲

12 months each time. I dropped one feed then and that triggered it I think (exclusively breast fed, but obviously on solids too after six months).

5 weeks with both of mine-exclusively breastfed both of them

Exactly four weeks after stopping breastfeeding

26 days after birth, straight back to my 26 day cycle. I didn't breastfeed though

4 weeks both times, despite EBF.

With my first it was 5 months, second was 6 weeks, ebf both for the same amount of time

Hello, I combination fed my first until 3 months when I stopped. First period came 8 weeks later, so around 5 months.

Second time around I bottle fed from birth and period came at 4 months.

It's totally individual - I used to get worried mine didn't come sooner when I combination fed (as nhs website says 4-6 weeks or similar...) so I ended up posting on Facebook and many women were also similar to me!

EBF baby and 6 months almost to the day.

after 6-8weeks PP despite exclusively breastfeeding. I ended up getting pregnant so quick actually 😭 happy now that it's happened but I was so naive at the time.

I exclusively breastfed, with lots of night feeds, and period returned at 22 months.

12 months after birth, ebf baby until solids at 6mo.

Both times mine didn't come back until I was down to one breast feed a day

Same here not only for me, but both of my sisters too - all EBFing

@Cloud9xo I combi fed, but mainly breast fed and I got my period a month after I stopped breast feeding.

8 months after birth of DC1 (exclusively breastfed until 6 months, combi-fed alongside solids thereafter), whereas 12 months after DC2 (same pattern again). Now expecting DC3, so will it be interesting to see how soon they return this time.

18m for me. I had to basically stop breastfeeding for it to return (we wanted baby #2!)

15 months for me, when she finally started sleeping 6 hour stretches at night

6 weeks for me. I was massively pissed off.

I exclusively BF too.

12 months and about 7 months with my second.

5 weeks after birth, I couldn't believe it: so heavy I rang 111 as I thought it was some bizarre birth related hemorrhage . Truly incredible.

11.5 months first time round, 17 months with dc2. Ebf both and carried on bf after cycle returned.

Nearly a year for me all 3 times, even the ones I bottle fed!