When did you get your first period after birth?

[Anonymous]

15 months both times. Kids were not weaned.

[Anonymous]

5 kids. 11 months for the first 3. 8 months for the 4th but we stopped nursing/pumping at 7 months. Baby 5 is 10 months and no ovulation in sight.

[Anonymous]

19 months after my first child and 17 months after my second. I had to get down to one feeding a day for period to return.

[Anonymous]

I exclusively breastfed (and coslept) for 4 months for each baby, and then extended breastfed for 2 years.

Each time I got my period in a couple months. I must just be very fertile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With my first 2 I got my period before my 6 week check up and was exclusively breastfeeding. With my third I was also exclusively breastfeeding but it did not come back. Number 4 was born 14 months after #3 and I got it back 2 months after birth.

yes, I got it back at 6wks while BFing too

The you can't get PG for 6mo while breastfeeding is horrible advice, borderline malpractice

Yep. My grandmother breastfed, my mom and her sister are 13 months apart in age.

Yep. I also got pregnant 3 times very easily. Firstborn was an oops, the other 2 babies were conceived the first month of trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is almost 12M, and I still haven’t gotten it. I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding. Will I get it when I start weaning? I’m not complaining per se, but I’d like to start tracking cycles and eventually conceive #2. It took awhile ti conceive #1, hence my interest…

With my first child- 1 year 3 months
Second child- 9 months

[Anonymous]

got mine around 4 months once my child was sleeping 7+ hours at night. Was still exclusively breastfeeding. It was a bummer.

[Anonymous]

First kid, it came back at 13 months. Second kid, 15 months. Third kid 18 months. Night weaning and frequency of nursing/pumping during the day was the key.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Weird timing with my post, but I got it at 12 months almost to the day. Still breastfeeding at night. It was much lighter than usual.

[Anonymous]

I was pregnant with my second before ever getting a period. Was EBF and on the mini pill. Kids are 13 mos apart.

Got IUD after second kid - was pregnant first cycle I had it removed due to cramping. 3 kids, three years. Breastfed all of them exclusively.

So I think my first period was roughly 40 mos after having my first, with two babies in between.

[Anonymous]

3 months, 7 months and they seemed to be constantly nursing.

[Anonymous]

1st pregnancy - 5 months
2nd- 6 months
3rd- 12 months

[Anonymous]

6 weeks after #1, 6 weeks after #2, got an IUD after #3. EBF each time.

[Anonymous]

Exactly 13 months for both. First I was still nursing morning and night. Second I was nursing more with the hope of avoiding my period on a trip, but it came during the trip anyway.

[Anonymous]

Everyone is different. for me it was 6/7 months both times, which I guess correlates with solid foods. I breastfed until 2 years old for both, but went back to work and started pumping at 3 months and 6 months.