Breastfeeding- First Postpartum Period?

[Anonymous]

I am 10 months pp and still ebf my daughter (she is eating food, but no formula just my milk). I just got my period back and am freaking out . I have noticed my milk supply declining the past few days.. Will it come back post period? Any thoughts advice are helpful. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

First, you’re not “ebf” if baby is eating table food. Exclusively breast feeding is just that: the only food source for baby is breast milk and only breast milk.

Your supply will adjust through your cycle. Mine came back at 6mos, and I continued nursing until 28 months. Started cows milk at 11 months.

[Anonymous]

Mine came back at 6 months and I am still nursing my 13 month old. You might notice your supply declines when you ovulate or menstruate but it's likely to be fine.

[Anonymous]

I didn't get it back until 12 months and DD was well on her way to weaning on her own so I can't say if it was my period or her lack of sustained interest that led to the decline in supply.

[Anonymous]

Magnesium supplements taken beginning of ovulation to beginning of period helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, you’re not “ebf” if baby is eating table food. Exclusively breast feeding is just that: the only food source for baby is breast milk and only breast milk.

Your supply will adjust through your cycle. Mine came back at 6mos, and I continued nursing until 28 months. Started cows milk at 11 months.

Did you understand what I meant when I said "ebf"? Clearly you did. No need for being rude.

[Anonymous]

I’m on Mirena now, but I notice when my period is coming (although short/almost not noticeable), a day or two of dropped supply. I’ve been tracking my periods and it helps, as I push food and fluids to ME the days I think my supply will drop, and it helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, you’re not “ebf” if baby is eating table food. Exclusively breast feeding is just that: the only food source for baby is breast milk and only breast milk.

Your supply will adjust through your cycle. Mine came back at 6mos, and I continued nursing until 28 months. Started cows milk at 11 months.

Did you understand what I meant when I said "ebf"? Clearly you did. No need for being rude.

+1000, LOL.

[Anonymous]

Typically, a year.

[Anonymous]

I EBF, and got my period back \ decrease in supply right around 6 mos. when DS started eating table food. It made sense, since it was the beginning of weaning (continued to nurse until 13 mos.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Magnesium supplements taken beginning of ovulation to beginning of period helps.

Yes! I was still "EBFing" - by the logical definition - when my period came back and would always get a dip in supply from ovulation until my period. Calcium+magnesium supplements helped a lot.

[Anonymous]

Power pumping always got my supply back up for whatever the reason it dipped. You’re doing great, mom!