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BabyBearsMom
11-18-2010, 11:19 AM
This is a s/o from a post in the Lounge. When did your AF return after your DCs were born? Were you still BFing? DD is 7 months old, my AF has not returned. I only nurse DD in the mornings and have been for about a month. I keep thinking she is going to show up but nothing. I know its normal and I'm not worried, but just wondering how long it took for other mamas.

♥ms.pacman♥
11-18-2010, 11:51 AM
6 weeks after i gave birth to DS (and i was EBF'ing round the clock, i never supplemented with formula). i had lochia (post-partum bleeding) for 3-4weeks, then i had 1 or 2 weeks off, and then AF was back again (boo!). i was disappointed to say the least since everyone said i'd have at least a few months break from AF bc i was nursing. oh and i was still EBFing when i got pregnant when DS was 6 or 7 mos old.

it seems like my case is unusual though. most people i know get at least 6 months before their AF comes back.

smiles33
11-18-2010, 12:30 PM
It took 10 months after DD1 and 14(!!!) months after DD2. I was shocked w/DD2 as I stopped pumping at work when she turned 1. For 2 months, I kept waiting for AF to show up. I still nurse once every mornings and once before bed but that seemed too little to keep AF away in my mind. Enjoy it while it's gone!

twowhat?
11-18-2010, 12:32 PM
8 months. EBF twins. It happened right around the time they both started STTN.

eta: they weaned at 18 months so it wasn't related to weaning. I was bummed. I really thought nursing twins would buy me a few extra "free" months.

WolfpackMom
11-18-2010, 12:33 PM
I will be watching this with interest because I am still waiting here....DS is almost 10months and is mostly but not exclusively BF, I nurse or pump 3-4 x a day. But I already had wonky cycles before getting pregnant from PCOS so who knows what will happen once he has weaned.

babychi
11-18-2010, 01:15 PM
DD was EBF (via pumping) for 7 months, then I weaned and completely stopped pumping by 8 months. I didn't get AF until she was 10 months, so 2 months after I completely dried up. Now it's back like clockwork. I agree, enjoy it while its gone! :)

lizzywednesday
11-18-2010, 01:27 PM
DD is 8 months & AF hasn't returned. My OB suspects that it won't until after DD weans. Either way, I'm enjoying the reprieve!

edurnemk
11-18-2010, 01:29 PM
5 days short of DS turning 11 months (I remember so accurately because it was my Bday, what a gift, uh?). I was still BF, but starting to wean.

AnnieW625
11-18-2010, 01:42 PM
I am not that lucky either:( .

With DD1 it came back when she was 3 months old, and she wasn't weaned until she was 4 months old. I did do a combo of breast feeding and formula feeding (but would always pump that missed feeding) and was on the mini pill beginning at 7 weeks so it might have effected that too.

With DD2 it came back when DD2 was 4 months old. DD2 was weaned at 3 months old. I started the mini pill at 6 weeks with her too.

I bet a lot of AF returning is hereditary too as I asked my mom who breast fed all of us siblings for at least six months and she said each time she got it back right around 3 to 4 months.

mrspeachykeen
11-18-2010, 08:01 PM
Beware, I googled this question about 2.5 wks ago. It returned within a couple of days of asking, ugh. Granted 8 months was still very good.

bubbaray
11-18-2010, 08:17 PM
Exactly 4 weeks after I weaned DD#1 at 12m (so 13m) and 4 weeks after I partially weaned DD#2 at 12m (again, 13m)

swissair81
11-18-2010, 08:28 PM
6 months with #1
7-8 months with #2
11 months with #3
(3 months & still truckin' #4)

hillview
11-18-2010, 08:49 PM
6 weeks after i gave birth to DS (and i was EBF'ing round the clock, i never supplemented with formula).
:yeahthat: well 8 weeks for me with BOTH boys. With DS2 it was the DAY I went back to work which SUCKED beyond reason at the time
/hillary

Melanie
11-18-2010, 09:05 PM
BFing exclusively both times, SAHM with babies all the time and never did any "sleep training." 5 mo with the first and 3 mo with the second. I felt so cheated.

Ladybug47
11-18-2010, 09:45 PM
I never actually got mine back, but ovulated and got pregnant again when my son was nine months old. It's been great to not have had a period for more than two years! :)

Dr C
11-18-2010, 09:58 PM
DD was exactly 12 months, she had fully weaned about 6 weeks earlier.
With DS I had an IUD so it never really came back... that was AWESOME!!

elliput
11-19-2010, 12:19 AM
AF returned at 18 m post-partum after DD was born. She was nursing 2 or 3 times a day at that point and self weaned at 23 months. Currently, at almost 26 m post-partum, AF has yet to return. DS is still nursing 3-4 times a day, and I am trying to wean.

dec756
11-19-2010, 09:22 PM
11 months post partum...it started the week after cutting down to 2 feedings per day

dec756
11-19-2010, 09:24 PM
Exactly 4 weeks after I weaned DD#1 at 12m (so 13m) and 4 weeks after I partially weaned DD#2 at 12m (again, 13m)

how did you go about weaning? my son is 11 months and we do morning and bedtime feeding only. i think we are both about done..thanks!

WolfpackMom
11-19-2010, 09:47 PM
how did you go about weaning? my son is 11 months and we do morning and bedtime feeding only. i think we are both about done..thanks!

Woah I was just about to type the same exact question...only we do a few more feedings a day. Im getting tired of feeling like a snack bar and am ready to cut down on the short snack sessions (off and on it seems randomly outside of 2 "real" sessions a day) and soon start weaning as well.

Katigre
11-19-2010, 09:50 PM
Well over a year for both kids (was still nursing them, including night nursing). My period returned once night nursing dropped down.

SnuggleBuggles
11-19-2010, 10:09 PM
9-10m with each. Both were breastfed and started solids around 6-7m.

I didn't do anything to wean because I allowed each to self wean. I'd have pushed them to nurse til 12m because I had 0 desire to deal with the work or cost of formula. After that was fair game, though I preferred to get ds2 through the winter months...and all the bugs that come with it! But, luckily both decided they were done right when I was feeling that way too, 17-19m. They both just got done to a few key sessions. The night time one was last to go and we got rid of it by adding family snuggle and story time instead plus a sippy cup of water. During the day I would just go with the don't offer but don't refuse method. I have busy guys that usually wouldn't ask since there was playing to be done.

Beth

PMJ
11-19-2010, 11:11 PM
AF began when DD was 9-10 months.

EBF till 6 months. Began solids around 6.5 months.

It's just not fair!