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    Question Updated last post! another peiod question.....(kind a long, sorry)

    Just curious, how long after you stopped breast feeding did your cycle come back to normal?

    Prior to DD1 I was on birth control for 7 yrs. . I started on the mini pill when DD1 was 8 weeks old, went back on regular pill when she was 4 mos. old (and stopped bfing). Went off pill to TTC when DD was 2. Got pregnant 6 mos. later. Lost the baby, got period back six weeks after loss. Got pregnant with DD2 two months later. Went on mini pill when DD2 was six weeks old. Stopped breast feeding when DD2 was just over 3 mos. old. Ran out of mini pills the begining of August. Period started August 27th.

    DH had a vasectomy on August 13, we couldn't do the deed for two weeks, then I was on my period so nothing until right around labor day IIRC. We've been using condoms.

    It's been so long that I have actually had to think about when my period comes because even when we were TTC the baby we lost I got my period like clockwork just like when I was on the pill. I do remember pre birth control (so pre turning 21) I would get my period 28 to 31 days after it ended so I wonder if that's what my body is doing again.

    I am trying to avoid going back on birth control again, but I am wondering if I should just until DH and I have met the 25 times thing so we know for sure that the vasectomy worked.

    WWYD, or what has been your experience.
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    what, no responses?
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    cant tell you yet. Mine still isnt but Jack nurses every other day or so. Im 32-40 days now OR 2 days before I leave on any trip or vacation
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    With DS1 and DS2, my period returned when each boy was 23 months old. I breastfed for 15 and 16 months respectively...but gradually weaned after they turned 12 months. Each time once my cycle returned I was regular (every 28 days).

    I am currently weaning DS3 (he's nursed just once a day for the past few weeks). He's 15 1/2 months now and my period has yet to return.

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    Just wand to add that several hours after I posted that last message, AF arrived, for the first time in two years.

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    Sorry I can't help...I stopped nursing two months ago and I still haven't gotten AF. I'm back on the Pill now and when I was on it before my pregnancy, AF came like clockwork so I'm hoping it gets with the program again soon.
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    Mine came back at 13-14 mos PP with my first two, but I was still breastfeeding at the time and not yet weaning.
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    Both of my kids were EBF and my periods came back at 5 and 6 WEEKS postpartum!
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    My period started just a few minutes ago! Wohoo! So it looks like it's putting itself back on it's old pre birth control schedule. I got it today so that's 36 days after it ended, and 40 days after it started (Aug. 27th).
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