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    Default s/o when did AF return?

    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.

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    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.

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    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!

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    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.
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    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.
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    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!
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    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!
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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