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BuzzyBee 
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:08pm |
Hey all, just wondering ....how many of you have menstruated since having baby and how long after having baby did you get it...And are you breastfeeding?
Out of all my friends I seem to be the only one that hasn't had my period since bub, and he is one of the older babies! I am breastfeeding at current....around 6-8 feeds per day depending on how solids are going (some days still have no luck with them).
Just wondering what is considered normal ...and when should I start worrying if I haven't got it? 
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:21pm |
am still breastfeeding Ella and haven't got mine yet. Not looking forward to when it does come.....
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:31pm |
I am BFing and still haven't had one. Been told by other mums on OB that monthly's start again when mums have a regular break of more than 6 hours between feeds/expressing. Not sure how correct this info is, but a number of mums here have said that would have been roughly correct in their case.
What a fantastic by-product of BFing aye?!?!?
Don't forget though, that you could still be ovulating without having periods! 
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 2:42pm |
I got AF back the month after Josh stopped feeding from me. He stopped at 7 months and at 8 months I got the wench back.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 2:59pm |
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I got mine back when James was about 8mths old 'cos I stopped taking the mini pill but was still breastfeeding.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 3:19pm |
I got mine while breastfeeding and Daniel was only 3 months old 
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 4:36pm |
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I got mine exactly a month after I stopped bfing, I never went more than 4 hours between feeds when bfing.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 6:20pm |
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mine just came back and I'm fully b/feeding (i think it's due to the recent 6-8 hour breaks at night). I'll be interested to see if it kicks straight into a regular pattern though. The good news was it was heaps better than before I got pregnant.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 6:59pm |
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monthly's start again when mums have a regular break of more than 6 hours between feeds/expressing. |
WHAT!?! Arabella has been sleeping 10ish hours through the night since 8 weeks. . . Maybe I'm pregnant
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 7:07pm |
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I remember something about using BF as contraception and you had to be exclusively feeding (ie no solids) and feeding through the night so I guess that is where the 6 hour thing comes in.
Eeeek, Tom is just starting to stretch out the night. I would happily fall preggers again but I aint looking forward to (as mummy_becks put it) the wench coming back.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 7:11pm |
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Char is almost 11 months old, and I haven't had it back, although I had breakthrough bleeding aq few months back, spotting for a few days. Got it back 2 weeks after stopping feeding Jacob at 10 months. Its different for everyone, there is no hard and fast rule, although you should use another form of contriception when solids start.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 8:50pm |
I got mine about 2 weeks after I stopped b'feeding Gina so I'd say it's normal you haven't got it back if he still has 6-8 feeds a day.
Also from what I've read AF tends to be worse than before for a lot of women so enjoy not having it back 
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 9:26pm |
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I got mine back after five months, was still breastfeeding, but Caleb had slept through from about 8 weeks.
I have two friends that never got theirs back but got pregnant on their first cycle.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 10:52pm |
BabyOnBoard wrote:
WHAT!?! Arabella has been sleeping 10ish hours through the night since 8 weeks. . . Maybe I'm pregnant |
Hehe, hope it's on it's way then BabyOnBoard If you are on the mini pill it could be delayed.
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 11:12pm |
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I haven't wanted to see Aunt Flo so badly in my life!! lol Maybe I should put my wine down!
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 11:29pm |
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Lol oh i wish I was pregnant again! But last time i checked i needed a man to make that possible ....that I do not have nor want at the moment!
Abstinence is a great form of contraception ...v. easy when your flying solo & kinda repulsed by men LOL
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Posted: 04 January 2008 at 11:32pm |
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I would love another bub but not with one so little and a sick mother or a man!
Lol mum2Lucas! Those first 17years of abstinence were my most innocent and stressfree lol
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Posted: 05 January 2008 at 12:33am |
hehe, funny late evening chat!!! 
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Posted: 05 January 2008 at 5:29pm |
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I got mine both times at 4/5 weeks after birth *sigh* I'm so regular it's not funny.
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