Getting AF back

Once you stop breastfeeding does AF usually come back pretty quickly or might it still stay away for ages? I'm all for it to stay away for a good few more months yet, but interested if it's likely.

There is no rhyme or reason as to exactly when it will come back. I have a friend who got it back 4 weeks after giving birth with both kids even tho they were fully bf. Mine came back after 7 months- Isla had been on solids since 4 months, I was still bf but her feeds had reduced.

Dont forget that u ovulate before your first period so its possible to get preg before u get that first period. Yes its often very heavy too.

I had my first one a couple of weeks ago (Tys fully BF) and it was light and painless just like usual. Jake was weaned round 6 weeks but didn't get AF back for a year even though I was ovulating.

I'm still BFing, and AF first returned nearly 10 months after DS was born. Since then, its been fairly light and painless, up until it arrived today (after a much longer than normal cycle) with the typical ouchies back pain I got pre-baby.

Am still waiting here, Tess is 10 months and still bf but only usually about 3 feeds in 24 hours, with Lachie it was down to one feed at 13 months and still no sign so I stopped completely and got it back the next month and got preg straight away with Tessa. If I have not got it by 12 months I will stop BF as we would like to be trying for another one.
After I had my twins at 20 weeks I had almost constant bleeding for 5 months, was still all over the place when I got preg with Lachie. My specialist said everyone is really different and we all have really different levels of hormones so it is very hard to predict what you body will do!

Sounds like it could be whenever then. How did you know you were ovulating Babe? Were you using OPKs?