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   cmaine  
   
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     Topic: worried..need your help ladies..     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 6:52pm | 
 
 
  
   
   
   My son is now 2months and nine days old,i am breastfeeding and was just wondering-
 when did all your ladies period return?
 i honestly thought it would have come by now...     
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 6:54pm | 
 
 
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   If you're breastfeeding then you may not get back until you stop.  For a friend of mine it took a year for hers to return. 
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 6:59pm | 
 
 
  
   
   
   Have been feeding for 5 1/2 months and hasn't gone it yet. Just enjoy not having it   
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 7:04pm | 
 
 
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   just a little worried as i did have unprotected sex with my partner,but i heard that breast feeding can decrease the risk of getting pregnant.
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 7:40pm | 
 
 
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   Hmmmm it's been 8 1/2 month and counting now for me, still bf and still no af. 
 But my sister was bf and didn't find out she was pregnant with number 6 until she was 5 month along. So i don't think bf is that good as a contraceptive.
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 7:42pm | 
 
 
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   didn't come back till I stopped breast feeding, and even then took over a month to arrive
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 7:42pm | 
 
 
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   It's not a reliable contraceptive but while you're exclusively bf (no formula or solids) your chances of getting pg are very slim.
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 7:49pm | 
 
 
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   I didn't get mine back until a year later with my son, and got it after 3 months with my daughter. I bf both.
 
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 8:19pm | 
 
 
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   I got mine back after 3 months and that was exclusively bf.
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 8:34pm | 
 
 
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   Got mine back at about 8-9mths afterwards.
    
   
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     Posted: 07 December 2007 at 9:37pm | 
 
 
  
   
   
   I got mine back both times the month after I stopped bf them. Trust me it is great not having it. 
    
   
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     I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
     
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 6:17am | 
 
 
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   ten weeks plus for me!
    
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 6:28am | 
 
 
  
   
   
   Urgh I wish I was one of the lucky ones it stayed away from!    Excl BF and it came back for me at 5 months    
    
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 6:33am | 
 
 
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   Kiya - 15 months, breastfed to 6 months
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 10:32am | 
 
 
  
   
   
   i didn't get mine back til jack was 8mths and charli was 6-7mths   
    
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 12:52pm | 
 
 
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   mine came back at around 8 months and i only bf until 6 months. enjoy it while it lasts...
 it is not a trustworthy contraceptive so i will use protection if i where you. 
 you also get a pill - Microval - that is safe for bf. you just need to take it at exactly the same time every day. i had to set an alarm to remember LOL 
    
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 2:14pm | 
 
 
  
   
   
   With Ben it only came back after I stopped breastfeeding so 9 months then a 2 month nothing, then she arrived!, anoying as I wanted another baby, this time when I don't I bet she arrives within the first few months!   
    
   
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     Posted: 08 December 2007 at 4:10pm | 
 
 
  
   
   
   I can't remember how long mine took to arrive back but I think around 6 months??  Though seriously, using breastfeeding as a contraception is the method many large families used!  It only decreases your chances of getting pregnant.   
    
   
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