Menstruation After Baby?
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Topic: Menstruation After Baby?
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Subject: Menstruation After Baby?
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:08pm
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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?  ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:21pm
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am still breastfeeding Ella and haven't got mine yet. Not looking forward to when it does come..... ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:31pm
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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!  ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 2:42pm
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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. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 3:19pm
I got mine while breastfeeding and Daniel was only 3 months old 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date 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 By: monster
Date 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 By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 6:59pm
WHAT!?! Arabella has been sleeping 10ish hours through the night since 8 weeks. . . Maybe I'm pregnant ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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babyg wrote:Posted By: peanut butter
Date 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. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date 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. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 8:50pm
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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  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jaz
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 10:52pm
Hehe, hope it's on it's way then BabyOnBoard If you are on the mini pill it could be delayed.------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date 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 ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 12:33am
hehe, funny late evening chat!!!  ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: gytsrik
Date 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. ------------- http://www.mummybrain.com - Mummybrain - For parents! |