How long did it take for your cycle to return after having a baby & breastfeeding?

[Heaven]

I was wondering the same thing too Ren, no sign of AF here yet.

[AmandaJ]

Julian is just over 11mths now and I still have no sign of AF returning, he was sleeping through the night from 6ish weeks from 5:30pm to 7am and I never got them back. With Cody it was 11 and a half months and I was still b/fing regularly with him, plus I got all crampy again before they arrived so sort of had a sneaking suspsion they were on the way.

[indie24]

AF arrived 8 weeks after DD was born. The first few times were a bit random for timing but now it is every 28 days on the dot.

[*Beema*]

AF arrived when DD was 13 1/2 months, we were still feeding overnight up to around 12 months. First one was odd, but second one was basically back to what a normal AF would have been. But I am certain I have been O'ing the last few months as I have had all the signs of O HTH

[Kailani]

Still no sign of AF here and DS is almost 7 months old, bfing very frequently day and night I'm not missing it that's for sure!!

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Af returned when DD was 4 months. cycle is 28-31 days depending on the month! and she is still BFeeding once over night and 4 times during the day

[Tiff+2]

DD was 6 months when I got my first AF, was a welcomed break in that time!

[MummyNaomi]

DOH - I got ripped off, AF returned at 7 weeks for me, I was on the mini pill for a while but my cycle was going haywire so I went off it and now I am back to 28 days

I am still BF regularly - DS has only recently dropped a night feed so up until then I was feeding minimum of 3 hourly

So jealous that most of you have gone months instead of weeks

[Glamourcide]

8 weeks post-baby, almost to the day But then, she's a very good sleeper and was going for a good 6-8 hours overnight between feeds, so I had an inkling it would be back.
With DD1 I was expressing for 6 weeks and I think I got it back after 4 or 5 weeks, because I stopped expressing at night.

[~Kaz~]

Got AF back at 6months and 1 day exactly!! DS still feeds 8-9 times a day and always at least one feed overnight, often two. He is still usually doing a 10-2-6 or 9-1-5 pattern overnight but it does vary. The longest sleep he's ever done was 9 hours last Friday night but AF was already well and truly here. It totally sucks as we are not looking to TTC #2 for sometime yet. I agree with earlier posters, CM and cramps were definite warning signs for me.

Shanti - I hope that you get AF back right when you want her to arrive!! Not too early and not too late

[Shanti]

Wow!! Such a variance in replies! As i suspected..... goes to show everyone really IS different huh!

We're still having 1 or 2 night feeds per night (usually only 1) and DD feeds 5-6 times during the day too on average.... has 3 solids meals a day too.

I'm happy AF hasn't returned..... she's a pain in the butt

Just hope I'm fertile again by the time we wanna try!!! but in saying that, it happens when it is meant to I guess but we aren't trying now!!! I'm busy enough with 1 little monkey for now....

[sazzafrazz]

my AF returned 6months after DD birth. This was 6weeks after we introduced solids and she was still having 1 overnight feed plus about 5 day feeds (i think, it's been a while).

The first AF and cycle after was a bit funny and longer but then everything went back to being normal timing. One benefit I did find was the terrible AF pain I had before conceiving didnt return! Yay!

[Astrid]

17 months with DD1, she was a monster feeding and not hugely interesed in food. 16 months with DD2, she likes her food, but still likes a breastfeed. I did think AF was going to start much earlier with her (had some spotting), but she ramped up her feeding.

[Megan]

3 months here unfortunately First cycle was 28 days but the last couple have only been around 20 days. We're still feeding anywhere from 1-3 times over night and about 2.5-3hrly during the day.

[ACJ]

I guess I was lucky. I BF for 11 months and it returned a week after my milk disappeared....Took 3 weeks for my milk to dry up then I got my period back on DS's first birthday!! Lol. Ironic really.

[HollyC]

Mine returned when DD was 8 months. She had been having 5 feeds a day since she was about 3 months and only occasional night feeds.

[Marlene]

AF has only just returned for me, the last couple months. Although it is not regular at all and it's spotting/bleeding all over the place. jack is almost 17 months, but I am still Breastfeeding and also have the Mirena IUD in which can also affect AF.
I actually just had Blood Tests (hormone tests) as I was a little concerned about all the random spotting etc...The Doctor told me today that I have just had a "really good ovulation". Whatever that means, LOL.

[MantaRay]

With DS1 it came back after 7 months - it was irregular but I still conceived DS2 after just 3 cycles. With DS2 it came back after 6 months.