I thought exclusive BF'ing meant no AF

[buliej]

DS is only 11 weeks old and exclusively breastfed - including night feeds. Yesterday I had slight spotting and I woke up today with full on AF! I thought BF'ing keeps AF away. On the bright side, after panicking when I saw blood I realized 1 - we aren't TTC and 2 - I'm not pregnant - so, for the first time in 4+ years AF did not mean sadness or fear!...although I was hoping for a few more months of not having to deal with it.

[Arcadia]

make sure you nurture yourself as you bleed.

Everyone is different, but I think it does depend on the number of feeds and your own hormone levels etc.

On the bright side, you wont have to wean to TTC again!

Look after yourself today.

[aussienic]

I always got Af 4 weeks after my PP bleeding stopped.. for all 4 babies lol.. I felt ripped off to be honest. One of my friends BF for 2 years and never got her AF until she stopped..

[sloane]

i exclusively BF & AF returned right on 3 months for me - DS was still having about 12 feeds in 24 hours then as well.

[luna moth]

Can happen. My mum got her AF back really quick after all three kids (between 8 and 12 weeks), so I was quite sure I would too, but so far so good.

Your little dude being such an awesome sleeper might have something to do with it too.

[SweetPea]

I was also exclusively bfing and AF returne at 12 weeks. Everyone is different!

[retrogal]

I'm dreading the return of AF....

[buliej]

Interesting how varied it is...I'm so unprepared though - must get to a chemist or supermarket today.