Just got AF! How can this be?

[helle]

I'm at 8 months and still no AF. I am starting to think about it and maybe there is something wrong with me....but after reading thru posts I think it just comes back wenever....Too bad if we wanted to try again tho..what do you do then?

Wean or wait

I got mine back at the 6 month mark when Ds had started waking for feeds up to three times overnight. Dunno what happened there!

[Early Kids]

Oh doesn't it suck big time !

I got mine back at about 5-6 weeks with DS1, he was still in the SCN! Although he was only EBM fed...
DS2 I got them back around 9 months (woohoo) but fed him until 12 months.

[Miss.September]

Yep, mine turned up the week before I had my follow up appointment with the ob :-( Sucks big time!!

[Cherished]

Thanks for posting this thread Dusty. Whilst it sucks for you if you don't want af back but I can't wait for AF to return lol only because we want to start ttc when bub is around 6 months old so I'd like my cycle back by then. So this thread has shown me that there is hope. But my OB told me there's only a 5% chance of getting pg while exclusively breastfeeding so you gals must all be in that 5%.

[Manhattan]

Do the change in hormones affect your milk because DD hasn't been that interested in feeding the last few days & has been quite grisley?

The hormones relating to ovulation and then menstruation change the flavour of the milk, which is probably why Freya is fussing a bit. She is not used to it, but both the milk and Freya will go back to feeding normally. Interestingly though, the 2nd AF I got post birth didn't seem to bother DD in the slightest, perhaps because it had happened before, and as she is a bit older now

[MantaRay]

Bummer! This is pretty variable Dusty as you can tell from the replies. Some mums go 2 years, others a few weeks. I got mine back at 7 months the first time and 6 months the second. I guess you are one of the unlucky ones