I thought exclusive BF'ing meant no AF

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March 15th, 2011, 07:00 AM
buliej

I thought exclusive BF'ing meant no AF

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.
March 15th, 2011, 07:08 AM
Arcadia

:hug: 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.
March 15th, 2011, 07:22 AM
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..
March 15th, 2011, 07:32 AM
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.
March 15th, 2011, 07:37 AM
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.
March 15th, 2011, 07:37 AM
SweetPea

I was also exclusively bfing and AF returne at 12 weeks. Everyone is different!
March 15th, 2011, 07:41 AM
retrogal

I'm dreading the return of AF....
March 15th, 2011, 07:59 AM
buliej

Interesting how varied it is...I'm so unprepared though - must get to a chemist or supermarket today.
March 15th, 2011, 09:08 AM
Mum2Romone

I didn't get mine til 8 month pp....
March 15th, 2011, 09:10 AM
toomanyshoes

I got mine 4 weeks after having DD and she was breastfed, I felt totally ripped off!

I ended up going on the mini pill and didn't have any trouble BF.
March 15th, 2011, 09:56 AM
Taurean

DD was mostly BFbut had a few formula bottles here and there. Due to sleeping through from 9 weeks, she was only have 4-5 feeds a day from then on. AF returned around 10 months or so :)

One of the girls in my MG exclusively BF and still is doing one BF a day (at almost 20 months). Her AF returned around 6 weeks :o

Like PP have said, everyone definitely is different!
March 15th, 2011, 03:49 PM
onthefly

How unlucky! Mine only came back at 16.5 mo, after I night weaned.

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