Did AF come back at the same time for you after each baby?

[feeb]

DS1 AF returned at 6 months and I was still feeding overnight.
DS2 AF returned at 10 months and still feeding through the night. But was and am tandem feeding.

[lilima]

With both of mine it was around six weeks. It is no way a reliable firm of contraception, so I suppose as long as you are happy that it may result in a pregnancy then it is ok.

[~Kim~]

After DD it started at 6ish weeks and was random - fully BF
DS was 10months old

[*Efjay*]

Personally I think you would be safe enough. BUT it does come down to how you would feel about being pg again. Another method would be to chart or simply keep track of your cervix/CM & watch for any changes.

[Just Me]

The age gap of my kids is the difference when AF returned each time.

After DD1 - it was 10 weeks. Had one AF and then was pg with DS1. Found out 4 weeks after AF returned that I wasn't making any milk as DD1 had lost nearly 2kg so while I was BFing, my milk production stopped.

After DS1 - BFing was more successful until 5 months. AF returned at the time that I stopped feeding him. Had one AF and got pregnant with DD2.

After DD2 - BFing was heaps more successful and no AF until she started solids at 6 months. I had one AF and then I got pregnant with DS2. I was still bfing DD2 until I was 11 weeks pregnant with DS2 (my milk dried up at that point).

Everyone is so different and every pregnancy is different. I would say I am fairly certain that I don't ovulate until I have had AF once after each baby and exclusive breast feeding is a fairly certain thing for me in the first months after I have a baby. However, we are done having kids and I don't want any surprises so as much as I am certain, I don't want to trust it.

I think that breastfeeding is a good form of contraception if you aren't too worried if you do get pregnant again. I wouldn't trust it if you really don't want another baby at the moment.

If you chart, you might be able to look more into this ... when you get pregnant your temp elevates and stays elevating. I think the same hormones are still working when you are pregnant to keep your temp elevated which means you may notice a drop for two weeks before you ovulate. I don't know for sure, but it might be something worth looking into. I noticed that pattern on my own charts before I got pregnant because even after the return of AF, I didn't ovulate 2 weeks later but I did notice a temp drop two weeks before I ovulated with 2 of my pregnancies. That might be a better way to tell, but I don't know if there is an research of evidence that would help you out with that ...