Periods & Breastfeeding

[~clover~]

Mine came back in December, then the next one wasn't til about 2 weeks ago. There was about 7 weeks in between.
I'm still BFing & was only down on feeds while he was sick for 2 or 3 days when it returned, so I don't think I'm ovulating yet, but now that its back I am planning to go & get my depo soon.

(You can't fall pg when not getting any, so I'm not stressing too much atm!!)

My girls were only BFed for the first 4 - 6 weeks & AF still didn't return til they were about 4 - 5 months old.
It was kinda regular from return then though I think.

So it could be a bit all over the place ATM.

[Jaycee]

Skye, just be careful as you may catch the eggie the first time you ovulate before getting AF, there are quite a few ladies around here that that has happened to! I would go get the depo now just to be on the safe side.

Sarah, my period returned when Jake was 10 months old and they have been quite irregular. I am still bf morning and night. I think it is pretty normal to take a while to get back to a regular cycle

[kitten2b]

mine took about a year to come back and has not been regular since

[mbear]

just be careful as you may catch the eggie the first time you ovulate before getting AF

....ummm yep, that happened to us with DD#3......

I got AF back June 2008 (DD 9 months old) and had 2 cycles before i was pregnant again (fell pg in the August)......mine were around the 32-36 day cycle....

[Willow]

I got mine back when DS was 8 months, had three cycles before falling prg again. And yes, they were regular 28 day cycles (which I hadn't had since my surgery pre IVF which was interesting...) but this differs from person to person and some women remain quite irregular while b'feeding.

And no, just because you're having a period, even a regular period, does not necessarily mean you're ovulating. My plan was to go and have some blood tests done to see if I was or not (for contraceptive purposes) but we didn't get that far - thankfully the universe had other plans for us!