When did you get your period after birth

Carre✌🏾 • Mommy👶🏽🎀

I know breastfeeding plays a role. I’m 20 weeks pregnant and planning on primarily breastfeeding. Does that mean I won’t get my period till after baby is weaned?

I’m jus wondering whether you breastfed, bottle fed, or used formula and when you got your period back.

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Je

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I only breastfeed and got it back like clockwork at 5 weeks pp...

Ca

Carre✌🏾 • Nov 19, 2017
Interesting. I suppose it varies from person to person

Te

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6weeks pp. My LO is breast fed either directly or I pump and give her a bottle.

Li

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I got my period a month after having my son. Then the next month I didn’t get one, but the month after I did. It’s so weird I get my period around the same time but every second month. I EBF my son, guess everyone’s body is different.

Li

Liana • Nov 19, 2017
He is now 6 months. 🙂

Sa

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2-3 months each of them I breast fed for a couple of weeks to a month. It’s basically just being prepared at all times.

Pa

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I'm EBF (no bottles) my 15 month old & I still haven't had a period.

He

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I breastfed my daughter for 22 months and got my first period 9 months postpartum

Ce

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I exclusively breastfeed my daughter who is now 9 months. I got my period 7 months pp and got immediately pregnant with baby #2 🙈

Ca

Carre✌🏾 • Nov 18, 2017
Awh congrats!!

ju

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ive exclusivley formula fed all my babies. i dont remember with the first 2, but with #3 i got my period at 14 or 15 wks pp.

Ka

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I pumped exclusively and didn’t get a cycle until after I stopped at 12 months pp.

Ka

Ka • Nov 18, 2017
Not really. I had bleeding for almost 7 weeks pp due to retained placenta they couldn’t diagnose. I was relieved to not have one :-) I did have an iud placed about 4 months prior to its return, so it was lighter too.

Ca

Carre✌🏾 • Nov 18, 2017
Would’ve exited you to get it sooner

~B

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I exclusively pump and supplement with formula. Had my first pp cycle a little after 3 months and no others so far.