How long did it take for you to start your period after you gave birth?

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I am 8 months pp and haven’t started it yet (all checked out with doc and I’m healthy). I’m still breastfeeding but have been slowly weaning for two months. We want to ttc for #2. How long did it take for you to start ovulating again?

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I was exclusively breastfeeding and got it back at 6 months pp. my sister in law exclusively breastfed too and is 14 month pp and still no period

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I breastfed and got my period back at 16 months postpartum when I weaned.

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I was 16months pp and got pregnant  again instead of a period. 😂😂
So....basically I cheated the system and if all goes well, I will not have had a period for about 3 and a half years.

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I exclusively breastfeed, and my son was always in the high 90 percentile for both height and 80 for weight. And I still got my period back less then 3 months after giving birth. I’ll be honest I was hoping for more of a break!

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Didn’t get a period until I stopped nursing at a year. I had one period and was knocked up again before my next cycle 😂

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I was still breastfeeding a lot but conceived after one time at 7 months pp.

How long did it take for you to start your period after you gave birth?

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