https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 08:35:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548316 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:21:42 +0000 Mamaof2 2548316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st - 10 months<br /> 2nd - 7 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548312 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:17:47 +0000 Adira 2548312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1: 9.5 months<br /> LO2: ~11 months, shortly after I had the Mirena placed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548268 Fri, 13 May 2016 04:44:32 +0000 Pumuckl 2548268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was 8m PP with LO1 and around 7m PP with LO2. I EBF both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548265 Fri, 13 May 2016 04:06:33 +0000 mrsrain 2548265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo2 is only two months old, so I can't compare yet, but my midwives did tell me they see more "oops" babies with third babies than anything else!which is all the incentive I need to be extra careful...! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548261 Fri, 13 May 2016 02:32:09 +0000 iheartleopardprint 2548261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With both of mine, AF returned to a 28 day cycle about 4 weeks after my post birth bleed finished and never changed. I exclusively BF, and neither ever slept through the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548260 Fri, 13 May 2016 02:19:12 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2548260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whew.. Not pregnant..</p> <p>@princessandthebee: wow!! That's a big difference. I should really be careful.. Just assumed I'd get it around the same time the second time around too but I guess that's not the case with everyone..</p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: yes I am going to be way more careful now... 😁 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548230 Thu, 12 May 2016 23:29:20 +0000 Kemma 2548230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fifteen months pp with my first and she breastfed until she was over three, my second child is now thirteen months and I still haven't had a period which is surprising because he's mainly sttn since he was only a few months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548200 Thu, 12 May 2016 21:54:44 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2548200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 months after i stopped pumping with charlie at 9 months, so it came back at 11 months.</p> <p>it came back at 15 months for olive though i was still breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548199 Thu, 12 May 2016 21:53:10 +0000 matador84 2548199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get AF for like 10 months after my first but it was around the 4-6 month mark with my 2nd. I couldn't believe it! I was nursing around the clock too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548193 Thu, 12 May 2016 21:37:53 +0000 Maysprout 2548193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.kiwi: a little before 2 years and a little after 2 years, my kids nursed way longer than planned. I would lose my period even when I was younger though, not sure why. But even knowing thats how my body has responded twice I'm not gong to bank on it as birth control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548076 Thu, 12 May 2016 19:04:42 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2548076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.kiwi: I was really annoyed to still look pregnant at five months post partum. Jokes on me! She's here and wonderful though so I'm so thrilled that it's worked out this way.</p> <p>Be careful out there though. I definitely didn't expect to be fertile and was not happy to be pregnant again. Happy to have another baby but not to have another big belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2548067 Thu, 12 May 2016 18:57:15 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 2548067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After first baby, 10 months postpartum. This time around I have a 10 week old and I just had my first period last week , not cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547988 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:42:37 +0000 Corduroy 2547988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started Mirena at 8 weeks with LO1 so I'm not sure. I just got mine last month at 10 months pp from LO2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547981 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:30:22 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2547981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: wow. When did you get pregnant each time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547980 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:28:21 +0000 Maysprout 2547980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I'm pregnant with my third. I haven't had one since before my first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547972 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:20:32 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2547972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: yes that's true but.. I'm abnormally exhausted the past 2 days..and bc my daughter sleeps pretty well I actually haven't been exhausted before then. So it's weird! I hope I'm just sick or something!</p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: Haha I was hoping you'd respond bc I know you had #2 and #3 really close together... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547959 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:13:37 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2547959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not to freak you out.....<br /> I got pregnant 15 weeks after my second was born.<br /> My period returned at six months with my first.<br /> 12 weeks with my second, and 11 weeks with my third.<br /> All three were EBF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547957 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:11:24 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2547957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times it was about 2 months after I weaned. I weaned #2 around 14 months, so came back 16 months pp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547954 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:09:38 +0000 lilteacherbee 2547954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My period came back 11 months after LO1. LO2 is currently 9 months and no period yet! (I got pregnant after that first period, so I've only had one since Jan 2013, I'll take it!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547952 Thu, 12 May 2016 17:08:41 +0000 skipra 2547952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only a test can tell you if you're pregnant but I don't think it's unusual to be totally exhausted when you have a young child and a baby that you are breastfeeding!</p> <p>My period did return later after my second - as if my body was saying, no way am I doing another pregnancy yet! I got pregnant when LO1 was just under a year, before it returned and it returned around 14 or 15 months with LO2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breastfeeding-moms-who-have-2-when-did-your-period-come-back#post-2547926 Thu, 12 May 2016 16:43:05 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2547926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have 2+ kids and you exclusively breastfed both.. When did your period return post partum? Was it similar both times?</p> <p>I breastfed my son for 1 year. I think my period returned maybe 10-11 months post partum? It was great!</p> <p>I thought it'd be similar this time around.. I'm exclusively breastfeeding my 11 week old.. And expecting to not ovulate til I'm 10-11 months again... Is this foolish of me?</p> <p>(To be honest I've been EXHASUTED the last couple days and my husband thinks I could be pregnant..!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2083303 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:43:12 +0000 ElbieKay 2083303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: @macintosh: @catomd00: My mom is sort of like this, though not as extreme as what you are describing. Having a baby has really helped because my parents watch him two afternoons per week. So now there is built-in infrastructure for them to help in a meaningful way.</p> <p>But the need to help is so exhausting. I think it's actually a generational thing especially since my mom was a housewife for 15 years. I work full time and would never consider staying home (well, unless I won the lottery). I find her "need to be needed" is very tedious. She's all about unsolicited advice about irrelevant topics. As a result I just withhold information from her, especially before I finalize a decision because I don't want her to think I need her to weigh in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077988 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:04:16 +0000 birdofafeather 2077988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mine can be the same way (there's no rhyme or reason to when!) and the last time it happened, I had to put my foot down and call her out while at the same time expressing how thankful I was (truly!). We also realized that we can't have family alone with us for more than 2 nights. Or people start getting antsy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077917 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:48:06 +0000 blackbird 2077917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: thanks! My husband's seen it for 10 years now and is STILL surprised by her often lol! </p> <p>@macintosh: ah that's disturbing! But actually makes sense, too. Well, when and if there comes a time you need a different approach, know that many of us have been there! But next week doesn't sound like that week and I totally hear that! I read a book called trapped in the mirror: adult children of narcissists or something similar... you might find really helpful. It was like reading into my childhood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077912 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:43:17 +0000 macintosh 2077912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: I totally get what you're saying. I'm just not in a position to do that right now. I'll be appeasing away next week!</p> <p>@blackbird: Yep, that all sounds familiar. I definitely need a strategy for not feeding into it when she gets upset about nothing. I'm in counseling as well and this has definitely been a topic of many sessions.</p> <p>It actually feels better knowing I'm not the only person whose mom does this. Get this, my mom is a mental health professional. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077911 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:42:11 +0000 catomd00 2077911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: ugh I know it really is! I'm around if you ever want to chat/vent. It's really hard (I have found) for people who haven't lived it to understand. My husband has seen it first hand for 4 years but it's still hard for him to really get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077891 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:30:41 +0000 blackbird 2077891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: same. Such a hard dynamic to be in :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077886 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:24:11 +0000 catomd00 2077886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: def sounds narcissistic! My mom is on that spectrum, as is my sister. It's taken me a long time (and therapy) and being around my husbands very notmal family dynamics to realize that the things my mom says and does are not notmal, healthy or anything I have to put up with at the expense of my own happiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077883 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:21:46 +0000 blackbird 2077883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: girl, I've seen a therapist for over two years now to deal with this kind of drama and I still don't have all the answers (but my therapist thinks my mom has anxiety issues and is narcissistic, as is my father, so they enable each other heavily). I wish I had a really sound method for dealing with her, but it's a work in progress. I have put up major boundaries and don't cater to it-way easier said than done (and I have a professional coaching me!!!) I can wish you loads of patience, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-from-family-during-and-after-pregnancy#post-2077880 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:18:19 +0000 catomd00 2077880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your mom sounds like mine and honestly I'm at a point now (since having my daughter) that I no longer want to enable the unhealthy interactions. If your mom gets offended by things that aren't intended to be offensive or wouldn't offend an average person, it's on her. I recently decided to lay it all out on the table with my mom and tell her I won't stand for it any more and have put some distance between us whol she proves she can change. We will see what happens. I know this isn't the practical advice you were looking for, but still felt the need to share in case you decide in the future that you'd like to change the underlying behavior instead of appeasing it. </p>