https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:04:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464919 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:12:42 +0000 erwoo 464919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: that was me yesterday! It's back for sure but not super heavy like what I was expecting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464771 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:07:28 +0000 prettylizy 464771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EBF here, she is 9.5 months and I'm pretty sure AF is restarting right now as I've had a LITTLE light spotting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464750 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:34:29 +0000 erwoo 464750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: Okay, good to know. Yeah, it sounds like solids and sleeping through the night was the reason for me too. I was waking him to nurse even if I know he could sleep through. I just didn't want another episode of mastitis. So far so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464748 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:32:15 +0000 mamimami 464748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: my supply would dip right before I got my period each time. Then it would go back up but I dIdnt have the oversupply I had before that. I got my period when my son started solids and started sleeping through the night so it was a combination of factors I think.</p> <p>Charting is a good way to keep an eye on things and I think you will see how your cycle goes back to normal month by month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464721 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:33:24 +0000 erwoo 464721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: Interesting! I never even thought to do that! How did your period affect your supply? Is it suppose to? I think not nursing for 10-12 hours was the reason why my period came. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464688 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:41:19 +0000 NerdBee 464688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my period around 4.5 months pp while EBF. LO started sleeping 10 hours a night between feedings around 3 months and I didn't wake up to pump so that might have been why I got my period do early :( </p> <p>Since getting my period back, it's been all over the place. Pre-pregnancy, I had a pretty regular cycle. But now I've had 30 day and 45 day cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464671 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:12:00 +0000 mamimami 464671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months pp and I was ebf. It was normal ish. Mostly I hated the effect on my supply! </p> <p>I started charting immediately and what I did notice was a very short luteal phase which probably would have continued to prevent a successful pregnancy had I been trying at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464669 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:08:37 +0000 Rubies 464669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine came back 7months PP and was regular from the get go. I was EBF, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464666 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:05:42 +0000 erwoo 464666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @littleveesmommy: @yin: Sounds like it's not unusual to get your period even while EBF/exclusively pumping. It's more of an inconvenience than anything. Haha! I remember having some spotting-like period around month 4 or so and then it didn't come back until now. With my first, I remember my period being really heavy the first few months and then it started being more normal after that. I hated soaking through a lot of heavy duty pads in the beginning... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464531 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:15:32 +0000 yin 464531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My period came back when I was 11 months pp while exclusively pumping. I was pumping around 6 times a day and had not changed my routine for a long while. It came as a surprise. My period seemed to last longer than usual, and my cycles took a while before they became regular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464509 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:36:49 +0000 littleveesmommy 464509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my period once at 4 months pp when I was EBF around the clok still and was really upset! Then it went into hibernation again until two weeks ago at 10.5 months pp. this time around DD has just about night weaned and eats 3 square meals along with nursing around four times a day, but not nearly as much BM as she used to intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464507 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:33:39 +0000 sorrycharlie 464507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine started 7 weeks postpartum and has been perfectly regular since :/ LO is 3 months old thursday!</p> <p>it was definitely heavy, but nothing obscene..like, 1-2 pads a day is fine. I haven't braved tampons yet :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-and-af#post-464503 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:17:50 +0000 erwoo 464503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is turning 9 months in a few more days and I'm still exclusively breast feeding him and giving solids 3x a day now. I've also night weaned three days ago so he is only nursing 3-4 times a day now. And today I think I got my period for the first time since before he was conceived. I was a little bothered that it came bc I hate dealing with it. And we will be going overseas in about a month so I was hoping that it would come when I stopped nursing him, after we come back. I nursed my oldest 4-5 times a day until he was 8 months and didn't get my period until I stopped nursing him so thesis new to me. </p> <p>When did you get your period while nursing if you did. Did you go back to your regular cycle right away? Was it really heavy for a few months and go back to normal after a while? </p>