https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:04:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2815335 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:36:44 +0000 JCCovi 2815335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pregnant 8 months post partying without ever getting a period, then it came back 11 months postpartum with #2 without me having to wean, but he was eating some solids at that point. I didn’t notice any difference with length or flow but I went back on the pill as soon as I weaned at 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2815002 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:05:51 +0000 cake2017 2815002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: @Sams Mom: Yeah I don’t know why it’s so long right now. I am still breastfeeding but it’s much less than before! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814989 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:14:13 +0000 pachamama 2814989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get my period til 3 weeks after I FULLY weaned, 15 months. It was actually a normal period then I got pregnant 1 cycle later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814928 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:28:39 +0000 Sams Mom 2814928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: I dealt with prolonged bleeding with my Nexplanon. I bled for up to 4 1/2 weeks but it was never heavy enough to be an issue, it sucked! My OB did give me an estrogen script to take for a week that finally made it stop. I don't know if they'll do the same for a pp period or not. My first one was terrible but it only lasted a week, then I had my Nexplanon put in at my 6 week check and it messed with it a lot. I'd go months without a period then bleed for a couple few weeks, then none for a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814888 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:21:00 +0000 cake2017 2814888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: It’s not heavy so they aren’t concerned. I’ve been in contact with my OB, specialist and PCP... all of them said I was fine. No anemia! So I guess I just wait it out... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814880 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:39:37 +0000 MamaBear87 2814880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: bleeding for 3.5 weeks is not normal. Is it more than spotting? If so I'd make an appointment to be seen if for nothing else than to be checked for anemia. </p> <p>My period came back at 12 weeks pp and my little was ebf. It was regular ish from the first one. Usually 4-5 days long </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814878 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:30:44 +0000 cake2017 2814878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: no birth control! I’m still nursing but he’s on some solids too. He’s almost 10 months and the period has been going for almost 3.5 weeks! It stopped for one day and then started back again. Ob not concerned and said it will go back to normal. I’m annoyed 😐.... curious how it worked for y’all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814867 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:04:34 +0000 JennyPenny 2814867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: Are you by chance on the mini pill? With DS1 I had a period every two weeks so I was basically bleeding half of every month. With DS2, my first postpartum period was 10 days and when I got another one 3 days later I quit the mini pill. Then I went 2 months with no period before getting a regular one. Not sure if this will turn out to be a regular cycle now or not but I definitely bled more than necessary on the mini pill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814775 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:09:25 +0000 avivoca 2814775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1: It came back at 6 months and was horrific the first two times. It was normal after that</p> <p>DD2: It came back at 8 months and was even worse than my first PP period with DD1. However, it's been pretty manageable since then and lighter than pre-baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814774 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:07:35 +0000 MrsADS 2814774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my period about 1 year postpartum (don't remember exactly, may have been about 13 months). My son was obviously eating solids by then but still nursing quite a bit (he was EBF the whole time). I remember for about a month or two before I got my period back, I would have spells of cramping *feeling* like I was about to get it, and it never came. It was about normal, not too bad. Once I got the first one, I got them regularly every month after that. Actually, my cycles were very irregular pre-baby (I had to go on Clomid) and pp they were extremely regular and I ovulated normally. Like the pregnancy reset my body or something.</p> <p>I kept nursing my son until he was 2y3m and only weaned him then because I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814773 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:07:01 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 2814773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14w pp and came back immediately regular. Breastfed until 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814770 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:59:54 +0000 kayla0416 2814770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First baby it came back at 7 mo pp, but wasn't bad at all - very similar to pre-baby actually. 4 mo pp with second baby and haven't gotten it back yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814736 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:10:43 +0000 Sams Mom 2814736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bled pp for 3 weeks, had 2 weeks off, then started my period. My son was EBF as far as milk or formula for the first 4 months, then he would get at most 1 bottle of formula a day at daycare depending on how my pumping went. He started solids at 4 months. He nursed until 10 1/2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814734 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:06:38 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2814734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first pp period wasn’t bad at all. I was 13 months pp and it was 5 days, no cramping, not too much blood. I was nursing about 4 times a day and not overnight anymore. I was pleasantly surprised because pre baby it was horrific. I only had one period and then got pregnant again... my second is almost 8 months old and no period yet. I’m not ready! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814733 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:06:26 +0000 DesertDreams88 2814733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was 6 days and heavy. Before baby, it was 2 days and light.</p> <p>I got it at 1 y postpartum, when I stopped pumping at work about 2 weeks earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814732 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:06:20 +0000 Pollywog 2814732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one at 18 months post partum. We were nursing twice a day and he was mainly on solids. It was like 4-5 days and not bad. I was so surprised. Then 4 weeks later I got pregnant, so I have no idea if that was a fluke or not </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814729 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:00:03 +0000 josina 2814729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my first at about 8-9 weeks pp with both LO's, and I think they were at most 10 days, but a lot of light/spotty days. They were very irregular until I quit bf'ing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814687 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:44:00 +0000 bhbee 2814687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: might have been a little longer than normal? I did have spotting (but not heavy) almost continually the first time from birth and eventually had it checked out to find a benign polyp they removed. That was before my real af though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814679 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:46:37 +0000 cake2017 2814679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: @CatchAFallingStar: How many days did your cycle last for you guys? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814678 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:39:31 +0000 cake2017 2814678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: How long did the cycle last for you? I feel like i’ve been on mine for months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814675 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:51:07 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2814675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine didn’t come back until 18 months with my first. We started solids at 6 months. We breastfed until she was about 2.5. Hoping for the same with my new baby girl. Was a nice break! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814674 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:44:16 +0000 hellocupcake 2814674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My periods PP have been so much better than before babies. They are lighter and shorter. I didn't get them back until I started weaning 13months the first time, 11 months the second and 7 months pp currently with no AF. </p> <p>I definitely had to wean to get pregnant so that was the main motivator, but now that we're 99% done I'm in no hurry to wean so hoping AF will stay away too. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814673 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:11:14 +0000 bhbee 2814673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pp periods can be sooooo bad. Like crime scene. Yes it got better. Both my kids were EBF and started solids at 6m but only the second nursed at night by that age. First came back at 7m pp, second at 12m pp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-and-breastfeeding#post-2814657 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:15:03 +0000 cake2017 2814657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I am curious to know your experience....</p> <p>How long were you on your period if you were breastfeeding, supplemented,introducing solids etc?????</p> <p>Did your periods start to regulate after a few months????</p> <p>Thanks! </p>