https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:09:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117775 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:33:30 +0000 sulli301 117775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: I also wanted to get a large stash &amp; so I would stay up about 3 hours after LO went to bed &amp; pump &amp; then go to sleep &amp; then try to wake up before LO in the morning &amp; pump then as well to keep my supply up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117594 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:55:56 +0000 shellio 117594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the responses. LO is sleeping through the night but I still wake up a couple of times to pump, maybe once I feel more comfortable with my freezer stash and stop waking up it is more likely to come back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117581 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:25:38 +0000 sulli301 117581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got AF back when DD was 7 months old &amp; she was EBF but slept through the night, which is why I think I got it back so quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117580 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:20:06 +0000 Mrs. Pen 117580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I know you can still ovulate without having your period, so that's what I'm afraid of. You can't tell if it's working or not! I guess I'll see how long my period holds off since we're doing co-sleeping and baby wearing as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117550 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:45:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 117550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: I never used it for pregnancy, but it was great for period suppression! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117397 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:04:43 +0000 Mrs. Pen 117397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: yeah I knew that about breastfeeding but I know it's not completely reliable as a form of birth control. But I do know one EBF mom who baby-wore and co-slept and didn't get pregnant for three years! She didn't use any birth control.<br /> But I'm too scared not to because I really dont want another one anytime soon lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117282 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:06:50 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 117282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh wow, I didn't even think of these!<br /> we want to get pregnant a year after LO is born, and I hope to still be BFing by then.<br /> good food for thought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117268 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:54:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 117268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: I think the constant closeness with the baby causes more milk letdown and thus more lactational amenorrhea. Breastfeeding delays the resumption of normal ovarian cycles by disrupting the pattern of pulsatile release of GnRH from the hypothalamus and hence LH from the pituitary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117236 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:31:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 117236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: any idea how that would delay ovulation/period? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-117215 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:05 +0000 katmmad 117215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine back after 4 months (while EBF) but have had incredibly wonky cycles since then -- one 3 weeks later, then nothing for 3 months. Doc says it's normal if you're EBF and on the mini-pill, which I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-114700 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:57:12 +0000 redboots 114700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EBF and mine came back 6 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110704 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:51:43 +0000 autumnlove 110704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm breastfeeding &amp; pumping and AF arrived 29 days after my C section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110701 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:38:16 +0000 Mrs. Bee 110701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 months after weaning around 1 year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110698 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:24:08 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 110698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months. I think baby wearing and co-sleeping contributed to the delay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110696 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:12:29 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 110696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm breastfeeding and I'm pretty sure I ovulated this month and my LO is only 2 months old... I'm not exactly happy about it :-( I was hoping to go longer without getting it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110690 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:54:55 +0000 Red 110690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 months and I still haven't gotten my period yet. I am breastfeeding though. </p> <p>My friend got hers back after 4 months while still breastfeeding as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110687 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:46:30 +0000 cupcakemama 110687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine only returned when i fully weaned LO at 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110657 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:51:58 +0000 chopsuey 110657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: Yeah, that's what I read and heard too. Pain in the butt having her back if I'm not even ovulating all the time! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110656 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:50:08 +0000 shellio 110656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I think that even when AF returns, you don't always ovulate, especially the first few cycles and if still BF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110654 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:46:52 +0000 chopsuey 110654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: Also, my cycle hasn't regularized yet. Some months it's 40 days, last month it was 29. Haven't gotten AF yet and I'm on day 31 or 32 of my cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110653 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:44:55 +0000 chopsuey 110653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AF returned at 7 months PP. I'm still nursing around the clock at 1 year pp. No baby #2 yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-till-your-cycles-returned-after-baby#post-110650 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:39:34 +0000 shellio 110650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3.5 months old, and I'm breastfeeding and pumping at work. We were hoping to get pregnant between 6-9 months (ideally) after he was born, but AF has not returned. Most of the women I know didn't get their cycles till after weaning, but I've heard that it can come back anytime, even with breastfeeding. How long was it before your period came back, and were you still breastfeeding? </p>