https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:57:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361800 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:27:23 +0000 winniebee 2361800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All over the place. I've had 5 post partum periods. One was at 7.5 weeks, one at 10 weeks (but I think the 10 week one was due to minipill), one at 6.5 months, one at 8.5 months, and one at 10.5 months. I'm due for another very soon, at 11.5 months. They all seem to have varying luteal phases and varying ovulation times (I got pregnant a few months ago on accident and conceived on CD6.....ended in miscarriage but really, CD6?!) Baby is still EBF and STILL doesn't STTN consistently. Good times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361794 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:24:16 +0000 iheartleopardprint 2361794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both times AF came back at 6 weeks pp, and I had a regular 29 day cycle. Both were exclusively breastfed, and never slept through the night while BFing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361710 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:39:44 +0000 catomd00 2361710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AF came back at 8 months postpartum and the first few cycles were long but shortened up and remained pretty consistent. (See pic. FYI March was a CP do probably would have been shorter if I hadn't gotten pregnant. I had a random long one right before the cycle I got pregnant. Pre-pregnancy my cycles were closer to 36 days and the cycle I conceived on this time would have been longer (ovulated on CD23). So mostly consistent but still a little whacky. I was/am still nursing. </p> [attach=4139/15/ny0zy8.337x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361616 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:40:02 +0000 skipra 2361616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I guess by mittelschmerz and CM? I have one day that it really hurts when I sit down and then CM stops and AF shows 2 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361600 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:31:40 +0000 mrsjyw 2361600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After ds1, I got my period back at 4.5 months, but the cycle after that didn't happen until almost 60 days later... but by the third cycle I was back to my usual (Longish) cycles 32-36 days.</p> <p>I spotted twice in month 2 and 3 this time, but I still haven't gotten a full AF visit yet ... I"m assuming its right around the corner though. I'm 4 months pp and DS2 sttn around the same time as DS1, so I'm sure that had a lot to do with it for my body. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361583 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:25:32 +0000 mfa_lady 2361583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Thanks for sharing. How are you tracking ovulation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361581 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:24:53 +0000 mfa_lady 2361581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: Mine was more painful than usual (heavier, too) so I'm hoping the next ones are more normal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361577 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:23:56 +0000 skipra 2361577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first pp af at 15 months. It was super heavy, much more so than before I got pregnant. 2 weeks later I had a week of spotting. Then another heavy period about a month after which was also followed by another week of spotting 2 weeks later. It has been about a month since that and I have a lighter more normal period this time. I have been ovulating between the week of spotting and regular period so if it weren't for that 2 week stretch and then the spotting my cycles would be pretty normal. I have also started getting migraines that seem to be hormonal. I have never had them until my first pp ovulation and then myu second af. I am still breastfeeding a couple times a day and overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361556 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:16:14 +0000 avivoca 2361556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's been fairly regular after the first one, which was extremely heavy and painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361539 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:03:08 +0000 mfa_lady 2361539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Thanks for sharing!</p> <p>@Mrs.Someone: Man! At least it was regular?</p> <p>@lilteacherbee: Iiiiinteresting. I guess it's hard to tell with only one in between! That's how it was for me between MC and DD--I can hardly remember what they were like before.</p> <p>@nana87: Good to know. Thanks!</p> <p>@Adira: It stinks not knowing when/what to expect, huh? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361533 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:59:31 +0000 Adira 2361533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was all over the place when it came back while I was still nursing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361532 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:59:25 +0000 nana87 2361532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first cycle was long, like 36 days or something, but since has been between 27-29 days eta ad came back when lo was about 7 months, and she's 19 months now and I'm still nursing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361527 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:57:55 +0000 lilteacherbee 2361527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one period after LO1 was born at 11 months pp and then I got pregnant again. That cycle was regular (for me). I have long cycles that are about 45 days and the one pp cycle fit that pattern (I ovulated around the same time I did before I got pregnant the first time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361515 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:52:43 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2361515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like clockwork, starting a month after birth 😕 The flow itself hasn't been consistent though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361508 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:47:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2361508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed for 15-16 months, but my cycle returned at only 6 months post-partum. It was a normal cycle when it came back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361505 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:44:56 +0000 mfa_lady 2361505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: Thanks for sharing!</p> <p>@blackbird: You go, girl!</p> <p>@catlady: Ahh, nice. This sounds like it could be how it goes for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361450 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:10:09 +0000 catlady 2361450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my cycles are usually 5 weeks long but the first few that I got (11 months pp) were more like 7 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361446 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:07:48 +0000 blackbird 2361446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short and light thankfully! Yay Mirena! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361445 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:07:43 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2361445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine back at 12 months PP, when I quit pumping, but was still nursing 1-2 times a day. It was all over the place, sometimes 35 days, sometimes 21 days and everything in between. I only had 5 cycles before I was KU again, so I'm not sure where it would have landed. Prior to pregnancy, I had a very regular 28-day cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361442 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:07:12 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2361442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361434 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:02:51 +0000 mfa_lady 2361434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: You're awesome! Thanks for sharing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361433 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:02:41 +0000 mfa_lady 2361433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Aaaaaand there it is. The EXACT reason I took a pregnancy test this morning. Hahaha. I actually thought of you when I decided to take it! (Weird? Maybe. But true.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361427 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:58:47 +0000 Boogs 2361427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I kept track, go give you an idea: </p> [attach=186/15/ny0shz.337x600.image.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361413 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:52:27 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2361413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not normal.... hence #3. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361412 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:52:17 +0000 MoonMoon 2361412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: thanks, I hope yours go much better! I keep reminding myself, at least it didn't come back until 21 months pp, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361407 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:50:43 +0000 mfa_lady 2361407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: Thanks for sharing. I could handle this!</p> <p>@MoonMoon: Oh my. So sorry, mama!</p> <p>@yin: Whoa! Okay--good to know that can happen too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361387 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:46:26 +0000 yin 2361387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it back around 3-4 months pp. Then nothing for 7 months or so. Cycles were pretty normal after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361385 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:46:12 +0000 MoonMoon 2361385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's regular, but nothing like pre pregnancy. I used to have 29 day cycles and pretty manageable periods. Now it's 22 day cycles and periods from hell! :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361379 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:43:49 +0000 Boogs 2361379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was longer at first, then got more normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-got-your-period-back-while-nursing#post-2361371 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:42:29 +0000 mfa_lady 2361371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: Ahh, got it. Thanks! </p> <p>@Mamaof2: Womp womp. This is what I'm afraid of! </p>