With DD1, I stopped at 9 months and got my period back the same month. With DD2, we're still going strong at 11 months, so no period yet! I plan to stop pumping but keep nursing after 1, so I wonder when my period will come back.
It's crazy because between since April of 2014, I've only had my period for ~7 months between pregnancies and nursing!
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pear / 1728 posts
I got mine back about 8 months PP. Hopefully yours holds off until you're ready to stop - my supply dropped a lot after getting my period back.
pomegranate / 3973 posts
I've had 2 random pp periods in 9 months, first was around 9 weeks. Still BF.
With E I also got my period back early but I think it was more regular with him. Not lucky enough to miss out on those completely!
nectarine / 2262 posts
I got mine back about 12-13 months postpartum. I was EBF (and pumping at work) the whole time. For probably 2-3 months before I finally got it, I had a lot of off and on menstrual cramping like it was going to start. I stopped pumping but kept nursing until DS was about 26 months old.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@MrsADS: I totally thought I was getting my period back a few times too! But very sporadic, so maybe I'll watch for the signs. So you always still had some milk in you to nurse after you stopped pumping?
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Around 9.5 months with Xander and 11 months with Logan (corresponding to when I had the Mirena inserted).
nectarine / 2262 posts
@snowjewelz definitely! I mean my supply went down for sure but I could still nurse.
apricot / 488 posts
I EBF both my babies and each time got my period 2-3 PP 
I was not happy about it.
persimmon / 1111 posts
17 months! I was still pumping once during the day and overnight. I got pregnant the next cycle (still nursing)
kiwi / 554 posts
14 months! I stopped pumping at 12 months and DD was down to 1 nursing session a day before bed. AF didn't come back until she weaned completely at 14 months. Only had 3 cycles and am pregnant again!
pomegranate / 3973 posts
@snowjewelz: I stopped pumping at a year, and kept breastfeeding E until 14 months, so very doable!
pineapple / 12053 posts
Day before DD1’s first birthday (still waking up once a night) and at about 9 months PP with DD2 after She was STTN for a month or two.
grapefruit / 4045 posts
I kept nursing and pumping until close to 13 months. My period came back at around 11 months. My pumping output was dropping so I suspected it. Also, my girl had been sleeping through the night for quite some time. Even after I stopped pumping, I still nursed morning and night for a while without a problem.
persimmon / 1121 posts
I got mine back at 17 months, shortly after we dropped to nursing just twice a day.
nectarine / 2821 posts
With my son, it came back at 6 freaking weeks! Even though I was still nursing around the clock. Now, at almost 5 weeks pp, I am sure hoping it doesn’t come back next week!
pear / 1563 posts
16 months PP with my first. I stopped pumping at work at about a year but we continued nursing past 2 yrs. So I was lucky!
Currently EBF and 3.5 months PP with my second and no period so far.
apricot / 485 posts
7.5 mo with my first and 11.5 mo with my second. I EBF and pumped at work. Didn't wean until 2 with my first and my second just turned 1. FWIW, with my first, even though I had my cycle back my luteal phase was only 7 days until she was 1 (when I quit pumping). Never had any noticeable supply drops but some women do right before it starts.
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
14 months with my first. I'm now at 14.5 months with my second and still don't have it back.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
With lo1, I was combo-feeding and it came back around 7 months. lo2 is ebf and it came back earlier, 4 months 
no fair!!
nectarine / 2461 posts
I ovulated and subsequently got a period like 2 weeks after weaning the baby at 12 months. But unlike a lot of other women who trickled it out slowly, I went from EBF to nothing in just a couple of weeks.
persimmon / 1390 posts
DD1: 11 months
DD2: 2.5 months
I wasn’t doing anything different either.
pomelo / 5509 posts
@snowjewelz: I can't vote because at 10.5 months it's not back yet. DD is still eating once overnight a lot of nights. And nursing every 2-3 hours during the day. Several times I've been sure I've ovulated, or have had period-type cramping, but nothing yet!
pear / 1521 posts
I didn't get it back until after I had my mirena removed at 2 years postpartum. But I attribute that to the mirena rather than nursing. I did nurse at least once overnight until about that age as well so it may have helped.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@Becky: ahh what the heck!
@IRunForFun: i don't mind nursing till forever if that means i dont have to get my period back!!
pomegranate / 3658 posts
About 11 months pp when it came back for real. One random mini-period prior to that at like 9.5 months pp.
I was still nursing 2x/day and pumping 3x/day so was really hoping it would hold off longer. Not a bad run though.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I got it back a couple weeks after she dropped to one nursing session a day, so it was about 20 months. Then I got pregnant the next month so I had one period over almost 4 years!
After my second I got an IUD and have had a bunch of random spotting so I don’t know what was a light period or spotting and how much the iud affected it.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
I ebf my daughter until 18m and got af at 7. I ebf my son until 13m and got af at 12. I think the difference was how frequently he nursed and that he nursed at least once Overnight.
apricot / 285 posts
I was still nursing probably 2/3 times a day on average and got mine back at 19 months postpartum. It actually came back pretty regularly at that time.
nectarine / 2973 posts
13 months with LO1. I stopped pumping at work at 12 months but was still nursing 3-4 times a day.
15 months with LO2. He was still nursing a lot but started eating more solids around 13 months so I think that did it.
nectarine / 2808 posts
Around 18 months for me. I breastfed until she was about 2 1/2.
persimmon / 1281 posts
About 6 weeks after I weaned (weaned close to 11 months). I’m pretty sensitive to hormonal changes so I’m not surprised it took that long.
I also went from ebf (no pumping) to nothing within weeks.
pomelo / 5326 posts
DD- 4 months. I nursed til 13m
DS- 7 months. I nurses til 11m
The only difference I can think of was that she was sleeping 10 hours straight by 4 months and he kept a couple night feeds until 7 months.
persimmon / 1481 posts
11 months PP and I nursed her till 2 1/2 years. I did go to work and pump though. I would go sometimes 7 hours without pumping but nursed twice at night until 18 months
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