I know this is my 18435 millionth postpartum question! But I'm wondering how long it took for your cycles to go back to a normal length? (Not counting BFing!) Bonus points if you had ovarian reserve issues before baby, but I'd love to hear anyone's responses!
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I got my period back after I completely stopped BFing (i was down to twice a day and tried to do once a day and it dried up -10 months pp) and it has been pretty normal/regular since.
Actually my cycles pp are shorter than before giving birth. They used to be around 34/35 days and now they are 29/30 on average.
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I got AF back at 5.5 months pp while ebf. My cycles were weird until I got pregnant 14.5 months pp.
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AF came back at 4.5 months pp even though I was ebf. The first three cycles were way off. anywhere from 35-53 days. Started normalizing after that. at 20 months pp, I still range from 29-35 days.
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With S, it came back at 7 weeks, and at 3 months, it was normal enough for me to track it and get ku again.
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good ol' AF came back around 7 months so I'm guessing it was triggered by starting solids (I continued to BF until 18 months). then I had a few weird cycles before it got back to my norm (31-35 days). but I tend to have weird random cycles anyway, so I'm not sure how much I can chalk up to PP! we weren't TTC at first so I only noted how long the cycle was, not whether/when I ovulated.
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I got mine back about 6 months pp while EBF. They were VERY regular before pregnancy & after about 2 periods, they seem to be very regular now as well.
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At 8 months pp I got an abnormally short 'warning' period. 6 weeks later I got a real period and they have been regular since.
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NEVER. I'm 18m and they're still totally messed up.
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It took about 4 cycles. My cycles are actually 30 days now when they were only 27 days before Jack. Pregnancy must have reset my hormones.
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At 11 1/2 months PP I'm still waiting for dear old AF to make her return... Still BFing ~4 times per day. Am guessing she will come back when I go back to work next month and we drop to 1-2 feedings? Maybe?
Oh, and was super regular before. -
I got mine back at 13 months PP while still breastfeeding and they were regular right off the bat. They're actually way more regular now than they were before pregnancy.
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Mine was completely normal when it started after both of my LOs. I have always had a really regular cycle though. I EBF and AF came back at 10 months PP with LO1, and 3 months PP (booo!) with LO2.
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I got AF back after 7 months and ebf
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AF returned at 3 months PP and was regular-ish straight away (25-28 day cycles, which I had before having LO).
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With DS I got it back at 10 months and they were just starting to get normal at 20 months and then I got preg.
With DD - got my period back when she was 7 months and she is now 3.5 and they are still wonky - 24-32 days - it sucks!
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LO is almost 14 months and I got AF back around 7.5 months PP. The length and flow and all that was fairly normal to what I was pre preg, but the length of my cycle was wonky until about June/July which was 12 months PP.
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