So I just got mine back at 9.5 mo pp. It's like it's making up for being gone for this long. Soooo heavy, and cramping sooo bad. I do have heavy and painful periods since I was young, but prior to TTC I was on the pill for over a decade, and I got pregnant after 2 cycles off pill so I haven't had a for realz period in a lonnnng time. I feel like I'm bleeding more than I did after I gave birth?!
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I think mine was actually fairly light (at 2 months pp)... the first was 5 days and then 42ish days till the 2nd, which lasted 7 days. Then I started the mini-pill and haven't had once since.
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My first one was fairly normal, but the 3-4 monthly periods that followed it were crazy heavy and ridiculous. Now the flow is normal again, but it lasts 4 days instead of the 3 day pre-pregnancy periods that I used to get.
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Super heavy and lasted like, a week. I've had - I think - 4 periods since then and 3 of the 4 have been similarly awful. Waiting for it to sort itself out
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Surprisingly mine wasn't bad. I used to have really heavy and crampy periods before going on the pill, so I was expecting the worst. But it was fine, then I got pregnant that cycle so only had one.
Not sure of it would have been lighter since I was still BFing once a day? It was like 19 months pp, which was awesome!
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As bad as I remember it being from before I was on the pill. I came off after 15 years and had super long cycles, but once I had my miscarriage, they regulated to being 4-5 days and not too bad. PP, they were pretty heavy and back to being pretty painful.
Can't wait to see how they are post tubal ligation after this C-section.
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@meredithNYC: Uggggh I'm only on day 2
@2PeasinaPod: I hope they get better!
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First two were really light, then from about 6m pp to a year pp they were insanely heavy and long, to the point where I was seeing my dr and naturopath about them. They evened out after about a year pp.
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: oh man, half a year of them! What did your dr say?
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@snowjewelz: doctor told me to stop breastfeeding and go on the pill (not willing), but my naturopath put me on some different supplements that really helped. One was called FemBalance or something like that- I can check if you're interested.
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: oh so she's saying breastfeeding is causing the super heavy period? I am still BF (for now...).
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@snowjewelz: no, not exactly. He said that the only way to regulate them was by going on the pill, and you aren't supposed to be on the regular pill while BFing. That's why it wasn't ideal- I didn't want to go on the pill OR stop breastfeeding!
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Mine was actually pretty normal. 1-2 days of light on either end with a day or two of heavy. Nothing abnormal to speak of!
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: Ohh gotcha!
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Mine was normal but I got AF like 8 weeks PP.
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First one was OK, but every month after that was CRAZY. Super heavy flow and lots of clotting. It was gross. Didn't stop until I got pregnant again, and after this pregnancy, I'm going on whatever birth control will make my period disappear.
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@snowjewelz: It was awful. I thought I was hemoragging. I couldn't even wear the ultra-thin maxis. I was wearing super tampons and the thick overnight maxi pads and still overflowing. The only thing that made me feel better was eating a giant hamburger (I guess because I needed the iron?).
Thankfully, my periods since have been much better and very normal.
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@BlueWolverine: wow, crazy! seriously, I'd go right back on the pill too if I'm not planning on another one!
@avivoca: I know! I said oh man I gotta get like overnight ones, and I looked and they already were! And I was leaking out of the ones I got from the hospital! Hmm, maybe I should try to up my iron too
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@snowjewelz: Target has some super long overnight maxi pads. They are beastly and you feel like you have a huge wedgie from all the padding, but it's the only thing that could contain the flow.
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@avivoca: thats what I JUST bought, hahaha! Sigh, I had never stained my clothes/bed since high school!
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@snowjewelz: Honestly, it looked like a murder had happened in my pants. The flow was so heavy that it got on the floor when I stood up. BUT, all mine since then have been normal, if not a little lighter than previous years. I also take Ibuprofen religiously because it helps my period stay a little lighter and helps with the cramps.
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I got mine around 8 months pp and legitimately thought I might be having a miscarriage it was so heavy.
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@snowjewelz: Here's the post I wrote about it when mine came back: http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-period-postpartum
Apparently, it's normal. I practically yelled at my mom for not warning me that this could happen.
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@Truth Bombs: @avivoca: I feel so much better knowing I'm not alone and that you guys feel me as I change my tampon AND pad combo for the 5th time today... lol
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My first one was weird... Spotting for several days, then nothing for a couple of weeks and then several more days of bleeding. My SECOND one was a B*TCH. Very heavy bleeding and cramping and it lasted longer than usual. After that it seemed to get more normal.
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Ugh I do not want to hear this. I've been LOVING the menstruation-free phase of life while EBF. I may have suggested to DH that I should just immediately get pregnant again once we wean LO so I can continue to avoid my period for as much as possible. The experiences on this thread sound terrible.
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@PawPrints: Haha sorrry! I was hoping that I wouldn't get it back for longer too! But here it is. I hope yours won't be bad! It def *almost* makes me wanna just get pregnant again
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