If your cycle was slow to return while breastfeeding, when did you get it back? And how many times were you breastfeeding in a 24 hour period when it came back?
My daughter is 15 months, and we want to try for another baby.
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in addition to nursing, I was also on the mini pill. I stopped taking the pill when my daughter was 14 months, and my period came back about 6 weeks later. I had long cycles after that. We stopped nursing when she was 19 months and I got my bfp a cycle after that.
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Mine came back at 11.5 months. I was nursing 3-4x per day but had just started weaning from pumping at work.
However, my cycles stayed super long (about 6 weeks) and my PCP didn't think I was ovulating until somewhere around 18 months, when I finally dropped down to a single nursing session. I was able to get pregnant twice while doing that one session (we eventually weaned completely because I kept miscarrying but I honestly don't know if the nursing had anything to do with that).
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Came back at 18 months . She nursed quite a lot still on weekends and morning / evenings during the week from 13 months on, but my period didn't return until 18months.
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My daughter dropped to one nursing session around 19 months and I got my first period two weeks after that. I got pregnant two weeks later so I guess my cycle was regular immediately after she dropped to once per day.
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I actually got mine earlier- 7.5mo pp but I charted and my luteal phase remained super short (7 days) so there was basically no way I could get pregnant until she was over 13-15mo and I had quit pumping at work. I went down to 2 nursing sessions and it went up to 9-10 days long (a few cycles it was 11 days). We were TTA. But I got pregnant pretty easily still (month before I got pregnant my LP was 9 days long) and I was breastfeeding 2x a day (although oz wise it wasnt much).
How many times a day do you breastfeed?
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We just succeeded in night weaning. Thank goodness; she was nursing every hour through the night for the last few months. Now she breastfeeds about 4 or 5 times a day.
I have an appointment with a reproductive acupuncturist Monday to see about helping me ovulate.
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@Iced Tea: Night weaning might help! Nursing all night is probably a surefire way to ward off fertility lol. As far as I know, you might just have to try dropping a session at a time if your period doesn't come back. I would give it 4-6 weeks to see if you'll get it back since you just night weaned. http://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/ttc-while-bf/
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Mine returned around 14 months, right after DD night weaned. At that point, I was usually breastfeeding her 3x per day (morning, when I picked her up from daycare on weekdays or before nap on the weekends, and bedtime).
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At got mine at 12 months after I stopped pumping and was only nursing once a day, at bedtime. That was the only one I had though since I got pregnant that month!
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With my first baby AF returned at 14 months after my girl had a particularly good patch of night sleep. I had a couple of wonky / long cycles then was pregnant by the time she was 20 months old.
My second baby is fourteen months and although he sttn from quite an early age I still haven't had a return of AF which surprises me a little.
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@Iced Tea: I got my period back when DD was 11 months old and had dropped to morning and evening sessions only and I was only pumping once a day at work.
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21 months, he was still nursing 6-8+ times per 24 hours, but he'd reduced overnight nursing to "only" once or twice.
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Following. LO is 12mos, nursing ~6/day still, I'm on the mini pill & am starting to think about TTC, but still no AF.
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I just got my period when LO was 11 months. I was pumping 2x at work and nursing 3-4x in addition to that, not overnight.
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I just had my first period at 14 months pp. LO has been sleeping through the night (12-13 hrs) since 9 months, but I was breastfeeding ~5x a day (over 11 hours) until 12 months. Then I went back to work and BF 3x a day for one month. For the last month I only BF 1-2x a day. No idea if I'm ovulating. We are TTC, so I hope so!
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Around 11 months. She was still nursing 5-6 times a day.
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With my oldest, it came back at 11 months and I was nursing/pumping 2-3 times a day and once overnight. I got pregnant after that one period, which was shocking to me because it took over a year to get pregnant the first time.
LO2 is currently 10 months and nothing yet. He still nurses 4-5 times a day and 2-3 times overnight, though.
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@Iced Tea: 15 months, not sttn, and like 8x/ day? Or more.
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@Iced Tea: mine came back right around 12 months when we dropped to 1-2 times per day. I got pregnant that cycle!
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