Did your initial postpartum menstrual cycle lengths vary?
Just curious if yours varied and how long did they continue to do that? And do you think nursing affected that?
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Mine varied - 43 days, 38 days, 28 days. Nursing definitely affected it. Those first two cycles I was still nursing (or pumping) a lot. By the third, I was down to once a day and my cycle was much more normal.
ETA: Also, those first two cycles, my LP was 8-9 days, whereas it's normally around 12 days for me.
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After DD1, they were pretty much like clockwork every 33 days or so. So far, I've had two periods after DD2 and I'm waiting on the third, but before I had kids it wasn't unusual for me to go up to 90 days between periods.
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@Adira: Thanks. I"m sure nursing still is making mine weird. 24 day was the first cycle and now I'm at 31 days. Pre-pregnancy, I was 28 days always.
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@agold I am still nursing and have had 3/4 periods. Similar to you my cycle was 28 days prior but now it is all over. 28 days for the first one, 33 days, and now 30 days. I am working on weaning (unsuccessfully) so I know mine has a lot to do with the ups and downs of nursing.
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@MACSUNSHINE: Thanks for chiming in! Its nice to know yours were a little sporadic in length. My nursing sessions are getting fewer and my supply is going down. So I will be curious to see how this all plays out.
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My kiddo was born 10/3/16, I only nursed/pumped for 6 weeks and my period is still totally wonky now almost 11 months later. Some cycles have been 28 weeks but others are more like 40. Pre-baby, I was clockwork every 28 days.
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Curious about this! How far was everyone when their menstrual returned? How much were you nursing/ pumping at that point?
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@Veggie: Mine returned around 10 months post partum. I was still exclusively breast feeding my girl, but she had been sleeping through the night since maybe like 7 months old or 8. I was pumping at work and I noticed my pumping supply dipping a bit, and my girl nursed for shorter periods of time (like a few minutes total) and then period came back. Ugh. She's still exclusively breastfed, but pumping supply has significantly diminished.
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Mine were weird. Before kids, I had a 35-day cycle. I got my period back when DD1 was 9.5 months old. I had another almost two months later, another roughly six weeks after that, and the next cycle I was pregnant again.
This time around, I had a much better milk supply (and a much more voracious nurser, although I work full time and am still pump a lot), and I haven't had a period yet. DD2 will be ten months old on Friday.
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