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Well, I'm sure you know my story, but my first pp period was a nightmare. It was like a murder happened in my pants and I honestly thought I was hemorrhaging. The ones since then have been more normal, but I will say my vag hurts a lot the first day.

My last kinda AF was 21 months ago, but my las regular cycle ended in 2009!!! I suppose the perk of having children close together?

Haha, similar to @avivoca: I legitimately thought I was hemorrhaging when my period finally return (I mean, not at all funny at the time, but sort of funny to look back on now!) I soaked my pajamas, our sheets and mattress pad, my husband's favorite pair of sleep pants. Oops! I actually think it was bloodier than delivery. Sorry if that's TMI, but it was awful.

The first few cycles were extremely heavy bleeding for the first two days, then very light for another two or three days after that. Pre-preg, I had consistently heavy bleeding for a week - not sure which I "prefer."

@keepcalmcarrie: The only thing that makes me feel better is eating a lot of red meat. I guess because of the iron?

It's heavier, but less painful. Forgive me, but I'm thinking of trying the Diva Cup, because tampons just do not feel right anymore. Uhhh.

The couple periods I had were regular! Well more regular than before. Mine came back 10 weeks pp though.

I'm still ebf and have had 2. Both were typical of what they were like before, except my cycle was a little longer (49 vs 36 days) so we will see what happens this cycle. Oh and I should add I am not using any birth control.

My first period post partum was crazy heavy and the ones following were very similar to the ones pre pregnancy.

Super heavy! I was not ready for the how heavy it was... oh and the mood swings prior to starting. Ugh - I'm not ready for that again.