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Yep! Mine came back around 7 months too!

@Rubies: It might be the fact that R's sleeping through the night. I got mine back when M started sleeping 12 hours. Sucks though cause now she wakes up 1-2x a night!
I'm still nursing all stinking day (every 3 hours!)

@Rubies: @Andrea: I've "worried" about being pregnant every stinking month since I got my period 5 months ago! Pick up some of those cheapie pregnancy tests!

I only breastfed a week, but for some reason the milk didn't want to leave my body so AF stayed away for a while. I think it was because I still did a lot of skin on skin and my body knew LO was there, it was weird. Now I'm on the pill where I only get my period every 3 months so I don't get it too often anyway.

Mine came back at 8 months but only when LO was fully weaned.

WOW! I did not think AF stayed away for that long. I was under the assumption it can come back immediately even IF you nurse?

So even if AF doesn't come back you can still get pregnant? That makes no sense to me?? confused...

@regberadaisy: Yeah, it's weird, but you can still ovulate without getting a period. You're best protected from starting to ovulate again if you are breastfeeding during the night too. A lot of women start ovulating again once their babies start sleeping thru the night around 4-6 mos old. Or else around 6 mos old when they have to start feeding baby solids. But it's not foolproof birth-control cause you can't know if you're ovulating. stinks, doesn't it?!

Well, I'm only 4 weeks pp so obviously I don't have it, but it's interesting to hear everyone else's.

Just curious, while you're breastfeeding, what type of birth control are you ladies using?

I'm trying to decide what to do that will allow me to continue breastfeeding and so far all I have come up with is condoms.

@miss-spunkin: my LO started sleeping through at 3.5 weeks and AF didn't return until after I weaned at 8 months. BF levels are no indicator of ovulation, it's individual to every woman. I took the mini pill whilst BF. There weren't any downsides of it for me. Just make sure you are taking/doing something or you may have kids 12 months apart!

We are still BFing at 7 months, I'm really hoping it doesn't return too soon. She's still not STTN yet.

2-3 months after i stopped pumping with charlie, so almost the year mark. i'm almost 6 months postpartum now and no period in sight. i'm hoping it's like it was last time and won't come back until i wean! we deserve to not have a period while we're breastfeeding!