Meaghan - posted on 05/03/2010 ( 11 moms have responded )
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I have an eight week old son. I'm exlusivley breastfeeding day and night. No suppliments, no pacifies, and no time limit. I carry him around in a sling and let him nurse on demand. I co sleep and let him eat whenever all threw the night. I just dont get why I started my period so early!!! I have two other children. I have a 3 year old daughter who I also breastfed and got my period back at 7 months, and another daughter who is almost 2 and I got my period back at 10 months with her. Has anyone expericed getting thier period back even though they were EB?
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Emily - posted on 05/14/2011
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I'm 8 weeks postpartum and I think I'm starting my period. I stopped bleeding during week five and then started spotting last week. I also started the minipill four days ago, so that could be part of it. My baby is exclusively BF but he's starting to sleep 6-7 hours at night some nights, so I'm wondering if that's why--I don't know.
Mary - posted on 05/04/2010
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Don't lose all hope...I thought that was what was happening to me, but after that 2 month post partum period I didn't get another one until my daughter was 8 months old, which made more sense since she had been on solids and taking less breast milk.
Andrea - posted on 05/04/2010
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My mom did exactly what you are doing, and she had 9 children. She said with the first couple it took a while to come back, but then your body gets so used to everything that it comes back quicker after you have had a couple of children. It's normal, sorry :)
Katie - posted on 05/14/2011
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I exclusively BF my son until 6 months then he started solids, but still nursed on demand until 16 months. I, like you, was one of the unlucky few who's bodies barely skipped a beat after Otto was born. I bled for three weeks after delivery, the bleeding stopped and three weeks to the day later I got my period. It was on time every month after that until I got pregnant again when my little guy was 11 months old.
Meri - posted on 05/04/2010
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My mother nursed all 7 of her children and they nursed around the clock. She would get her period back at 6 weeks every single time. And her babies definitely ate a lot, they were always off the charts on weight.