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My daughter was 14 months. We were still bfing but had slowed down to only once or twice a day or so.
My daughter is 15 months and still nothing. I'm still BF, but mostly only at night.
Wow, I'm jealous. I pump during the day and nurse nights/weekends, but I got mine when DS was only 3.5 months old.
Okay jerks (just kidding), baby Smush is 10 WEEKS and I got mine about 3 weeks ago. He is exclusively breastfed. Poo. :(
Those of you that are interested in postponing your menstruation, I really encourage you to read Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing by Sheila Kippley. Even exclusively breastfeeding won't always be a enough to prevent ovulation and thus menstruation.
Things like co-sleeping, babywearing, not using pacifers, and not using bottles can increase the infertile postpartum period.
EDIT: If this was out of line, please just ignore me.
@beekiss: Funny because we co-sleep, babywear and didn't use a pacifier... She also wouldn't take a bottle, but not by my choice.
My excusively breastfed DD will be 4 months on August 26th and nothing yet! I want to breastfeed for a year but we also want to start TTC possibly as soon as the start of the new year but I realize that may not be possible!
@Sulli301: It could totally be possible. My sister is 22 months older than me and my mom never had her period from when she conceived my sister until I weaned from breastfeeing at 11 months old. That is around 3 years without a period. And as everyone says, just because there is no AF doesn't mean you aren't ovulating and possibly fertile.
We're wanting to try to have two kids pretty close in age so I'm actually hoping to start again soon. I started charting again (just temps, though) and I don't think I've ovulated yet... Does anyone know how to get it going sooner? (I know, bite my tongue.)
@candicemcc: I don't know how you can "induce" ovulation. But if you start checking your CM before everytime you use the restroom, you can see if you're gearing up to ovulate.
I know this may also be out of line, but have you taken a pregnancy test? Some women ovulate before their first PPAF and catch the "first egg."
@Mrs. DG: Very cool. My future SIL told me that she's been able to avoid postpartum periods 14 months with her first and then 18 months with her 2nd b/c she nurses through the night. She said she nightweaned and that's when her cycles began again.
@camrie: I'm with you!!! Kayla is almost 7 months old and I've had 4 regular periods. My cycle is a bit longer than it was pre-baby, but I guess this is ok with me because I would like to have our next baby close in age. Hopefully trying in the fall. :)
AF returned 3 months after my DD was born, and I exclusively BF until she was 8 or 9 months old. I was pissed! Also, because of iron levels, I had to give her bottles while I was on my period because my body wouldn't produce milk during that time. Weird.
I got mine back at 6 weeks even though I EBF.
I would say enjoy having AF on vacation while it lasts!
Yeah, I've been AF free since July 2009 (coincidentally also the month of my wedding). I wouldn't mind if I never got it back (since next baby will be adopted), but I know that's wishful thinking.
(Wow, Mrs.DG...that's awesome!! )
I'm still breastfeeding for the past 7 months but no visit from AF since March '10.
Co-sleeping, pacifier free and baby-wearing too.
DD was 4 months old, to the day, when AF started up again. We EBF until she was 5 months and kept BFing until she was 10 months.
Well, it's back... I guess 15 months was better than I could have hoped for, but I'm still bummed!
Hmmm. So I had a day of spotting last week, but i don't know if it was AF or random pp bleeding. I barely bled at all pp, maybe 2 heavy days then a week of very light, so this is baffling to me. It's gone now but I'm curious. Liv is almost EBF. I had supply issues and now she maybe gets 5oz of formula a day max (and that's not even consistent. There are some days she has none, some she has 2. Never more than 5 as of late though). Any ideas? Also, do you ovulate while BF? My 6 weeks are up on friday (WOOHOO!!!) and I'm not on any BC yet and don't want to take the minipill in case it affects my supply. I'll obviously use SOMETHING, but I know I'll be paranoid lol
I stopped breat feeding after 1 month. I didn't get my period till my son was about 9 months old. (8 months after I stopped BF... I was still leaking for about 6 months though... once I dried up my period came back 2 months later)
As an update, I started charting (temps only) again primarily to see if I would notice a temp shift. Did this morning. Period this afternoon. So it took almost 2 months after stopping BF for me. And sorry, Mrs. DG! :)
@Mrs. DG: I had this overwhelming feeling that you have a whoops baby. No idea why but just thought I'd share. My internet psychicness is usually pretty inaccurate though.
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Ladies who breastfed--when did your period to return? I stopped at around 5.5 months (almost 6 weeks ago) and nothing yet...