Moms of 2 or more-- did it take the same amt of time for your period to come back after birth? - Page 2

[Mrs-Mama]

1st baby: almost 6 months
2nd baby: 4 months

Both were EBF'd with no pacifiers. Each got the occasional bottle but I pumped for every missed feed. Both times, my period came back (and I felt the tell-tale ovulation signs 2 weeks prior) right after the baby started going more than 4 or so hours at night without nursing. I guess my body must be very sensitive to that.

And, once it was back, it was back. They both regressed in sleep but my period was there to stay.

[rad]

All mine were BF'd. With the first 4 my cycles were back by 6-8 weeks PP even though I BF'd on demand and exclusively, no bottles or pacis. I hated it and could never figure out what I was doing wrong. For some reason, with my 5th, it didn't return until 14 months. I still have no idea what I did differently but I wasn't complaining at all.

[Spark]

1st -- Conceived when he was 18 months without a PPAF
2nd -- 11 months
3rd -- 15 months
4th -- 19 months

[Maine Mama Doula]

After the first 3 months, I worked FT and pumped. I got pg when DD1 was 6 months and again when DS was 7 months. I had at least one pp AF before getting pg with each of them, maybe 2? I'm not sure when I had pp AF with DD2, but I'm thinking it was around 6 months

[erin_brycesmom]

baby#1 - came back right after my PP bleeding stopped :/
baby#2 - came back at 10 months
baby#3 - I'm nearing 15 months PP and it still hasn't returned....time will tell...
all three were exclusively BFed around the clock, no bottles ever

[Vespertina]

Dd1 - 8 months
Dd2 - 13 months (I think). I had spotting the day I had my IUD placed. The midwife said it was probably my period. I just didn't think that was the case because I was 7 weeks postpartum and she was nursing every 1.5-2 hours throughout the day. Following the Mirena being placed I had intermittent spotting (only remember seeing it when I wiped) until I removed it. I don't recall having an actual cycle until the month after I removed it and when her nighttime feedings decreased.

Ds2 - We're closing up on 9 months and nothing yet. He still nurses frequently. We co-sleep. My girls did as well.

[tallulahma]

dd1- 6 months
dd2- 6 months
ds- 9 months and it is still not back! but im still tandem nursing dd2& ds so thats probably why.

[mnnice]

My periods came back at 16 months pp and 12 monts pp.

What was common to both situations was that they did not nurse (nor did I pump)during the day on the days I WOH (with DS1 I wanted to eat to try eating with coworkers, with DS2 he had a daycare only nursing strike and would not nurse in that setting). Anyway I think going 8-9 hours without nursing or pumping was what jump started my periods.

[erin_brycesmom]

damn this thread....I posted yesterday and then got my first PP AF today. boo.

[Juvysen]

first baby: around 3 months (she started sleeping for 7 hr stretches at night, and my fertility returned a few weeks later though we were cosleeping.)
2nd baby: 6 months to the day (tandem nursing)
3rd baby: he'll be 6 months next week, and nothing so far. no tandem nursing and he takes the occasional paci.