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Poll Results: How many months postpartum did AF return for you?

 
  • 12% (26)
    Around 2 months (average length for non-bf mamas)
  • 11% (25)
    3-5 months
  • 5% (11)
    6 months (average age solid foods are introduced)
  • 9% (19)
    7-8 months
  • 5% (12)
    9 months (the whole 9 up, 9 down therory)
  • 12% (26)
    10-12 months
  • 18% (39)
    13-15 months
  • 12% (27)
    16-18 months
  • 4% (9)
    19-21 months
  • 4% (9)
    22-24 months
  • 1% (4)
    25-30 months (average age for self-weaning)
  • 1% (4)
    After 30 months
211 Total Votes  
post #61 of 75
9/10/07 at 1:23am
around 16 or 17 months. and then became pregnant after two cycles... we'll see this time...
post #62 of 75
9/10/07 at 6:24pm
4.5 months. However, they were anovulatory until 10.5 months PP.
post #63 of 75
9/10/07 at 6:35pm
I haven't stopped nursing in the past seven years... despite that, AF returned at five months with both children, before they had any solid food. Dd self-weaned after ds's birth. I suspect that whenever I have #3, it'll be back around five months, no matter what. Sigh.
post #64 of 75
9/10/07 at 9:56pm
With DD1, it was around 2 months. But I was EPing, not breastfeeding, and my supply was already diminishing at that point.

With the twins, they're almost 7 months and I'm still not menstruating, and I sure hope dear old AF stays away a LONG LONG time.
post #65 of 75
9/10/07 at 10:13pm
I had my first PPAF when DD was almost 11 months old. She was still 99% EBF. She was really rejecting solids pretty consistently (not that I was pushing them). She also nurses many times at night (I don't count, I try to sleep ). I have never been apart from her for over 30 minutes, I've never pumped, she's never taken a bottle, in fact, she's not even drinking water from a cup. I was shocked to start so early.

That said, that was 2 months ago. I have not had another, and all pg tests say I'm not I won't be surprised if I go many months before having another.
post #66 of 75
9/11/07 at 9:51am
For me it was 14.5 months, but was self induced to become pregnant again. At that time I was still nursing ds about 3 times daily, but we had nightweaned at 9 months. FWIW I became pregnant after my 1st ppaf.
post #67 of 75
9/11/07 at 3:26pm
Around 16mo (still bf). ds was exclusively bf until 6mo, but we'd been going for long stretches during the day (daycare) from about 10 months on. He was still nursing a lot at night though (until we night-weaned him a month ago).

I also got pg in my second PP cycle.
post #68 of 75
9/11/07 at 3:48pm
We started solids at just over 5 months, and mistakenly starting cutting down on nursing. I got AF at 6 months. I was still co-sleeping, and he was nursing 3-4 times during the night, but only every 3-4 hours during the day.
post #69 of 75
9/11/07 at 3:51pm
I just got my first pp period today with my son, and he is 13 months and 5 days/
post #70 of 75
9/11/07 at 5:09pm
None of the above.

Mine came a month and a half after birth.

Exclusively breastfed.

It's been frustrating.

Must run in the family though- all my ancestors had children 15-16 months apart.

GREEAT.

-Caitrin
post #71 of 75
9/11/07 at 5:11pm
I'm really jealous of all of you.

I have exclusively and frequently breastfed since he was born 8 months ago, and yet, I am supposed to start my 6th or 7th period since he was born.

Why oh why?

-Caitrin
post #72 of 75
3/12/08 at 8:30am
I'm almost 19 months pp and no AF. I didn't vote since I hadn't gotten it back yet.
post #73 of 75
3/12/08 at 11:22am
Technically, I never got mine back... but I ovulated around 15.5 months postpartum and got pregnant again (!!) - so I *would* have gotten my first PPAF back at 16 months. I was taking Vitex to try and coax my cycles back into existence, though.
post #74 of 75
3/23/08 at 5:12am
15 months w/DS because I started on the mini-pill, so that made me have a period.

I forget w/DD, I only nursed 12 weeks then went to EBM so I think probably about 5 months?
post #75 of 75
3/23/08 at 9:52pm
Almost 6 months PP for me, 15 months to the day of my last AF. That was with exclusive breastfeeding on demand and lots of night nursing.
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