[alyssatuininga]

My second ds is now 13 mos and I still haven't started menstruating again. With my first ds it was 11 mos and I was under the impression that most women got it earlier each time. Anyone else have experience with subsequent times being longer? I feel like I have been feeling it coming for months but still nothing.

 

[momma2girls]

With my first AF returned when she was 4-5 months old. With dd2 AF returned when she was about 9-10 months old. Actually it was in July both times. I don't know why some come sooner than others. I know what you mean by feeling it coming. I think I felt it coming for about a month and a half before it actually came back.

 

[Shaunam]

I got it back at 5 months pp while exclusively bf'ing night and day. bleh. I don't know about it coming earlier w/each child. I think it would just depend.

 

[UrbanPlanter]

two years

 

[eroslovesagape]

W/my first, I was 19, and my flow started 6 weeks- YES 6 WEEKS after birth, and I was bfing full time. W/my second, same thing...6 weeks later, right back to regular, and yes, I was bfing f/t. I was 25. Now at 38, I didn't get my flow until my baby was 9 months old, and I did feel it coming for the month or so before. I was happy not having it, but wondering why it wasn't coming considering my first two experiences!

 

[ellesmama]

5 months for first dd, not yet w/2nd dd. My midwife told me that you must feed until 'let-down' at least every 4 hours or your menstruation will return. My dd slept through the night and subsequently stopped night feeding early so that's why it returned when it did.

 

[~Megan~]

13 months the first time, and is seems just before 12 months this time.

 

[coobabysmom]

nothing yet at 9 1/2 mos pp... I know what you mean when you say feel like it coming soon.

 

[Shahbazin]

Here I was looking forward to no period for a long time - wham! Got it back at 11 weeks post partum, bf'ing day & night. So much for using LAM as BC.

: I understand that if you're plump, fat cells store more estrogen, (& I'm rather on the curvy side, even before preg.), so maybe that's why?

 

[Still_Snarky]

With dd I got my first pp af on her first birthday. No sign of af as of yet with ds (5 weeks pp), thankfully.

 

[Momtwice]

two years and several months

 

[jillmamma]

With DS, it was 15.5 months PP that AF came back. Nothing yet with DD and she is 11.5 months. I am tandem nursing this time, and I am hoping maybe since I am nursing 2 kids, it will keep AF away longer?

 

[BinahYeteirah]

Everything I've read says that pp af returns *later* after each subsequent child, iirc.

I got pp af at 21 months pp with dd1; I'm still waiting with dd2 and she's 12 months old. I'm not expecting pp af until she's over 2 years old.

 

[Snowdrift]

um, eight weeks.

Yes, we're exclusively nursing, not to mention pumping to donate.

But I had classes twice a week that resulted in a few times of four hours no-nursing/pumping.

We're actually very thankful since we would like to close-space another child. Praying hard for a big family, and my fast AF return was very exciting.

 

[SMR]

TODAY!! BLAH! Almost 7.5 months.. I guess I should feel happy and lucky that it wasn't at 6 weeks, huh!? hehe Now I am just hopeful that I will have this for a couple days, then not again for a few more months! I whined to my husband that I wanted a whole YEAR without periods... but then I thought.. I've actually had nearly a year and a half - including the pregnancy! hahaa

 

[sunnysideup]

6 weeks pp with all four of my exclusively bf'd babies.

 

[beccalriley]

A little over 2 years...and it took me a few months after that to get pregnant. I had to get DD1 to slow down so that I could finially got preg with DD2

 

[Peony]

2.5 years, that was only after inducing it back with vitex so I could TTC, I swear she was never coming back by herself.

 

[ChasingPeace]

11 months with ds (my first child). 2 months with dd. I'm actually not sure if that was really AF, but I did see ovulation symptoms earlier in the month. My dd eats much less than my ds did, so that might explain the earlier return.

 

[hubris]

15 months PP with Griff - when he night weaned
10 mos PP with Reese - when he suddenly got interested in solids