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vagabond
19 yrs ago
I heard that you don't get periods when still breastfeeding. Is that true?
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19 yrs ago
Yes for many women that is true.
Some get their period again when they reduce the feeds to a minimal amount.
I didn't get mine until I completely stopped feeding at 7 months, before that I was only doing 3 feeds a day.
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crj
19 yrs ago
I breast fed full time for 13 months.
My period came back 3 months after giving birth, I got pregnant again 6 months after giving birth.
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sbm
19 yrs ago
Mine came back at 13 months when I was b/feeding twice a day.
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19 yrs ago
Breastfeeding certainly delays the return of periods compared to if you didn't breastfeed, but the length of the delay varies wildly between women. It's more likely that your periods will be delayed longer if you breastfeed very frequently, including at night, but there are no guarantees.
Mine came back at 5 months and 6 months with my two babies, while I was still exclusively breastfeeding.
From what perspective are you asking the question? Do you see delayed periods as a good thing, or are you trying to conceive again?
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Delayed periods definitely sounds good to me. And I thought that while you are breastfeeding you don't menstruate.
Thanks everyone for your comments on this.
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katyw
19 yrs ago
I know some women still do but mine didn't return until I'd totally given up breastfeeding. They returned about a month after I stopped with each baby.
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mrsl
19 yrs ago
Like Katyw, mine restarted about a month after I stopped BF each baby.
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19 yrs ago
Ruth, I read an article in the LLL magazine recently about breastfeeding and fertility (http://www.llli.org/NB/NBSepOct06p196.html) which has some information people might find interesting. Apparently many women's first ovulation is after their first period post-partum. Here is a short extract about the reliability of breastfeeding as a contraceptive:
"Women have long used the protection of breastfeeding to prevent pregnancy. Researchers at Georgetown University developed the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) of birth control to quantify exactly under what circumstances breastfeeding is sufficient birth control. As long as the three conditions of LAM are in place, the chances of pregnancy are less than two percent, making it a more reliable birth-spacing method than a condom or a diaphragm. The conditions for the effective use of LAM are:
*Baby is less than six months old.
*The mother's period has not yet returned.
*Baby is exclusively breastfed (with no pacifiers, supplemental bottles, or solid foods) and nurses on demand both day and night.
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