Periods?

[PumkinPie]

Hi all (sorry I am usually andrea81 but can't use my name for unknown reasons)

Well after having baby, how long should it be before I have a period. Menna is almost 6 weeks now and no sign!


Cheers all and hope all bumps and bubs are ok x x x

[Psychick]

Have you been a naughty girl? lol

I dont think there is any set time for your period to return, with me, it was about 7-8 weeks after she was born. With my first, I dont think it was quite so long but then I had bled so long after the birth of my first.

I think, but dont quote me on this, it can be affected by if youre breastfeeding or not. Im probably got that totally wrong though lol

[redcrx]

hi andrea,
dont panic just yet hun. Amelia is 7 weeks old i theres now sign of mine yet either.
Did you breastfeed at all or are you still? this can delay your periods.

[PumkinPie]

Hi Psy and Red,

Oh thank god! Don't think I can cope with another bump! Would really welcome my period for the first time in my life!!!

I'm not breast feeding though but I am getting a bit of leaky nipples now and again (not much!) LOL

Of the joys!!

P.S Not sure where to put these posts anymore (don't think I qualify being in pregnancy anymore!) LOL

[Psychick]

Well its pregnancy related lol If not here then health and fitness maybe * shrugs*

Or you can do what I do, and email red lol

As you both are waiting for the return of auntie flo, heres something to consider. I have always suffered, auntie flo has never been kind to me. Shes been twice since Holly was born, and. apart from a dull ache here and there to being with, shes been an angel to me! lol

[PumkinPie]

Lol Psy - auntie Flo!!!! x x x

[natalie_1982]

Mine still hadn't arrived at my six week check but then I began taking the pill again (that was 2 weeks ago), so am not due a period until next week. Not that you're probably that interested in that LOL. Anyway, basically, at 6 weeks I hadn't had a period either!

My doc told me that if you breastfeed, which I did for five weeks, then that can affect when your period arrives.

I didn't bleed for very long after the birth but the other nasty bits (discharged and wotnot) seemed to last forever.

[redcrx]

i thought AF was due a visit last week, i had the slight pain and kept rushing to loo to check (thought the knicker checking had stopped) but no.

lifes being cruel though if i have fallen pregnant again, only done it once! oh actually thats what happened last time pmsl

i dont mind not having it back yet, its just that i know itll catch me unawares when out in white trousers or something!

[MrsTurner]

Hi Pumkin

Interestingly anything up to 6 months after is regarded as normal!

[Naomicorlett]

If you are breast feeding then the old wives tale was you couldn't get pregnant. My friend fed for over a year because it kept her periods at bay . But mine started again after about 6 months even tho I was fully breast feeding and I was pregnant again when my first was 7 months. My poor Mum wenr to be fitted with cap ( 1952) only to be told she was already pregnant having not had a period at all after me!! She was NOT happy 3 children under 4yrs old!!