2006-10-19 11:30:20 · 15 answers · asked by natasha m 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Hi Natasha,
While you are breast feeding you don't get a period. If you are bottle feeding you get a period around 4 to 8 weeks. Each women is different when it comes to getting your body back to normal.
But a word of advice and this advice could be helpful for anyone else who reads this. I was breast feeding my second child so I didn't have a period plus I was on the mini pill. One morning I forgot to take the mini pill, it wasn't till after dinner I remembered to take it.
Guess what? I now have 3 children. I thought that if you where breast feeding on the mini pill and didn't get a period you where not ovulating, boy! was I wrong. It happened not only because my husband and I got together, but because I was late taking the mini pill by 12 hours.
I have since found out it's not that all uncommon to fall pregnant while breast feeding. 14 months after the birth of my second child I give birth to a beautiful baby girl. It was one of the best accidents in my life that I have ever done.
Kind regards from down under and congratulations on the birth of your baby.
ps. did you have a boy or a girl
2006-10-19 12:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by DY Beach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
6-15 weeks after giving birth
2006-10-19 18:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by cutiexpie101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on the woman and whether or not she breastfeeds. I didn't get my period for 15 months after giving birth to my daughter and so far haven't gotten it in the six months since my son was born.
2006-10-19 18:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Miriam Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got mine about two months after giving birth
2006-10-19 18:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jenni77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people don't get a period until after they're done breastfeeding..others get it back right away. I breastfed each of my kids and had my period back a month to the day after having them. It sucked.
2006-10-19 18:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by davega7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming she does not breastfeed at all, typically 6-8 weeks. But there could be variation, just depends on the woman.
2006-10-19 18:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by mom_of_ndm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got mine when my daughter was 6 months old, and the next one was two or three months after that. She's now almost 18 months old, and I still haven't got my normal cycle back. I guess it'll return properly when I have stopped breastfeeding totally.
2006-10-19 18:49:40 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Pamela♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are breastfeeding it could be 18 months or more. If formula feeding probably about 6 weeks after your postpartum bleeding stops.
2006-10-19 18:31:55 · answer #8 · answered by Jen F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there,
Between 6 to 8 weeks if you are bottle feeding.
2006-10-19 18:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by KONG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's totally different for everyone, and breast feeding doesn't always have something to do with it. My friend used formula, her baby is 12 months old, and she still hasn't had a period.
2006-10-19 18:33:59 · answer #10 · answered by katiesaik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋