2007-02-08 02:02:05 · 10 answers · asked by catrina 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It can return at any time - even if you are breastfeeding, although it is more likely to be delayed all the while you are exclusively breastfeeding including night feeds.
2007-02-08 07:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When menstrual periods return, the first one is often anovulatory, meaning that it is not preceded by ovulation (the release of an egg), and thus you could not have gotten pregnant before this first period. However, about 5 percent of women do ovulate before having their first period, and the longer you have gone without having periods, the more likely this is to happen. Thus it's possible to become pregnant while breastfeeding, even if you are not menstruating. Once your periods resume, you should assume that it is possible for you to get pregnant, and you should take precautions if you don't want to add another child to your family in the near future. This might be a good time to learn about natural family planning methods, which enable you to determine exactly when you are ovulating and could become pregnant. Or you may decide to use another method of birth control as breastfeeding's effect on your fertility fades.
USING BREASTFEEDING TO DELAY OVULATION
Practice unrestricted breastfeeding without regard to schedules. Usually six to eight breastfeedings a day will suppress ovulation.
Don't train your baby to sleep through the night. (The milk-making hormones that suppress ovulation are highest between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.) Nighttime nursing is important to the suppression of fertility. Sleeping with your baby facilitates unrestricted feeding at night.
All of baby's sucking should be at the breast, for comfort as well as food. Avoid the use of supplemental bottles and pacifiers.
Delay the introduction of solid foods until age six months or later. Solids should provide additional nutrition, not substitute for breastfeedings.
I hope this helps.
2007-02-08 10:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mum to 2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I have been breastfeeding for almost 3 months and I just got a period when I started taking birth control pills (the ones that are safe to take while breastfeeding). I did have some light bleeding pick back up around a month, but it only lasted a day or two. Was not a period.
2007-02-08 10:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by honeybear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Every woman is different as to when she'll get her first period after a baby. Women that exclusively breastfeed may not get their periods back for months. the old wives tale of "you can't get pregnant while breasfeeding" is NOT true. There are just too many variables involved to rely on breastfeeding as a type of birth control. Doctor usually won't put you back on birth control pills while breastfeeding as there aren't any studies showing whether or not the hormones could cause any long term damage to the baby. Best to go back to spermicides and condoms.
2007-02-08 10:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by mamabear1957 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some women have periods while they are breastfeeding and some don't resume until they stop breastfeeding.
2007-02-08 10:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by sbj95 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes everyone gets them back unfortunately. they just say that if ur bf they sometimes dont reurn straight away. i had mine in the first month also.
2007-02-09 15:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by RACHEL FEV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's normal. Back on birth control for you, you fertile myrtle.... :)
2007-02-08 10:05:45 · answer #7 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, actually sometimes if you breastfeed exclusively you will not have a period at all.
2007-02-08 10:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is very common.
Don't worry you are fine.
2007-02-08 10:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by midnightfolkuk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-08 10:06:25 · answer #10 · answered by JRuss 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋