Someone just old me your period comes after you give birth for about 2-4 months, if so why do they say you can get pregnant almost immediatley after giving birth :S Confused
2007-07-02 09:25:39 · 20 answers · asked by ☆Leanne☆ 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Well, it isn't your period that you get at the end of giving birth, it is the lining of the uterus that held the baby all that time and it is anywhere from a few days to 8 weeks after giving birth. Whoever told you that you can't get pregnant right after having a baby was completely WRONG! I know numerous people who had their second 10 months after their first every woman was different.
2007-07-02 09:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After a woman gives birth she will experience a vaginal discharge for several weeks called lochia. Lochia is a combination of blood and uterine tissue which seems similar to a menstrual discharge. This is not considered a menstrual cycle, which usually begin about 2 months after giving birth. Ovulation can begin at any time, however. 2 months for the return of the menstrual cycle is just an average time frame. Generally it is recommended to wait 6 weeks after giving birth before resuming sexual relations, but not everyone does. I personally know someone whose first child was born in March one year and their second child was born in Jan. the next year - she got pregnant the very first time she and her husband had sex after the birth of their son. If you have ever had a baby, either vaginally or by c-section, you would know that having sex immediately after giving birth is way down on the list of things you feel like doing. It can happen that a woman ovulates and gets pregnant 6-8 weeks after giving birth so it's important to always use some form of birth control to reduce the risk of getting pregnant again so soon, unless that is what you want to do.
2007-07-02 16:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After giving birth, a woman bleeds for about 4-6 weeks, which is not a real period, but the body shedding the uterine lining that was used to nourish the baby. You could conceivably ovulate during that time, so there's still a need to use birth control.
2007-07-02 16:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Laura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The female body is a machine, baby! Before your period, when you are ovulating, your body builds up the uterine wall to prepare for a pregnancy. If you don't become pregnant, your body will simply expel the blood and tissue that was built up, which of course is your period. Once the baby is born, your body goes right back to doing what it does, which is ovulating. However, if you've just had a baby, there's already been a massive shedding of the uterine wall, so there's nothing there to expel. Which is why you can get pregnant right after being pregnant and without having a period.
2007-07-02 17:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Valencia E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every body is different. Some women's cycles start right away, and they can ovulate within weeks of their postpartum bleeding ending. Unfortunately there's no warning, you won't know you have ovulated until your period comes two weeks AFTERWARD. So someone could ovulate and have the potential to get pregnant at 4 to 6 weeks postpartum, but then have their period show up at 6 to 8 weeks PP. It can go the other way too. I breastfed for a year, and from the last period before getting pregnant and the first one after having my little one, I went 22 months period free. Every body is different.
2007-07-02 16:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by CJ'sMomma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you dont get your period, but you do bleed for a week or so after giving birth. If you are breastfeeding most likely you wont get your period for a while.
However, you CAN still ovulate and therefore get pregnant.
I know a few people who have gotten pregnant only 4 weeks after giving birth.
2007-07-02 16:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jana M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also heard that you can't get pregnant while on your period but, it so not true you most definitely can get pregnant while on your period. You should not have any kind of vaginal intercourse until 6weeks after you've given birth anyway ..per doctors orders and 6 weeks is usually how long a period will last after giving birth anyway.
2007-07-02 16:35:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bleeding after birth is your body getting rid of all the stuff it's built up to support the baby. That takes a while to shed, but you still could be ovulating during that time, which is how you could get pregnant.
2007-07-02 16:28:53 · answer #8 · answered by fuffernut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lining of the uterus (which you shed once a month, hence, causing your period) takes up to a half a year (people are different than one another) to regrow after pregnancy. But, just because you don't have the lining to shed, you can still get pregnant.
2007-07-02 16:37:36 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs. Crosby 87! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that women do get longer periods after the deliver the baby,i guess its coz when they deliver there is so much extra waste (fat )in the body that has to come out after the baby! its not really a period, its the uterus lining that was protecting the baby all nine months!
i have also heard abt getting pregnant after two three months the baby is born, i dont know y
2007-07-02 16:30:17 · answer #10 · answered by Daisy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋