I must add, just because you arn't getting your period doesn't mean your safe from falling pregnant. There is a pill you can take which i was on while breast feeding. It isn't as strong as the other pills. So you still need other protection. I dont fully understand how it works butaparently while you are breastfeeding your body secrets a hormone that apparently stops you from falling pregnant. like an immune system. So you still need a pill to stop you. But as everything you eat and drink while feeding goes straight into bub also you cant take a full pill as the hormones arnt good for growing bubba. I fell pregnant with my second child When my first was 7 month old and didnt no, because for number one my periods hadn't returned. nmber two i was only prescribed the breastfeeding pill. I also dont get morning sickness. So yes be careful four of my pregnancys where concieved because i had zero periods & i got told of by doctors because apparently i should have known. I only found this out after the birth of my fifth child.
This is true. You can be on the mini pill, but not the regular pill. Regular pills can make your milk production less or stop it.
Breastfeeding is not an effective birth control because as we have all said, when our period returns is unpredictable. And since we only menstruate about 2 weeks after we ovulate, it's possible to get pregnant without even experiencing your period return.
As everyone else has said - it's completely normal! I didn't get one until my first was 9 months & I was actually 2 weeks pregnant (not that I knew - I get a period 2 weeks after I get pregnant for some reason) and with number 2 I still haven't had one & he is almost 9 months. I have had a mirena IUD put in & doc says I probably won't get them anyway so here's hoping! lol
very normal...just be careful to be taking contraception before/when you stop as you can fall pregnant...thats if your not wanting another bub yet...i stopped and i had a newborn and a 12 1/2month old..that was a very hard year...enjoy your feeding...jenny
Very normal, i breast feed all my children right up until the age of three months. I have lactation problems and after about three months my milk suddenly dissipears. when my children where first born i got a heavy period that lasted for around 8 weeks and it would get heavier when i was feeding baby. Then they stopped. Right up untill my children turned 8 months old. My doctor said this is normal. If you are concerned i'd recommend speaking to your local doctor or pediatrician. Your maternal and child health nurse can also be a great source of information when it comes to this area. Goodluck.
Yes, normal! It was great at the doctors last week and being asked when my last period started and being able to answer 1-1-06, and watching the reaction! With DD1 I started when she slept through for 5 weeks at 9 months, and then even when she stopped sleeping through til 15 months there was no going back, but this time we are almost at DD2s 1st birthday and she's still not sleeping thru and I still have no use for the sanitary wear in my cupboard!
As well as Blogging on Minti, I love a bit of Family History, and I've noticed that many of my ancestors have a 2 year gap between each child.... so you can guess that many of them probably werent menstruating for a year or more after each baby. Those that had a baby every year had high infant mortality rates, so I guess the design is good for most of us. I read somewhere that the peasants breastfed and so naturally had a baby every other year whereas the aristocracy had someone else in to feed baby and popped a baby out most years. It may not be a foolproof contraceptive, but back when 10 babies each was normal it seems to have worked ok! Sorry, hope I didnt bore you!
didnt bore me at all! i find the whoel subject very interesting. i heard that the reason its ok for you not to have a period for anything up to 3 years is becasue thats what our bodies used to do a long time ago in the ice ages? that any more than one child every 3 years and the child would die from lack of nutrition. facinating stuff really....
I didn't get one for the whole I breastfed and DD was over 2 at the time. I was told that was normal and not to worry about it, some people get it back after a couple of months, some people don't it get it back at all until feeding has stopped entirely.
yes it is normal, the hormones released while b feeding can often act like a contraceptive of sorts and there is no real need for your body to mentruate, in saying that though if it lasts after 6 or 7 months just check with your doc. i didnt get periods at all while breastfeeding and my doc said it was normal for my body.
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