Hi, my son is 17 months old, I am still breastfeeding but not very often, and I was wondering if anyone out there has had a similar experience with an irregular period after many months of not having one. About four months ago I felt like my period was returning, and then experienced a few days of spotting, then a month later the same thing happened, but then nothing for the past two months. Several pregnancy tests have read negative, and nursing has continued to decrease not increase. Is it possible to just have a very irregular period where it comes and goes for some months, or once it comes back should it just become more and more normal and regular? Thanks for the help with this.
Every woman experiences her return of menses differently. Some women will not have a regular period until complete weaning, others will be night nursing and start cycling 3 months postpartum. Make sure you continue to use birth control if you do not wan t to be pregnant!
With all of my children I didn't have a period until after I weaned them all completely. And even then it was irregular for a few months. My OB said everyone's body reacts to all the hormone changes differently so not to worry.
With my first child, i didn't have anything until I weaned her at a year. With my second child, it came about 3-4 months after birth, even though I was nursing 100%. So it totally depends!
That is exactly what happened to me! When we were down to only morning and evening nursing, my period started up irregular and very light. It did not become regular until I completely weaned my daughter.
That said everybody is different... my sister had regular periods after only a couple of month PP, even when fully breastfeeding. There is a wide range of normal....
