please i need to know.......

[L0veLy]

hi everyone.. i just had my dear daughter in july.. In september i had my first period at the beginning of september. Now that it is the beginning of october..so what now?
After pregnacy, is your period that unstable? why doesn't it comes the same times like before i wasn't pregnant, it was consistent then? what about after pregnacy is your period not consistent..?

 

[Katydid]

well, actually, are you nursing??? Ok if not then I am not sure, but if you are, you may not recieve another period until after the child starts on solid food, or you stop nursing. I nursed both mine and had one period and then none until I stopped nursing.

 

[NancyMomof2]

Yes, it's normal for your cycle to be really strange for that whole first year and longer if you continue to breastfeed.

 

[bliz]

But please don't count on breastfeeding as birth control if you would wish to use birth control. Some women nursiing through childbearing years never have a period, but have several pregnencies! Other women find very nice child spacing through breastfeeding which gives their bodies time to recover from each pregnency before the next one.

 

[L0veLy]

no i am not nursing...so what now?

 

[Katydid]

Have you been using protection?? Have you had your 6 week checkup??

 

[Lena75]

Even if you're not nursing, yes your body will be out of whack for a while! It takes a couple years at least for your hormones to go down somewhat.

 

[Busybee]

Could just be running a few days behind because you're hormones are still gonna be pretty wacky. I'm nursing and had a very short flow 2.5 months after her birth in July. Also, even when I'm not pregnant, the seasons and everything would throw mine out of sync, causing me to be up to 4 days early or late. Like extreme weather changes (weird but true).

 

[mamaneenie]

Even if you're not nursing, yes your body will be out of whack for a while! It takes a couple years at least for your hormones to go down somewhat.

I have a friend who stopped breastfeeding at 5mths. It still took her 3 years to get her periods back to regular. I would just ask your doctor to make sure everything is alright.

 

[L0veLy]

thanks for the concern ppl.. god bless you sisters

 

[NancyMomof2]

It's really normal for your cycle to be off for up to a year after a birth, or up to a year after breastfeeding. Even if it isn't the hormones, the stress of new motherhood can sometimes creat havoc on our cycles. Even adoptive moms have cycle troubles sometimes due to pure exhuastion in those early months.