What Was Your First Period like Postpartum?

With my first and 3rd, I ended up starting my period while I was still breastfeeding (talk about HORMONES!)... with my second, I didn't have a REAL period until about a year after I had stopped nursing. The first time I got sick and I'm sure that contributed to an early menstral period, the 3rd time I know it was the stress of 2 kids and a newborn, which brought on a killer migraine, which triggered my cycle. My point is, it's different for everyone, everytime. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but if you're really concerned call your OBGYN and at least speak with a nurse... I don't think you really need to go in and get checked out quite yet. Best wishes!

I got mine after about 6 or 7 months (2 months after Breastfeeding stopped) Mine was really heavy and lasted really long. I recall saying that I think i am bleeding like a stucked pig. My periods are normally a 3-5 days but the first few periods after having the baby were really messy. They get better with time though.
If you are worried take a prego test and then be thankfully for not receiving your monthly gift :)

My first period was normal and started 4-6 weeks after my sons slept through the night and didn't nurse every 3-4 hours.

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You may start in a few weeks. If you have not previously had any discharge, the clear stuff could be your body getting back on schedule. Typically changes in discharge can be a sign of ovulation.
It was about 18 months before my body kicked back in and there was a lot of cramping and they lasted forever (a full 7 days). It took about a year for them to get back to "normal" (about 4 days and no cramps).

Hello Robyn,
Sorry, i cant really give you advice, but just wanted to say, you got lucky, i also breast feed exclusively, my son is gonna be 5 months now, and a week after my postpartum bleeding had stopped, i was hoping not to get my period since i was breast feeding, but i got it anyways... I get a regular period each month.... But I think it is normal, gradually as you wean ur son off of the breast, your period should soon return...

Talk to your OB. After the birth of my second I went for quite some time without a period, but had discharge and I began to have concerns because I knew I would eventually want to try for my 3rd. Since it had taken me about 6 months to get pregnant with my 2nd, I did not want it to take longer with my 3rd.

I called my OB and discussed it with her and she put me on a prescriptive hormone to "jump start" my period. It worked and I eventually conceived my 3rd.

I had my first period while breastfeeding my first when she was 8 months and my second when he was 10 months. You sound pretty normal to me, I remember "feeling" like my period was coming on for a while (maybe 6 weeks) before it actually did. And then it was sporadic and took a good 6 months to become predictable.