period 14wks after birth

hollster2

hi just wondering has anyone had the same im breastfeeding and just got my period, i have it for 2 to 3 days now but today its heavy ( excuse for being horrbile ) im anemic n kind of dizzy today has anyone else had this just worried!

Neyite

Poor you.:( i'm 16 weeks post partum and still nothing doing! Which kinda sucks because I'd like it over and done with so I know when to track my cycle for conceiving #2.

I think that breastfeeding can deplete your iron levels a fair bit so that, combined with a few days of a heavy period, it might make sense that you feel anemic.

I'd suggest you go to your GP and talk about an iron supplement, or even a pharmacist.

hollster2

im taking iron at the moment yeah think ill go to a pharmacist today thanx for the reply

liliq

I got my period back at bang on 16 weeks pp and I am also breastfeeding. It's a bit unlucky, but not that unusual.
It's hard to look after yourself with a young baby, so make sure you're minding yourself as well,as the extra drain will make everyday functioning that bit harder

hollster2

liliq wrote: »

I got my period back at bang on 16 weeks pp and I am also breastfeeding. It's a bit unlucky, but not that unusual.
It's hard to look after yourself with a young baby, so make sure you're minding yourself as well,as the extra drain will make everyday functioning that bit harder

i know thought i would have got longer yeah im exhausted thanx for reply

Victor

Neyite wrote: »

I think that breastfeeding can deplete your iron levels a fair bit

Whatever about other physiological functions, there is negligible amounts of iron in milk.

Neyite

Victor wrote: »

Whatever about other physiological functions, there is negligible amounts of iron in milk.

Thats what I thought, but its what my public health nurse said to me.

How Strange

I used to feel very rundown while breastfeeding and took multivitamins and spatone iron supplement which I found very gentle on my system. I found it was the actual process of making the milk which ran my body down especially when the baby was going through a growth spurt. Thats just my opinion based on how i noticed my body react at different times when I was feeding.

Then you've also got exhaustion and sleep deprivation to deal with on top of that so your period returning so soon would be the last thing you'd need.

kitten_k

What would be the normal time frame for a period returning?

implausible

Mine didn't come back until the wee man was completely weaned at 7 months! Look at it this way, Hollster - at least you know you're ovulating when you're getting your periods. On my first, I was hyper-cautious about doing the deed as I didn't want another baba so soon, I was trying to avoid going back on the pill and when you've no cycle, it's impossible to know!

dublinlady

kitten_k wrote: »

What would be the normal time frame for a period returning?

It can be anything from about 4 weeks to a year! It depends on whether you're breast feeding also as that tends to delay it , but doesn't work for everyone / I think you have to be breast feeding exclusively.

How Strange

7 months for me; the day I went back to work which was such a lovely surprise! Not!

liliq

kitten_k wrote: »

What would be the normal time frame for a period returning?

14 months is average as long as you continue to breastfeed on demand, and haven't night or day weaned etc. Normal would be a range of 6 weeks to probably 30 months, again assuming the baby is being fed normally.
A lot of mums apparently find that once they go back to work or the baby starts sleeping through the night that the longer gaps in feeding kickstart their periods coming back.
I think there can also be a tendency for periods to return earlier on subsequent children.

MoonDancer

Ugh, I BF exclusively and on demand for 1 year for both of my kids, and had my post delivery period for 4 weeks, after 6 weeks post baby I got my regular monthly cycle LOL
Just make sure you eat really healthy and take a multivitamin abd you'll be fine.

liliq

MoonDancer wrote: »

Ugh, I BF exclusively and on demand for 1 year for both of my kids, and had my post delivery period for 4 weeks, after 6 weeks post baby I got my regular monthly cycle LOL
Just make sure you eat really healthy and take a multivitamin abd you'll be fine.

Seriously unlucky!! :eek: I thought I was bad getting it back at 16 weeks!

Hannibal Smith

Can I ask a question? While you have no period....but are still ovulating where does the egg go? What happens to it and your uterus if its not...Erm....fertilized lol

liliq

A lot of the time you're not ovulating, so even the first few periods can be anovulatoy (I think that's the right word!!).
It can be the opposite though as far as I know. It guess it just doesn't implant into the lining of the womb and just dies... it's only teeny tiny little microscopic cell, so probably just gets broken up and discarded.

dublinlady

I thought you don't ovulate - ad in the first time you ovulate post partum is 2 weeks before your first period. That was always my understanding? Obviously urs not reliable as contraception cos you dont have a period but ovulate first! I thought ( dont know tho!!) you had to have a period post ovulation ? But you dont have to ovulate before you have a period...! I'm confusing myself now!!

MoonDancer

You can ovulate, my grandmother ended up with 12 children, strict catholic didn't use contraception and only breastfed!
Any doctor will tell you.

Another story from my other grandmother who was a midwife. She delivered a baby with this woman, and by the time she was discharged from the hospital she was already pregnant again! Herself and the husband had a rendezvous in the hospital! haha

IvyTheTerrible

MoonDancer wrote: »

You can ovulate, my grandmother ended up with 12 children, strict catholic didn't use contraception and only breastfed!
Any doctor will tell you.

Another story from my other grandmother who was a midwife. She delivered a baby with this woman, and by the time she was discharged from the hospital she was already pregnant again! Herself and the husband had a rendezvous in the hospital! haha

Jeebus would that not hurt like hell??!!

Hannibal Smith

MoonDancer wrote: »

You can ovulate, my grandmother ended up with 12 children, strict catholic didn't use contraception and only breastfed!
Any doctor will tell you.

Another story from my other grandmother who was a midwife. She delivered a baby with this woman, and by the time she was discharged from the hospital she was already pregnant again! Herself and the husband had a rendezvous in the hospital! haha

I've heard stories of women being pregnant before they leave hosp but thought they were urban legends!

pwurple

MoonDancer wrote: »

You can ovulate, my grandmother ended up with 12 children, strict catholic didn't use contraception and only breastfed!
Any doctor will tell you.

Another story from my other grandmother who was a midwife. She delivered a baby with this woman, and by the time she was discharged from the hospital she was already pregnant again! Herself and the husband had a rendezvous in the hospital! haha

Ouch.