Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / December 2004

My DD was born June 16, 2004 and I believe I had my period return although
very lightly on December 26th, 2004 and it seemed to barely last 48 hours.
Is it too early to be menstruating again?

I bled that terrible lochia stuff for about 2, almost 3 months. I was
worried it would never stop.

I was hoping that BFing would keep my period away longer. I feed DD about
every 3 hrs or so if not more frequently during the daytime.

I assume because my precious little DD sleeps so long at night time that
this may be the main reason for my period's return. My DD can easily make it
through the night for about 10 hours or so! (Yes I am blessed. I sympathize
for those not so fortunate.) She sometimes wakes up in the middle of the
night for a feeding but not usually. When it happens I may be tired still so
I sneak her into my bed with us and she will sleep a few more hours with me
that way also. She can help herself at that point but I think she gets a
good tummy full and slumbers away with me. The stretches between night
feedings though almost always are 5 hours or more apart.

I know that different woman can barely compare their menstrual cycles
because of their individuality; differences can be monumental from one woman
to another. Even before pregnancy. I just wanted to know some other stories
of other woman to find out how long it took for theirs to return. If you
have a story to share then please do. Thanks.

Angela