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Periods after baby?
Just a question...
DD2 is not quite 10 weeks old now. Wow, time flies, it seems! IIRC, with DS (almost 6), I didn't start periods again until looong after he was born. I did, however, exclusively bf him until he was about 6 months old. At that point, I did offer him EBM in a bottle on occasion (I believe only a handful of times, at most, like when I went camping with some friends for 2 days and left him with my mom and was obviously unavailable to nurse) He was then moved to a sippy cup around 7ish months old, with cups of EBM during the day and nursing at night and in the morning. I *think* he was around 12 months old when I started getting periods again, and he kind of weaned himself from morning/night feedings around 17-18ish months. With DD1 (now 17 months), I nursed her exclusively for about 5ish months. She started to lose weight (she slept 6-8 hours at least during the night since day 1, 8-10 hours at night from about 6 weeks and was sleeping 12 hours through the night by 3 months. Perscriptions and pumping did not bring supply up and long story short, we put her on a bottle with formula around 5 months when her lack of weight gain became a concern and she was constantly hungry. IIRC, by the time she was about 5 months I first got my period, and right after she turned 6 months, we found out we were expecting DD2, who is almost 10 weeks. The other day DH and I were at my aunt and uncle's house and we spent about an hour, hour and a half scraping the massive snow and ice buildup on their sidewalks and driveway. There was a good 4-5 inches of ice that we chipped off together. That night I noticed that the dreadful period showed up, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I have heard that if you exclusively bf, normally that period doesn't happen. I have given DD2 the odd bottle of EBM every now and then. Basically the same idea as with DS, only a bit earlier, but about as often. With DS, it didn't come back until he was about a year or so old, but DD2 is almost 10 weeks. I find that I'm bleeding quite a bit. It seems to be fairly red in color and there's LOTS. I mean, I soak through an overnight, extra long, heavy-duty pad in about 2 hours. (Sorry if that's TMI!) I find I'm changing pads ALL the time. I have to often make a special trip to the washroom to change even when I don't have to pee, although I do remember that before, a pad would last a good 6 or so hours. I used to find that the bleeding would slow down at night and be a bit heavier during the day when I'm more active. At night I still seem to have a mess to deal with first thing in the morning. Is this normal? Is this just the lovely time of the month coming back or could I have done something by doing the sidewalks for my aunt and uncle that same day? By 10 weeks has a body healed well enough to not have some sort of bleeding problems? I feel no cramping, I'm definitely NOT pg again. I'm not on any form of birth control other than condoms, although the sex has definitely not been every night or every few nights... It's been more like once a week for the past 3-4 weeks or so. I have a perscription for a breastfeeding-safe pill, but I've yet to fill it. I plan to fill it tomorrow and start at that point. Is this bleeding expected? It just seems like a lot, and it's been since late Thursday night, after I spent the very early evening doing those sidewalks. Am I worrying over nothing and it's just a coincidence that it came earlier than any other time AND right after I spent a couple hours doing something fairly physical? (heaving heavy ice chunks over a high pile of snow, pushing huge ice chunks across the driveway, chipping the ice away, etc.) Any ideas? Or even just some words that this is all normal, fine and dandy would be appreciated, if it is normal! |
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Periods after baby?
It sounds to me as though you overdid it with the snow and it is still
lochia. I bled for a long time. Did the jaundice go away with your little one? Did you go to a check up with the doctor and how did it go? -- Sue (mom to three girls) "xkatx" wrote in message news:J2Mlh.107989$rv4.39148@edtnps90... Just a question... DD2 is not quite 10 weeks old now. Wow, time flies, it seems! IIRC, with DS (almost 6), I didn't start periods again until looong after he was born. I did, however, exclusively bf him until he was about 6 months old. At that point, I did offer him EBM in a bottle on occasion (I believe only a handful of times, at most, like when I went camping with some friends for 2 days and left him with my mom and was obviously unavailable to nurse) He was then moved to a sippy cup around 7ish months old, with cups of EBM during the day and nursing at night and in the morning. I *think* he was around 12 months old when I started getting periods again, and he kind of weaned himself from morning/night feedings around 17-18ish months. With DD1 (now 17 months), I nursed her exclusively for about 5ish months. She started to lose weight (she slept 6-8 hours at least during the night since day 1, 8-10 hours at night from about 6 weeks and was sleeping 12 hours through the night by 3 months. Perscriptions and pumping did not bring supply up and long story short, we put her on a bottle with formula around 5 months when her lack of weight gain became a concern and she was constantly hungry. IIRC, by the time she was about 5 months I first got my period, and right after she turned 6 months, we found out we were expecting DD2, who is almost 10 weeks. The other day DH and I were at my aunt and uncle's house and we spent about an hour, hour and a half scraping the massive snow and ice buildup on their sidewalks and driveway. There was a good 4-5 inches of ice that we chipped off together. That night I noticed that the dreadful period showed up, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I have heard that if you exclusively bf, normally that period doesn't happen. I have given DD2 the odd bottle of EBM every now and then. Basically the same idea as with DS, only a bit earlier, but about as often. With DS, it didn't come back until he was about a year or so old, but DD2 is almost 10 weeks. I find that I'm bleeding quite a bit. It seems to be fairly red in color and there's LOTS. I mean, I soak through an overnight, extra long, heavy-duty pad in about 2 hours. (Sorry if that's TMI!) I find I'm changing pads ALL the time. I have to often make a special trip to the washroom to change even when I don't have to pee, although I do remember that before, a pad would last a good 6 or so hours. I used to find that the bleeding would slow down at night and be a bit heavier during the day when I'm more active. At night I still seem to have a mess to deal with first thing in the morning. Is this normal? Is this just the lovely time of the month coming back or could I have done something by doing the sidewalks for my aunt and uncle that same day? By 10 weeks has a body healed well enough to not have some sort of bleeding problems? I feel no cramping, I'm definitely NOT pg again. I'm not on any form of birth control other than condoms, although the sex has definitely not been every night or every few nights... It's been more like once a week for the past 3-4 weeks or so. I have a perscription for a breastfeeding-safe pill, but I've yet to fill it. I plan to fill it tomorrow and start at that point. Is this bleeding expected? It just seems like a lot, and it's been since late Thursday night, after I spent the very early evening doing those sidewalks. Am I worrying over nothing and it's just a coincidence that it came earlier than any other time AND right after I spent a couple hours doing something fairly physical? (heaving heavy ice chunks over a high pile of snow, pushing huge ice chunks across the driveway, chipping the ice away, etc.) Any ideas? Or even just some words that this is all normal, fine and dandy would be appreciated, if it is normal! |
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Periods after baby?
xkatx wrote:
DD2 is not quite 10 weeks old now. [...] The other day DH and I were at my aunt and uncle's house and we spent about an hour, hour and a half scraping the massive snow and ice buildup on their sidewalks and driveway. There was a good 4-5 inches of ice that we chipped off together. That night I noticed that the dreadful period showed up, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I have heard that if you exclusively bf, normally that period doesn't happen. I'm not sure if it's lochia or a menstrual period, but exclusively breastfeeding is not a guarantee that the period will not return for a long time. It still varies by women, and the anecdotal times I've read range from returning almost immediately to a year or more. It is very individual. I would advise you not to engage in too much strenuous activity, though. You are barely three months postpartum; relax a bit. -- Anita -- |
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Periods after baby?
it is possible it's still related to the birth, you won't know until next
month! regarding breastfeeding safe pills, there is a difference between safe and a good idea, I suspect the combined pill is safe, in that nothing goes through to the milk that would be bad for baby, but it is known to reduce supply. The best choice of pill is the progesterone only, or mini pill, you need to take it within a 3hr window each day and it may supress your periods. Anne |
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Periods after baby?
"Sue" wrote in message news:Tq6dnS2q8p4LXQrYnZ2dnUVZ_qWvnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... It sounds to me as though you overdid it with the snow and it is still lochia. I bled for a long time. With DS, I remember I bled for quite some time. With DD1, it stopped by the time she was 10 days old. This time with DD2, I believe it was about 2-3 weeks. She's 10 weeks old now, so if I did overdo it, at least it seems to have stopped. Someone said below that I'll probably just have to wait until next month! Did the jaundice go away with your little one? Did you go to a check up with the doctor and how did it go? It did go away, right around 6ish weeks or so, which is what my ped had said. She was doing fine, just fairly yellow. She's nice and pink now, not at all yellow! -- Sue (mom to three girls) "xkatx" wrote in message news:J2Mlh.107989$rv4.39148@edtnps90... Just a question... DD2 is not quite 10 weeks old now. Wow, time flies, it seems! IIRC, with DS (almost 6), I didn't start periods again until looong after he was born. I did, however, exclusively bf him until he was about 6 months old. At that point, I did offer him EBM in a bottle on occasion (I believe only a handful of times, at most, like when I went camping with some friends for 2 days and left him with my mom and was obviously unavailable to nurse) He was then moved to a sippy cup around 7ish months old, with cups of EBM during the day and nursing at night and in the morning. I *think* he was around 12 months old when I started getting periods again, and he kind of weaned himself from morning/night feedings around 17-18ish months. With DD1 (now 17 months), I nursed her exclusively for about 5ish months. She started to lose weight (she slept 6-8 hours at least during the night since day 1, 8-10 hours at night from about 6 weeks and was sleeping 12 hours through the night by 3 months. Perscriptions and pumping did not bring supply up and long story short, we put her on a bottle with formula around 5 months when her lack of weight gain became a concern and she was constantly hungry. IIRC, by the time she was about 5 months I first got my period, and right after she turned 6 months, we found out we were expecting DD2, who is almost 10 weeks. The other day DH and I were at my aunt and uncle's house and we spent about an hour, hour and a half scraping the massive snow and ice buildup on their sidewalks and driveway. There was a good 4-5 inches of ice that we chipped off together. That night I noticed that the dreadful period showed up, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I have heard that if you exclusively bf, normally that period doesn't happen. I have given DD2 the odd bottle of EBM every now and then. Basically the same idea as with DS, only a bit earlier, but about as often. With DS, it didn't come back until he was about a year or so old, but DD2 is almost 10 weeks. I find that I'm bleeding quite a bit. It seems to be fairly red in color and there's LOTS. I mean, I soak through an overnight, extra long, heavy-duty pad in about 2 hours. (Sorry if that's TMI!) I find I'm changing pads ALL the time. I have to often make a special trip to the washroom to change even when I don't have to pee, although I do remember that before, a pad would last a good 6 or so hours. I used to find that the bleeding would slow down at night and be a bit heavier during the day when I'm more active. At night I still seem to have a mess to deal with first thing in the morning. Is this normal? Is this just the lovely time of the month coming back or could I have done something by doing the sidewalks for my aunt and uncle that same day? By 10 weeks has a body healed well enough to not have some sort of bleeding problems? I feel no cramping, I'm definitely NOT pg again. I'm not on any form of birth control other than condoms, although the sex has definitely not been every night or every few nights... It's been more like once a week for the past 3-4 weeks or so. I have a perscription for a breastfeeding-safe pill, but I've yet to fill it. I plan to fill it tomorrow and start at that point. Is this bleeding expected? It just seems like a lot, and it's been since late Thursday night, after I spent the very early evening doing those sidewalks. Am I worrying over nothing and it's just a coincidence that it came earlier than any other time AND right after I spent a couple hours doing something fairly physical? (heaving heavy ice chunks over a high pile of snow, pushing huge ice chunks across the driveway, chipping the ice away, etc.) Any ideas? Or even just some words that this is all normal, fine and dandy would be appreciated, if it is normal! |
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Periods after baby?
"Irrational Number" wrote in message ink.net... xkatx wrote: DD2 is not quite 10 weeks old now. [...] The other day DH and I were at my aunt and uncle's house and we spent about an hour, hour and a half scraping the massive snow and ice buildup on their sidewalks and driveway. There was a good 4-5 inches of ice that we chipped off together. That night I noticed that the dreadful period showed up, and I'm wondering if this is normal. I have heard that if you exclusively bf, normally that period doesn't happen. I'm not sure if it's lochia or a menstrual period, but exclusively breastfeeding is not a guarantee that the period will not return for a long time. It still varies by women, and the anecdotal times I've read range from returning almost immediately to a year or more. It is very individual. I would advise you not to engage in too much strenuous activity, though. You are barely three months postpartum; relax a bit. -- Anita -- Well, whatever it was, it seems to have stopped now, and it seems to have just up and stopped as fast as it seem to have come. There wasn't a day or two of slowing down or anything, as I recall what happens with me for regular periods. It's rare that I actually do much that is fairly physical. The majority of the time, as far as doing something maybe strenuous goes, would be something like carrying DD1 around, lots of walking, carrying full laundry baskets up and down or shoveling our own sidewalks, which isn't much to do and isn't heavy snow as I've always kept them clear. It's just the odd times that it snows that I'm out doing it. |
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