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Leafprincess
post 22/12/2012, 07:21 PM
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This post may be TMI....

I had an emergency c-section early nov

I stopped bleeding around week 5

Then in the last few days it started again, firstly brown so I thought it was just a little old blood.
Then today there is more but red in colour.

Saw GP yesterday and she started me on antibiotics as she thought it was an infection (also have tenderness in belly)

DP wonders if it could be my period.

I exclusively breast feed and didn't think you ovulated in the first 6 months if you exclusively breast fed.

Anyone got some thoughts on this or past experience on this?

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CountryBumpkin
post 22/12/2012, 07:24 PM
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It's very possible to get your period back right away, i think all it takes is 1-2 gaps of 6 hours in feeding, but some I know haven't even had this and got their af back.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:24 PM
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DD is six months and I still don't have it back. I mix feed too so I don't exclusively BF.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:27 PM
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Any bleeding in the first 9 weeks is not considered a period. The tenderness in your belly is the concern, rather than bleeding alone.

And you can ovulate in the first 6 months even with breastfeeding so don't count on it for contraception! If you want to do the Lactational Amenorrhoea Method then contact someone who can help you with that so you know whether you can rely on it or not.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:28 PM
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I don't think exclusively breastfeeding stops you from ovulating...
I got my period back around 8 weeks and I was exclusively expressing. I think some people are just lucky and get 6 months off while others of us just have to go on with business as usual wink.gif

Congrats on your bub original.gif
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post 22/12/2012, 07:32 PM
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I bled for 11 weeks after giving birth to DS. I then got my period back when he was 4 months old.

He was fully breastfed on demand and definitely did not go more than 3 hours without a feed.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:32 PM
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I don't know about the tenderness but I DO know it's a wives tale that you can't ovulate if you are breast feeding. Many babies have been conceived when their mothers thought they would be safe because they were breast feeding their first baby.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:32 PM
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DD - Period returned at 7 weeks despite exclusively breastfeeding around the clock. (The longest period between feeds maybe 5-6 hours?)
DS - He is 5 months today and I am still waiting but I am tandem feeding and feeding DS 2-3 hourly at night still so lots more feeding going on which is why I suspect it still isn't back yet.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:36 PM
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I had bleeding for about 8 weeks post birth and then my period returned maybe 4-6 weeks later... so I barely had a break mad.gif and I exclusively breastfed.
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post 22/12/2012, 07:39 PM
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I had an emergency Caesar with DD5.

She is nearly 8 months and I still don't have my period back. She is on solids, but still being breastfed.

After the CS I bled for about 8 weeks on and off. My OB said you can bleed more and for longer with a CS.

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