11 weeks or 12 weeks after giving birth.
There's no usual time for you to start ovulating again and for your periods to resume. It varies from woman to woman. If you are breastfeeding, you may ovulate as early as nine weeks or 10 weeks after giving birth. Your period would then start two weeks later, as early as 11 weeks or 12 weeks after giving birth. Or it may be over a year before you start ovulating again, and your periods return. You're more likely to get your periods back sooner if: Your periods are less likely to return if: When your periods return also depends on the level of the hormone progesterone in your body. If you have lower levels of progesterone, you're likely to get your periods back earlier than mums with higher levels. 1 The more you breastfeed, the longer your period should stay away. 2  Nurse at least 6 times per day. 3  Breastfeed your baby at night, too. 4  The main reason why most mothers will start their periods early is because they stop nursing at night. 5  Nurse at least once at night. 6  Start your baby on solid foods only after 6 months. 1 Breastfeed your baby on demand. 2  The more you breastfeed, the longer your period should stay away. 3  Nurse at least 6 times per day. 4  Breastfeed your baby at night, too. 5  The main reason why most mothers will start their periods early is because they stop nursing at night. 6  Nurse at least once at night. My period returned when my daughter was 10 months old. She had started solids several months before (actually she stole and ate a slice of cantaloupe when she was 10 weeks old), was still nursing about every 2 hours, day and night, plus co-sleeping. She also got her first tooth the same day I got my period back.  There isn't really any normal time for your periods to start again. Some breastfeeding mums get their periods back as early as 11 or 12 weeks after giving birth. For others, it may be well over a year before their periods return. The average time it takes for breastfeeding mums to restart their periods is about six months.  I was breastfeeding my baby day and night and I got my period back 8 weeks after I delivered, and I conceived when she was 3 months old. Babies are going to be a year apart. I hadn’t given her even one ounce of formula or anything aside from breastmilk. According to my La Leche League leader, if you have not gotten your period back yet, or if you have and are trying to conceive, you will have a greater chance of success if you have a six hour period between the hours of 9:00pm and 6:00am (with midnight to 6am being the optimal window) where you are not breastfeeding. Your Period while Breastfeeding. Return of menstruation while breastfeeding. Many mothers think that if they are breastfeeding exclusively, their periods will not return. But the truth is that many mothers will soon start to menstruate-sometimes as early as a few weeks after birth. 1 Breastfeed your baby on demand. 2  The more you breastfeed, the longer your period should stay away. 3  Nurse at least 6 times per day. 4  Breastfeed your baby at night, too. 5  The main reason why most mothers will start their periods early is because they stop nursing at night. 6  Nurse at least once at night. Even if you don't have a period per se. Everyone is different though. I got my cycles back when my daughter was 9 mos and it still took me moving her into her own room, only nursing 2-3 times a day to get pregnant. Once she was out I got pregnant in 2 months. See how things go as your baby get's older. Report Abuse. I only just got my period back-well kind of, and my son is 6 months. Breastfeeding is a natural contraceptive, apprently while you breastfeed you dont release eggs or something.
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