First postpartum cycle

[felize]

Tell me about your first cycle postpartum... What sort of irregularities, if any, did you observe? How many months postpartum were you?

I'm a bit baffled by my first PP cycle, at 16 months, and am curious about what it's like for other FAM-experienced women.

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[muirichinnahali]

mine came at 6 weeks post partum (despite ebf! gah) and it was just like what i remembered my periods to be like before pregnancy. it was pretty uneventful. they came regularly after that. but they also got heavier and crampier and slightly longer.

[storychick]

I've gone back to normal quickly after getting my period each time -- I didnt temp before the first AF, but I got periods of eggwhite on and off for a month or two each time warning me it was coming. The first few periods were very heavy each time, crampy and clotty and miserable, but right on time and with clear ovulation signs. (This was at 11 months, 10 months, and 10 months.)

This last time I had a lot of wierdness after about 3 months postpartum -- bleeding/spotting after sex, cramping, just feeling off. I went for an exam and didnt get any answers, my ultrasound was normal and my period showed up that day! But I am still bleeding much heavier than I am used to and having a lot of pain from ovulation on through AF. I'm looking for a different doc to go see since my previous practice doesnt seem interest in pursuing this. (I had troubles like this for about a year before getting pregnant this time, too -- I assumed it was from the IUD I had but it continued after I removed it, and has now continued again so we'll see).