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itsbabytime
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AF question for BF moms...
I am 4 mo pp and EBF and still haven't gotten AF. However, on christmas day I started spotting - mostly it was just when i wiped - sorry for the tmi  and also a little spotting on the pad. I fully expected to get a regular AF but the spotting pretty much completely stopped as of today and had almost stopped yesterday...it was always pink and never that red color. What is this? Is this normal? TIA 
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Posted 12/28/07 10:16 PM  |
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alexlynn7
Big brother to be!
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
i wish i knew... i am 11 weeks postpartum and EBF my son. no blood yet, but brown spotting for several days after BDing sorry, i know it's TMI i also occasionally get mild AF-like cramps, but no real sign of her yet 
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| Posted 12/29/07 8:27 AM |
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SuzyQ
Mama to 3!?!?!?
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
I EBF and didn't get AF until 6 months PP. I don't remember any spotting beforehand.
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| Posted 12/29/07 8:30 AM |
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KPtoys
I'm getting old
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
Once the PP bleeding for me stopped I didn't spot or anything till AF came. Are you 100% sure nothing is coming. Maybe it's pre pre AF? If not I would check it out. Sure your not pregnant again?
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| Posted 12/29/07 8:33 AM |
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
3 mo PPand no AF.
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| Posted 12/29/07 8:37 AM |
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itsbabytime
LIF Adult
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
Thanks ladies. Definitely NOT prgenant...SOOOOO not ready for that yet! It seems to have gone away so I don't think pre pre AF but who knows. So maybe I should call the dr. monday? TIA
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| Posted 12/29/07 11:54 AM |
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smdl
I love Gary too..on a plate!
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
I had spotting at 2 months PP for 1 day. I thought it was AF. It was not and it was just for 1 day.
I actually got AF back at 5 months PP.
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| Posted 12/29/07 12:04 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
I am EBF, AF came full on, bright red at 5.5 WEEKS
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| Posted 12/29/07 12:12 PM |
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ME75
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
6 months EBF and AF came back almost 6m. to the day DD was born! i am so bummed b/c i loved life without it! i think it came back b/c DD is now eating solids well and also not waking to eat during the night. this AF was not very heavy by the way.
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| Posted 12/29/07 4:02 PM |
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2BEANS
wow time is going fast.
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
Im 3 months PP and  , but lately i havent been EBF, since going back to work i had to give DD formula occasionally, my supply is dropping. Im hoping once i get the tea someone posted about on here and start the fengruk (however spelt), my supply will go up and not have to worry about formula..
oh yeah well anyway, and i think it should be coming soon, my hair has been falling out.
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| Posted 12/29/07 4:19 PM |
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ChrisDee
My Girls
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
My doc told me it is considered normal if you do not get AF for the length of time you BF'd times 2.
If you BF'd for 4 months it could be 8 months before you get AF.
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| Posted 12/29/07 5:07 PM |
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Shelly
She's 7!!!
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
Its different for everyone. I got AF after 7 months. My sister got AF at 11 months.
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| Posted 12/29/07 5:57 PM |
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Lucky
Growing up fast!
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
I EBF for 11 months and got AF at 8 months PP.
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| Posted 12/29/07 6:19 PM |
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KPtoys
I'm getting old
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
Posted by ChrisDee
My doc told me it is considered normal if you do not get AF for the length of time you BF'd times 2.
If you BF'd for 4 months it could be 8 months before you get AF.
That is insane... I don't know where they would get that from?? I EBF  for 2 1/2 years and got AF back at 7 months, EBF #1 for 18 months and got AF back at 13 months and am EBF #2 and he is 10 months and AF hasnt returned yet.
It's more about the length of nursing in relation to the amount of times a day. When your hormones drop to a certain level AF returns.
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| Posted 12/29/07 7:24 PM |
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ChrisDee
My Girls
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Re: AF question for BF moms...
I was not saying that what My Doc said was the norm but rather that if you did not get AF for that amount of time, it is still in the realm of normal. I EBF for nine months and got AF 18 months PP. He said that is within the limits of Normal.
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| Posted 12/29/07 9:50 PM |
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