how soon after having a baby should your periods return if not breatsfeeding

[sara1974]

Hi there.. i wonder if anyone can help, My sister recently had a baby (10 weeks ago) she breast fed for the first week only and resumed unprotected sex with hubby after only 2 weeks, They really want a big family and she had such a gr8 pregnancy and birth they want to do it again, She has so far had a negative preg test yet is still showing no signs of her period... Thanks for takin time to read this x

[annie0000]

I have 2 boys 13 months apart, I breastfed my first for about 6 weeks until I had to give up after major problems, I cant recall whether my periods had started back or not before I was pregnant again - I think they had, but maybe only 1. I however, knew that I was pregnant becaus eof the vivid dreams I was having!

[sara1974]

thanks for your reply... Im not too sure about vivid dreams ill have to ask her lol..
thanks again xx

[Psychick]

You may want to warn her every pregnancy/birth/baby is different! If I remember right, after my daughter I bled for about 2 weeks, then started having normal periods again about a month later, all back to normal. However, my sister had her 2nd baby back in January and still hasnt stopped bleeding. Theyve just given her a hysterectomy and sent part of the womb off to see why!!

[sara1974]

From what she has said,she had a normal delivery 1st march 07 she bled for only a week after the birth and started having unprotected sex straight after, 8 weeks later and she still hasnt had a period or even any sort of bleed, she asked my advice but my children are all older and i cant remember that far back lol..
I hope all goes well for your sister xx

[Psychick]

Thanks!
I actually started having sex again as soon the bleeding had stopped....but protected!! lol
It may be very possible your sis has become pregnant again. If she is, tell her to blame it on the Easter Bunny, I did ;)

[sara1974]

hmmmmmmm the Easter Bunny lol Im sure if she is pregnant she will be over the moon however as she has already have a negative test Im not sure that she is, Maybe it just taking time for her body to get back to normal?? i hope she hurrys up and finds out either way lol, Thanks sooooo much for all your replies x

[Psychick]

Beats watching eurovision! lol
Chances are its just like you said, just her body taking time, tell her to get a test done at the doctors just to be sure, and to put our curiosity at rest!

[sara1974]

The Eurovision rocks lol... just seen a clip of the Turkish entry very energetic hehehehe, Cant wait to see what score we get this year ;o)

[missrandom]

wow, how comes everyone else seems to only have bled for such a short time, i only stopped just before my six week check!

[Psychick]

Youre not the only one missrandom! My sis is still bleeding after nearly 4 months!!
Actually, this is starting to put me off going for baby number two!! lol