{"id":777049,"date":"2021-01-20T10:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bumpboxes.com\/?p=777049"},"modified":"2021-02-10T15:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:43:34","slug":"first-period-after-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bumpboxes.com\/blog\/first-period-after-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Postpartum Period: Your first period after birth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We see this question come up a lot in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BumpBoxes\/groups\/?ref=page_internal\">Facebook Groups<\/a>: So&#8230;when will you get your first period after birth? When does the Red Queen come back? Is it heavy? Painful? Light? Can I get pregnant? There are a lot of factors that go into her return and we&#8217;re here with some info just for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-will-your-period-come-back\"><strong>WHEN will your period come back?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As with newborns, Mamas are all different. A lot of factors go into what to expect when you get your first period after birth. Biggest factor: breastfeeding or not. Enter: prolactin aka the breast-milk producing hormone that also suppresses ovulation (but not by 100%&#8230;that&#8217;s coming next). Your first period after giving birth based on your postpartum journey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Women who strictly breastfeed:<\/strong> anywhere from six months to one-year!<\/li><li><strong>Women who don&#8217;t breastfeed:<\/strong> between four to eight weeks post-delivery.<\/li><li><strong>Women who breast and formula feed:<\/strong> between two weeks to more than two months<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-you-get-pregnant-before-your-period-returns\"><strong>Can you get pregnant before your period returns?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Short answer = YES! A lot of Mamas become Mamas again quickly because there isn&#8217;t a lot of information pushed to us about this. <strong>The big thing to remember:<\/strong> ovulation happens <em>before<\/em> menstruation and, as you know, when you ovulate, you are fertile mertyle&#8230;even if you have not experienced your period after childbirth, yet. Yup, even nursing Mamas can get pregnant before their period returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wait-was-that-your-period-or-postpartum-bleeding\"><strong>Wait&#8230;was that your period or postpartum bleeding?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember when you first got your period? Your cycles were all over the place. One month it&#8217;s 28 days, the next 34, then maybe 26 days, but, true to our goddess body forms, it all evened itself out after a few months. Cramping was bad one month and not the next. Then, your flow would be light the second month, and then heavy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Postpartum periods aren&#8217;t very different (apart from you&#8217;ve experienced your period before). Don&#8217;t forget, every Mama is different but, generally, any spotting and light bleeding you experience up to 8 weeks postpartum is usually postpartum bleeding. Always contact your healthcare provider if you have any concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess what&#8230;your uterus GROWS during pregnancy&#8230;then, it SHRINKS after you deliver (not always back to its pre-pregnancy size). This means your uterus &#8220;rebuilds&#8221; itself postpartum (yup, every postpartum); your endometrial lining (the part that sheds during your period) rebuilds itself when your uterus shrinks. Since this happens after every pregnancy, your period could differ after each delivery. <strong>No matter what, you have the best, new little person to hold and cuddle. Makes getting your period again well worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We see this question come up a lot in our Facebook Groups: So&#8230;when will you get your first period after birth? When does the Red Queen come back? Is it heavy? Painful? Light? Can I get pregnant? 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