When the breastfeeding period

In women who breastfeed, menstruation starts in 1-1. 5 years after birth. This is not a cause for concern, on the contrary, long-term feeding protects a woman from an early and painful menopause prevents a number of diseases of reproductive system and prevents the loss of iron.

Why is my period missing

Active breast-feeding allows you to maintain the concentration of the hormone prolactin in the blood at a level sufficient to suppress menstruation. This is called lactational amenorrhea. Women who breast-feed the baby for the first six months on demand, do not finish feeding him a mixture, is not administered early fishing lures and not dopivaya water, menstruation begins much later than in those who neglect or forced to withdraw from the who recommendations. Eggs Mature, the female reproductive system is at rest.

Women who finish feeding children milk formula, feed the baby on the clock, when you enter the foods they replace one feeding menstruation come earlier. Usually after 6-8 months after childbirth. You should bear in mind: if the first 1.5-2 months after birth, the child had been on mixed or artificial feeding, but then my mother regained lactation, menstruation may begin the same in 3-4 months after delivery.

I noticed that blue-eyed mom low growth and a normal Constitution of menstruation starts late, but brown-eyed brunettes menstrual cycle can be restored faster. Scientific explanation of this fact is not, but there is evidence of long-term observations for women.

Women who are fed multiple children from multiple pregnancies, or when tandem feeding, menstruation starts in 1,8-2 years after birth, as the prolactin level remains high for a long time.

Long feeding and menstruation

About a year child will transfer on the table, this time he is less in need of breast milk, his digestive tract is ready to receive solid food. The number of breast feedings is reduced, as the amount of milk, the prolactin level falls, and after 2-3 months the woman starts menstruation. The majority of dalgalanmay women periods come after 16-18 months after birth. But when menstruation no longer is the expected. Should we be worried if after the last initiation of breastfeeding was more than 3 months and not monthly.

Usually enough 2-3 cycles to menstruation became regular. First menstruation can be very heavy and a bit painful. Subsequent menstruation already do not cause discomfort. If you are worried that menstruation is not come visit a gynecologist and ultrasound examination to exclude pathology of the uterus and ovaries.

With the advent of monthly no need to turn off breast-feeding, the child may behave somewhat restless due to changes in the composition of milk, but after a while gets used.