When I Started My Period After Pregnancy

Written by Joanna M.

If I remember correctly, I bled/spotted for about a month after delivery. Then nothing for about 2 weeks. Then I started bleeding again and thought, oh no! I can’t be starting my period already! Come to find out, I guess there was just a 2 week pause or something in the postpartum bleeding. Or maybe I was overexerting myself so I started bleeding again, I don’t know.
My first real period came almost 6 months after delivery. Mind you, I was breastfeeding during this time, so if you’re not nursing you could start earlier. It was heavier than my pre-pregnancy periods, which was upsetting (I’ve always had pretty light periods, lucky me!) My next one wasn’t until 2 months later, and was lighter (yay!), and then I had another one almost 4 weeks later. So it looks like I’m back to regular periods but I’m still breastfeeding so I wouldn’t be surprised if I skip another period or two before weaning.