AF Return????

[axoknp1885]

Ugh! It has only been 9 weeks and I am having red spotting. I have also noticed that my supply has dipped a bit- not sure if that is GS related to AF related. I didn't get AF w/ DS1 until 13 months PP. This totally sucks! PLus, I am terrified of getting pg again. DS1 has some serious medical and related behavioral needs, so we know that 2 is all that we can handle. Plus, I am not one of those mothers that can be a good mommy to 2 kids back to back- I just don't have the patience to do that. And the mini-pill caused a dip in my supply w/ DS1 when I used it after he was born so I don't want to go that route. And frankly just using condoms does not feel safe enough for me.

I wanted to wait to have DH get snipped for at least 1 year or so to make absoltely sure that we are certain about only having 2.

Ugh!

[runningmomofmany]

how much are you breastfeeding? Are you giving bottles of any kind? Does he wake in the night? It seems really early if you are exclusively breastfeeding, but obviously it does happen. At 9wks it could still be a post partum issue, or even that big drop in hormones after delivery. I can't really help with the BC issue. Maybe you could do mirena? But you can be a great mommy to kids back to back Many people don't plan it, but most rise to the occasion just the same.

[JJorn]

I got AF back after my first at 3.5 months and with my second at 2.5 months so it could very well be that you will be getting AF much sooner than you would like. I did have supply dips with each AF, too.

[axoknp1885]

Yes, I exclusively breastfeed. I work FT so I do pump 3x/day 5 days/wk in addition to about 4-5 nursing sessions/day. On the weekends, I exclusively breastfeed (no pumping) and I feed on demand. Lil man does go about one 3-4 hour stretch for a longer nap 1x/day and he sleeps one 5-7 hour stretch at night. Otherwise, during waking hours, he eats about 3-4 oz every 2-3 hours.

Ugh! I was really hoping for another almost 2 year stretch from AF! But, I am not bleeding or spotting yet today and it seemed to stop mid-afternoon. Typically, my AFs tend to be heavy and last for 5-7 days when not taking the regular bc pill. So, I am not sure what that bleeding/spotting was yesterday mid-day. Hmmmm....

[axoknp1885]

So, I had no bleeding yesterday evening, overnight or this morning, but now I have some light bleeding that some time in the last 3 hours- it seems to have stopped though and is not a whole lot but is more red in color. No cramps and my supply seems back to normal today- so it was only 1 day where I noticed a dip in supply. Given the shortness of the dip in supply and the fact that the bleeding is not constant, do you think that the bleeding could be something else and the dip just a growth spurt. DS2 is just now 9 wks and I think that there is a common growth spurt around that time for many children.