What is Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk from her breasts. Babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and swallow milk. Also i...

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My son is 8 months old and I have had only one period which was in September and nothing in Oct. My question is are periods sometimes irregular while BFing? I have taken a test and am not pregnant. Has any one else had this happen?
Posted on 11/01/09, 07:11 pm
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Reply #1 - 11/02/09  10:16am
" I had my period once only when he was 6 weeks old and nothing since. And I have taken pregnancy tests too even though we needed IVF to get pregnant!

It is so hard when bfing because there are still so many symptoms of being pregnant! "
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Reply #2 - 11/03/09  9:31am
" My son's 5 months and I haven't had a period yet. I don't know whether bf can make them irregular but it wouldn't surprise me... "

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