The First Menstruation After Childbirth

After delivery, I worried that not rule me down, I wondered what normal was, how long to wait and if, indeed, influence or not to breastfeed the baby. In addition, quarantine elapsed and with the onset of sexual relations, concerns grow even more.

Breastfeeding delays the rule after childbirth

Like me, many of you, you are concerned about this issue as shown in your comments and, despite my recommendation is to always consult with your obstetrician or midwife to value the particular case of each, the important thing is know that the first rule after delivery indicates that the reproductive system has returned to normal or is returning to its usual cycles, although the ovaries may not work perfectly yet. The female body needs time to recover and return to be the one that was after nine months of pregnancy and is normal to have to spend some months for the menstrual cycle also recover its own characteristics.

In general, the period of time a woman remains without the rule after childbirth varies from case to case, especially depending on whether the mother breastfeeds the baby or not. And it is that breastfeeding depends on the increase of a hormone called prolactin, which produces menstrual disorders. For this reason, women who breastfeed your child can take up more than sixteen weeks menstruate again, while moms who do not breastfeed your baby often have the first rule between the seventh and the ninth week after childbirth.

In figures, about 40 percent of mothers who resort to artificial feeding and who breastfeed the baby for less than a month menarche have eight or ten weeks after giving birth. Within three months of giving birth, the figure rises to 70 percent, whereas six months, reaches 100 percent.

The first rule and breastfeeding

The arrival of the first period after birth to be asked twice more when the mother breastfeeds her baby. According to statistics, 35 percent of mothers who choose breastfeeding have menstruation about three months after the baby's birth, while 65 percent cycle resumes at six months. Some women can even have your first menstruation after 18 months. But much depends on what variation when you opt for breastfeeding? The key to this variability depends on milk production and number of shots. And is that if the baby is hungry and breast very often and for a long time, remains constantly elevated prolactin in the mother's body, and the cycle takes a little longer to recover.

However, once it appears it is normal menses after delivery primerras are irregular and even the flow is different from the usual. During this adjustment period and until the reproductive system normalizes again, the female body undergoes a series of slow transformations postpartum own, which require much of our patience. The female body needs 9 to 12 months to return to its usual state, and for this reason it is essential that this postpartum mom live very quietly.