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How long it takes to get your Period after baby?

its been 3 weeks since i had baby and i just started bleeding again and i have cramps and feel like i have it?is it possible i should know this !!its my third baby but i never got it that soon!!what is the earliest anybody has gotten ??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    For most women that are formula feeding, their period returns within 10 weeks. If your bleeding gets worse in the first 8 weeks post-partum, go to your doctor so they can rule out any post-partum complications.

    If you experience any of the following signs in the first 8 weeks, call your health care provider or visit your nearest emergency room:

    bright red discharge for more than seven days after birth

    discharge that smells bad

    fever and chills

    abnormally heavy bleeding (in which a maxi pad is soaked in less than one hour)

    Source(s): literature from hospital
  • 1 decade ago

    Should not be a period so soon. 6 weeks minimum before the body recovers from birth let alone restarts. As long as you are exclusively breastfeeding , you should not get your period back. WHO recommend 6 months exclusive breasfeeding and 2 years suplementary after that. It will keep your periods under control and also helps prevent breast and cervical cancer.

    Source(s): lovelait.info
  • 1 decade ago

    it's still early so i wouldn't count that as a period. I bled on and off for the first 6 weeks and not again until i got my actual period when my son was 9 months old due to breastfeeding

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