Circe wrote:
I don't remember exactly how old your baby is, but the AVERAGE time to go
without periods if you're breastfeeding is 8-9 months. Some women get their
periods back much earlier than that and some much later (mine came back at
8mo., 19mo., and 10mo. respectively--I was tandem nursing the second time,
which probably accounts for the exceptionally long amenorrhea),


I'm one with an exceptionally long ammenorea - My periods didn't come
back until three years after I gave birth. Now, I was breastfeeding
the whole time AND I had the mirena, but when my periods finally
decided to come back, I noticed that I started having actual cycles, so
I think I truely was lactational ammenorea, even for that long.

You know what I think caused my periods to come back? At age three, my
daughter started sleeping all night - no more middle of the night feeds
(it had only been once a night, and for comfort for quite awhile).

The nice thing about the Mirena - when my periods *did* come back, they
are very, very light. I only need a panty-liner, and they usually last
for about a day, perhaps two.

Cathy Weeks