Is it normal that you can start your period 7 weeks after having a baby and is breastfeeding?

i have my baby 7 weeks ago and is breastfeeding and yesterday i started my period. The weird thing is that i herd people said when your breastfeeding your not suppose to get your periods for several months or even a year. does anyone have a clue?

It sucks when you're not part of the majority for stuff like this, huh?

I stopped my post pardem bleeding at 5 weeks with my first. Then at my 6 week PP appointment, I started my period. It sucked! I mentioned something to my mom about it and she said that she never skipped any periods even though she was exclusively breastfeeding.

This time around, I got the Mirena IUD and I haven't had a period yet. I don't miss them at all!

Its not a "real" period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactational...
Breastfeeding infertility

For women who meet the criteria (listed below), LAM is 98% effective during the first six months postpartum.[1]

* Breastfeeding must be the infant鈥檚 only (or almost only) source of nutrition. Feeding formula, pumping instead of nursing[2], and feeding solids all reduce the effectiveness of LAM.
* The infant must breastfeed at least every four hours during the day and at least every six hours at night.
* The infant must be less than six months old.
* The woman must not have had a period after 56 days post-partum (when determining fertility, bleeding prior to 56 days post-partum can be ignored).

Ecological breastfeeding is a stricter form of LAM developed by Sheila Kippley, one of the founders of the Couple to Couple League. Studies have shown it has a 1% failure rate in the first six months postpartum, and a 6% failure rate before the woman鈥檚 first postpartum menstruation.[3][4] The Seven Standards of ecological breastfeeding are slightly different from the LAM criteria:

* Breastfeeding must be the infant鈥檚 only source of nutrition 鈥?no formula, no pumping, and (if the infant is less than six months old) no solids.
* The infant must be pacified at the breast, not with pacifiers or bottles
* The infant must be breastfed often. The standards for LAM are a bare minimum; more frequency is better. Scheduling of feedings should be avoided.
* Mothers must sleep with their infants 鈥?in the same room, if not in the same bed.
* Mothers must not be separated from their infants for more than three hours a day.
* Mothers must take daily naps with their infants.
* The woman must not have had a period after 56 days post-partum (bleeding prior to 56 days post-partum can be ignored).

That's what I thought too (you wouldn't get your period while breastfeeding for months or up to a year) but that's not the case for everyone. I was 8 weeks when I got my first period and I was breastfeeding. I was so worred, I took myself to the ER because I thought I was hemmoraging or something! I got checked it and it indeed turned out to just be my period. Nothing to worry about. It's unique for everyone.

All women are different. Though many women find their period is delayed due to breastfeeding, it is not a sure thing. I am also exclusively breastfeeding. I have experienced various spotting episodes (maybe a period). I'm sorry you're one of the unlucky ones :(

Also, since your period has returned, you should also consider yourself fertile. If you don't want to get pregnant again right away, you may want to consider condoms or some birth control

happened to me...at least I think it was a normal cycle...I stopped bleeding 5 weeks post partum...at 6 weeks my husband and I were intimate and the next day I started again...it lasted a week and was heavy doctor said it was a period. At 9 weeks postpartum, BF and on the pill I am still experiencing some light spotting...it's different for every woman. BF is not always a guarantee of a delayed return of your monthly cycle.

Not getting your period while breastfeeding relies on many factors. You have to breastfeed a certain amount of times per day and no more than 4 hours in between and there's a few other stipulations because your body has a natural birth control method when your breastfeeding but again all the rules.

I got my period back when #1 was 3 months...#2 was 4 months.

They were both exclusively breastfed when my period came back.

unfortunately it can be normal. I started at 7 weeks also with my first baby and I was nursing