Questions & Answers

It really does depend on the individual. Some women never ovulate before their first period post partum, the lining simply sheds. This usually triggers the body back into a regular cycle with ovulation. I know that is what happened with me about 12 weeks after the birth. Once my periods resumed, it took a few months for them to become like clockwork again. Some months it would be every 26 days. The next it would be 30. After a few months of that I became regular again, however, I had a shorter cycle than before (every 32 days before the pregnancy; every 27 after) and the bleeding was heavier.

It depends if you're breastfeeding and really just on your body. I took me 20 weeks before I started and I didn't breastfeed. I have many women in my group that haven't started yet and they have little ones 7 months old!