9 Months Post Partum and Still No Period?

As long as you're breastfeeding, this is completely normal. And unless you're trying to get pregnant (a friend of mine wanted hers close and this was an issue for her) then cross your fingers and thank your deity! <grin> You're perfectly normal hon, no worries.

I didn't get mine back until my son was over a year old. (Nursed him until he was 20 months old.)
Then I got pregnant again 6 months after aunt flo started back up. So don't worry, you are normal. Enjoy the break.

I didn't get mine back until 11 months post partum and I was nursing too.

Totally normal...I didn't get mine until my little guy was 12 months and we started to decrease the number of feedings. Good luck!

I did not get AF until 2 weeks after I completely stopped nursing both of my girls. Even when I was just down to bed time and nap time nursing I still didn't get it. Enjoy while you can. :)

D.

My son is 15 months and Aunt Flo just came for the first time this week. It's normal when you are nursing, especially when baby is putting on a bigger demand.

Hope this was helpful!
K.

If you are really concerned about it then please check with your ob-gyn but from my personal experience this is normal for a nursing mom. I didnt get my cycle back until around the 10th month after my first child was born. I was not so lucky with my second child because my cycle started again 4 months after giving birth.

It was 17 months before mine started again. I just spoke with a nurse/lactation consultant who said she sometimes gets women who go years without because they get pregnant again before it returns. The most extreme case she spoke of was a woman who had and nursed four children so hers didn't return for 9 years!

J.,

I nursed my ds1 until he was 2 and I nursed my ds2 until he was 18 months (he self weaned, the stinker). I'm on a couple of different nursing mom list-serves and this topic has come up many times in the past 4.5 years I've been a mom. Some women get AF back really quickly no matter how much the pump/nurse (I got mine back at 4 months postpartum with both kids despite lots of pumping and nursing - I work full time). There are other women on the lists who have been nursing for 2+ years and don't see AF until they wean entirely. There is a huge range of normal. Unless you are worried for other reasons, I'd say just enjoy it. AF will return plenty soon enough. LOL

If you don't want to get pregnant, do use some form of birth control. You can ovulate at least once before you see AF so you could easily become pregnant without ever having seen AF.If you don't care, just let nature take its course and enjoy it as it unfolds.

:-)T.

I went about 18 months - enjoy the break!! My daugter is 21 months and still nurses at night, we enjoy it!

Oh J.!
I read all the responses so far and you're all so lucky!! ahaha....I nursed my first baby 2.3 yrs, every 2 hrs 24/7. I never slept and neither did he. But I STILL got my cycle back around the 9th week after he was born. My second one is still nursing - at 19 mos - she's not as 'into it' like my son was, and is practically weening herself....but I got my cycle back within 6 WEEKS after she was born! My cycle is 28 days like clockwork..to the hour...that's how I knew I was prego those two times....HA
Every 'body' IS different....so enjoy the freedom!!! I looked for it the second time around again and STILL didn't get it. Now I only have menopause to look forward to {;o)

God Bless

I also had my children at home with a midwife and nursed for a long while. With each pregnancy (3 total) I did not start my cycles for ten months. Good luck with you and your family.

It is totally within the normal range.

I have had 3 babies, and have family & friends who have any many also. This has never been the case with any of us and we all breastfed. I would say take a test to know with certainty you are/are not pregnant. I would say the 10% uncertainty is probably 100%. If you are not pg, then see a doctor. It isn't normal. Good luck & God bless!

Mine didn't return until my son was 13 months old. When did it return for you after your first child?