Can You Get A Period While Breastfeeding
Camila Farah
Mothers who are breastfeeding exclusively usually don t get their periods for several months after their babies are born says frances jones a lactation specialist and coordinator of the milk bank at bc women s hospital in vancouver.
Breastfeeding while you have your period is perfectly safe. However hormone changes in the days leading up to your period can affect your breast milk and your baby s breastfeeding pattern for a few days. Your breast milk is still healthy and nutritious for your baby. If bottle feeding most mothers will have their first real period not long after this.
Breast feeding keeps these hormone levels high so the longer you nurse the more likely you will experience a light period or no period at all. On the flip side as you wean your baby off of.
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