Monthly after delivery with breastfeeding

Quite often, young mothers are interested in the question of when the months after the recent birth begin, if breastfeeding (HB) takes place. Let's try to answer it, having told about all nuances of restoration of an organism of the woman after a delivery.

When do they come after breastfeeding?

To begin with, it must be said that approximately 1-1.5 months after childbirth, young mothers have spotting from the vagina, which are absolutely unrelated to menstruation. They are called lochia.

If we talk directly about the recovery of the monthly after successfully passed labor with breastfeeding, then, as a rule, they appear in 4-6 months. The thing is that with the onset of lactation (the synthesis of milk in the mammary glands), the prolactin hormone begins to be produced. It is he has a retarding effect on the process of ovulation, which at this time is absent. In other words, there is a phenomenon that has been called prolactin amenorrhea in gynecology .

Knowing about this fact, many newly mummies use this physiological moment as a means of natural contraception. However, it is worth noting that it is still worth using contraceptives, especially if 2-3 months have passed since the birth. The thing is that with the increase in the time interval from the moment of appearance of the baby to the light and the onset of lactation, the level of the prolactin hormone gradually decreases, which ultimately can lead to the restoration of the ovulatory process, and as a result - the appearance of menstruation.

How does the cycle restore after the appearance of the baby?

As already mentioned above, the time required to restore the cycle is usually six months. However, in practice this does not always happen.

This fact is explained by the fact that any organism is individual. Restoration of the hormonal background in different women occurs in different ways. Therefore, it can not be asserted that the monthly after delivery with the observed GV will go exactly six months, and not a month after the appearance of crumbs into the light.

In such cases, they are unprincipled and irregular. In other words, at the same time, the prescribed number of days (cycle time) may not be observed for menstruation.

It is also worth noting that both the frequency and the time of onset of monthly discharges directly depends on the level of prolactin in the blood of the nursing mother. So, if in view of the fact that the mother irregularly applied the baby to the breast (due to illness, for example, or her absence), the month can come already literally 1-1.5 months after the birth. This fact is not regarded by doctors as a violation, and does not affect the process of lactation.

Does menstruation affect the very process of breastfeeding?

Many mothers mistakenly believe that when the months after discharge begin the monthly discharge during the GV process, the baby can not be applied to the breast at this time.

In fact, the very fact of the presence of bloody discharge does not affect lactation in any way. Breast milk retains the same quality composition as before. Therefore, the woman should continue to feed the baby with the same frequency as before the onset of menstruation.

Thus, it is necessary to say that the recovery of menstruation after childbirth with breastfeeding, is characterized by the appearance of irregular bloody discharge, the volume of which, as a rule, is small. The time of their appearance directly depends on the concentration in the blood of the mother of the hormone prolactin - the lower it is, the more likely that soon the woman will have menstruation.