After childbirth, there are no monthly

Pregnant women are preparing not only for childbirth, but also for the postpartum period. They are interested in the peculiarities of caring for a newborn, watching their diet, are engaged in bringing themselves into a physical form. One of the questions that interests them, how much time is there is no monthly after the birth in the norm. Of course, it is obvious that because of hormonal changes they do not come at once, but through what interval you should expect a new menstruation - I want to know.

Features of the recovery of the menstrual cycle

To give an exact answer when the cycle comes back to normal is impossible, since all this is individual. First of all, it directly depends on whether the newborn is breastfed or not. The hormone prolactin, which is responsible for lactation, naturally inhibits the process of ovulation. This explains the fact why there are no menstruation after childbirth. This phenomenon was called lactational amenorrhea .

But there are other nuances that you need to know:

• the mothers who feed their children only on demand , while the babies receive the breasts often enough, the first menstruation can occur only after the lactation is completed, which means that it can happen that a woman does not have a month's half a year, a year after childbirth, and sometimes even more ;
• if the introduction of complementary foods, the mother begins to gradually reduce the number and volume of feeding, then menstruation will appear before the complete cessation of lactation;
• if the baby for various reasons is on full artificial feeding, it will most likely be that after the birth, the monthly is absent 10-12 weeks;
• those mothers who do not have enough milk and supplement their newborn with a mixture, the menstrual cycle usually comes about 4 months after the birth of the baby.

Other causes of prolonged absence of menstruation

In addition to the factors explaining that after giving birth for a long time there are no monthly ones, there are conditions and pathologies that can also lead to cycle delay:

• sometimes after some time after birth ovulation occurs, but menstruation does not begin because of the appearance of a new pregnancy, which the woman does not even guess for a while;
• hormonal disorders inhibit the process of restoring the cycle, and they, in turn, can cause inflammation in the ovaries;
• an explanation may also be endometriosis, an endometrial disease that is characterized by what can occur after cesarean section, and also if the birth has been accompanied by complications and breaks.

If the monthly did not come after weaning the crumbs from the chest for several months, the best option would be to contact the gynecologist for advice and resolution of the issue, taking into account individual characteristics.