Menstruate after give birth...

Whether and how much we're nursing our baby is the biggest factors in determining how soon our body will resume its menstrual cycles. Of course the timing is different for every woman, depending on our body and circumstances. Ya laa kan, semua ni bergantung pada hormon yang dikeluarkan oleh badan masing2, as badan setiap orang tu responds differently to the hormonal influences of breastfeeding...

Usually non-nursing mom might start menstruating again as soon as a month after giving birth or it could take 2 to 3months. While for nursing mom, if we're exclusively breastfeeding day and night, it can take up to 1year before we get our period back. Basically, garis panduannya ialah pada kekerapan bayi kita menyusu, the more often our baby nurses, the longer it will be before we start menstruating again. Banyak sumber jugak berpendapat, jika baby tidur baik through the night from an early age, our period will likely to return sooner, like me, hehehe. Oh yes, I got my menstruate pretty early this time, masa Rafiqh dulu after he reached 9months then only I got my period back, cause dia memang penyusu tegar siang dan malam. Bila tengok Raziqh punya style tidur malam plus kekerapan menyusu yang kurang plus tak lama pun menyusu each session, I dah agak dah I'll definitely menstruating again very soon. Nah, Raziqh baru 4bulan, hohoho...

Selalunya selepas baby dah mula belajar tidur lebih lama pada waktu malam(kurang bangun menyusu) dan mulai makan solid foods, kecenderungan ibu2 nak datang bulan balik tu akan lebih tinggi. So ibu2 sekalian, janganlah pulak terkejut dan panik bila tiba2 datang period meskipun kita menyusu eksklusif. Usahlah terpedaya dengan mitos yang mengatakan bila kita amalkan penyusuan susu ibu, kita tak akan datang bulan, kita tak subur dan tak mungkin pregnant... Semua itu bohong belaka!

Even though we're breastfeeding exclusively our baby, we must bear in mind that our body will release its 1st postpartum egg before we menstruate. So if we don't begin using birth control, we can get pregnant even before having our 1st period, haa sedar2 ja dah pregnant pun, hahaha naya2... Naya laa bagi orang2 yang tak ready nak pregnant lagi, tup2 baby baru beberapa bulan dia dah hamil balik. If we don't want to get pregnant again soo soon, then please do something to prevent it...