Will menstruation come during breastfeeding?

Now everyone advocates breastfeeding, so many new mothers will breastfeed after giving birth. Everyone knows that menstruation is a very important physiological phenomenon for women. However, some women find that their menstruation is very regular before giving birth, but it is abnormal during the breastfeeding period after giving birth. Some people also say that menstruation will not come during breastfeeding. So, will menstruation come during breastfeeding?

Many people believe that women will not have menstruation during breastfeeding. Theoretically, the absence of menstruation means that the ovaries are not ovulating normally, and without ovulation, pregnancy will not occur. After delivery, due to the increase in prolactin secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, the mother's milk production increases significantly. Due to the influence of prolactin, the ovaries stop ovulating during this period, so menstruation does not occur. However, after a period of time, the ovaries of some mothers can slowly resume ovulation function during lactation. However, it is difficult to predict when the ovaries will ovulate for the first time after delivery. This time can be as short as 3 months or as long as about 1 year. If the ovaries have begun ovulating for the first time after childbirth, but the couple does not know this and happens to have sex during the ovulation period, pregnancy is possible. If pregnancy occurs, menstruation will not come afterwards. This is why you can get pregnant even though you haven't had your period after giving birth.

There is a folk saying that breast milk becomes less nutritious after a woman's menstruation starts. In fact, the quality of breast milk is best within 4 months after delivery. The quality of breast milk does not deteriorate after menstruation. But sometimes it can be more concentrated. The milk secretion of some mothers will decrease. This is mainly due to changes in prolactin levels in the body. However, the secretion of milk is closely related to the baby's sucking and the mother's diet to a large extent. Therefore, appropriately increasing the baby's daily breastfeeding time can help promote milk secretion. New mothers should drink more soup during menstruation so that the milk will not be too thick; at the same time, eating more fish, milk, poultry, etc. can also help breast milk secretion.

Now everyone should have a new understanding of whether menstruation will come during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a very important period for both the baby and the new mother herself, so women during this breastfeeding period must pay special attention to their diet. Even if menstruation comes during breastfeeding, it will not affect the quality of milk.