When does menstruation come after weaning? Introducing professional physiological knowledge to you

The question of when a woman will have her period after giving birth is a very complicated one. The timing of menstruation is closely related to the duration of a woman's breastfeeding and her body's recovery. It is usually normal for a woman to have her period within a few months after weaning.

1. How long does it take for menstruation to come after weaning?

How long does it take to get your period after weaning? The resumption of menstruation after childbirth is related to breastfeeding. Generally speaking, if you do not breastfeed after giving birth, menstruation will resume in 1-2 months. If it is later, menstruation will resume in 3 months after giving birth. The resumption of menstruation in breastfeeding women is generally delayed for a longer period of time, and they may not have menstruation during the entire breastfeeding period. However, menstruation will generally resume within three months after stopping breastfeeding. If you do not have menstruation after this period, you should go to the hospital to find out the reason.

From a medical point of view, based on the tissue morphology of the endometrium, the ovaries can ovulate as early as 33-42 days after delivery. In addition, the presence of a corpus luteum after ovulation can also be observed 6 weeks after delivery. How long does it take to get your period after weaning? Under normal circumstances, the mother will have menstruation during the breastfeeding period. If the baby is weaned 3 months after delivery, of course, some mothers will have a slow recovery of menstruation and may not have menstruation during the entire breastfeeding period, and normal menstruation will resume 3 months after stopping breastfeeding.

Research data show that 40% of mothers who did not breastfeed resumed ovulation and menstruation 6 weeks after delivery; by 8-12 weeks after delivery, the proportion of mothers who had not resumed ovulation and menstruation was about 35%. If there is a breastfeeding mother, the proportion of ovulation and menstruation resuming in 12 weeks after delivery is 25%. It takes most breastfeeding mothers 18 weeks to fully restore ovulation function. However, it is sometimes difficult to clinically determine the exact time of the first menstrual period after delivery, and a small number of mothers will begin to have intermittent bleeding of small to moderate amounts immediately after delivery.

2. No menstruation after weaning

The timing of menstruation after childbirth varies from person to person, depending on whether the mother breastfeeds and her own physical condition. Generally, menstruation can be basically restored within 3 months after delivery. Some mothers have not had their period after weaning. It may be helpful to observe for a few days. It is normal to have menstruation three months after weaning. However, if menstruation does not occur after weaning, it may be due to a long period of amenorrhea, which causes the uterus to shrink, or the breastfeeding period is too long, which makes the atrophied uterus unable to recover quickly. If you do not have menstruation or have irregular menstruation after weaning, you can use Western medicine and Chinese medicine to treat it:

1. Western medicine: Western medicine mostly uses estrogen and progesterone sequential therapy (also known as artificial cycle). After 1-2 cycles of treatment, most people can resume menstruation. But these methods must be used after weaning.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese medicine mostly uses drugs that nourish yin, replenish qi and blood or promote qi and blood circulation for treatment. The conditioning time may be longer, but the side effects are relatively small.

3. Irregular menstruation after weaning

The first menstrual-like vaginal bleeding after childbirth is regarded by many mothers as menstruation. In fact, through basal body temperature measurement, 60% of them are anovulatory. Strictly speaking, it is anovulatory menstruation, which cannot be regarded as true menstruation. The amount of bleeding and duration are much longer than normal menstruation, and the menstrual cycle is also irregular. The speed of resumption of menstruation after childbirth is closely related to whether the mother is breastfeeding, the length of breastfeeding, the mother's age and the recovery of ovarian function. Therefore, many mothers will have irregular menstruation for a period of time after giving birth. Abnormal menstruation may include too little or too much menstrual flow, amenorrhea, etc.