So I have a question for those of you exclusively b*feeding moms who saw your cycle return "early." I am 15.5 weeks postpartum, and yup, lucky me, am three days into a real period (I was hoping to have longer to forget what those felt like!). I stopped bleeding at 4 weeks, spotted 72 hours at 6, 8, and 10 weeks, then nothing until this week. And it feels like that familiar feeling I'd so NOT missed!
But here's my question. The past 3-4 days or so (since just before starting), little bit has been eating both sides every two hours or more, and still seeming hungry. This is after spending all of her time outside the womb eating one side every three and being absolutely satisfied. Like, she never even WANTED the second side when I'd offer it. I started getting nervous yesterday about my milk supply drastically going down, and in my reading wondered if maybe it just had to do with the period. Did anyone else notice that, and did it go back to normal as your period ended?? She is definitely too young for me to want to supplement with anything, but I certainly don't want to starve her!
(and for the record, I eat no soy, an organic/whole food diet, little sugar, but have been taking EPO fairly regularly since birth to help with mood swings...guess some women are just dang fertile!
)
