Half Pint Pixie

I had monthly periods for 17 years until January 2006 when I got pregnant. Now a year and a half later I’m enjoying the break that Mother Nature has given me as my reward for breastfeeding!

I’ve been reading up on it and it seems the average return of menstruation is about 14 months postpartum, some experience it as early as six weeks, others could go for 2 years. Myself, I’m at almost 9 months and it’s on my mind as I could sometimes swear I feel my body getting ready to restart the cycle. According to Kellymom.com, your body can start gradually ramping up to full fertility over a few months.

Extended breastfeeding is associated with natural child spacing, as detailed on LLL’s site. We’ve chosen not to trust to this method as I wish to nurse babypixie for at least a year, hopefully two. My body has done such an excellent job of growing, birthing and now feeding babypixie that I think it deserves a little rest once she has finished nursing, whenever that may be! Then we can start all over again and hopefully start a new break in my cycle! However if things don’t go according to plan (and they rarely do) then I guess I’ll be spending a lot of time on Kellymom’s nursing during pregnancy & tandem nursing pages!

So, for when the day does arrive when I need such things again, I’m determined to explore more eco-friendly options. It’s amazing how having a baby makes you rethink your definition of what’s “gross” and what’s just natural…

Apconnect have a tried & tested list of many types of cloth sanitary towels, which is very informative.

Here’s some info on the reuseable Diva Cup from Closet Environmentalist