When is your period coming back after baby?
Your cycle timeline depends on more than just time. This tool works out what's normal for your situation — and flags anything that needs a doctor's attention.
Your Birth Context
How long ago did you give birth?
Postpartum amenorrhea — the absence of menstruation after giving birth — is driven primarily by prolactin, the hormone that sustains breastfeeding. Under the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM), exclusive breastfeeding with no supplementation suppresses ovulation in over 98% of women for the first six months. But the moment feeding patterns change, the prolactin signal drops and the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis restarts — typically triggering ovulation 14 days before the first visible period returns. Understanding when your cycle returns after having a baby, what a normal postpartum period looks like, and when a delayed period after pregnancy warrants investigation are the three questions this tool is designed to answer — personalised to your specific feeding pattern, birth type, and symptoms.