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I'm seven weeks pp when will i have a period i've been under a lot of stress dealing with a newborn and a 5 year old?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Varies tremendously: hi level of stress, poor nutrition, if one is breast-feeding all decrease periods. Sometimes it may take hormonal treatment to get them restarted (rare), and about 2-3 months pp is pretty common.

Dr Hodge agreed

Answered 2/11/2017

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