A member asked:

Currently exclusively breastfeeding my 9wo, yesterday i started bleeding, could this be a period?

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Probably not: Most breastfeeding moms will not ovulate and those who do will not do so in the first two months. So it is probably not a period. Many women who breastfeed do have episodic spotting and bleeding, sometimes for several months.

Answered 9/15/2013

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