I got 46 responses, accounting for 64 breastfed babies. Throwing out the high and the low and averaging all the rest, it has been determined that the average length of time for a woman to experience lactational amenorrhea (which means the absence of your period while you are nursing) is... 11.3 months.
Mine were 14 months and 22 months, respectively. It's nice. I enjoy the lactational amenorrhea.
(Other facebook polls that I have conducted include: "If you breastfed, did you lose weight quickly and easily?" 50% said yes, 50% said no. And, "How long does it take you to have sex again after childbirth?" Average: 3.25 months. And, "When you were pregnant, did you buy new underwear?" Some yes, some no.)
Today, I appreciate the supplements that we take in the morning: fermented cod liver oil, high-vitamin butter oil, 4 drops of liquid kelp (for iodine), and Vitamin D (1000 IUs for the kiddos, 5000 IUs for those of us with pubic hair). I put them all together on one spoon and set them out for the four of us. I like how they look when they're all lined up next to each other (that's Ezra's hand reaching for his):
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