Hello, Stephanie.
       You wanted to know why the mother of a 2-month-old would already be
menstruating.  For one thing, if she happens to have a baby who sleeps 6 or more
hours at a stretch, she can have her periods return early.  That hormone
spike related to middle-of-the-night nursings is very important to delayed
fertility.
       I have also know two women, one had 5 children and one had 3.  Both
women nursed exclusively, did not use pacifiers, slept with their babies and
nursed throughout the night.  Both women had their periods return at 6 weeks
postpartum with every one of those children!  (Boy, did they feel cheated!)
       Remember that the *average* delay in menses is 8-15 months for women
who exclusively breastfeed, don't use pacifiers, don't start solids early, etc.
 But there will always be women whose experience is much different, who
factor into that mathematical average!  We all know women who don't have a period
as long as their child breastfeeds even once/day.  One woman I knew had a
breastfeeding three-year-old, so together with pregnancy had happily gone 4 years
without a period.  The only way women like these can factor into the 8-15 month
average is for there to be other women whose periods return much earlier than
the "average".  (Though I can tell you those women aren't nearly as happy as
the women who are on the "long" end of the curve!)
       Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
       Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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