time to get period after Depovera Posted: 02-13-08 21:14pm
Hello Ladies,
Im hoping that i may offer some helpful
advice for those of you worried about the
depov contraceptive injection. I started
depov 5 years ago, intially i spotted
through out the entire 3 month injection,
and well into the second and third
injections too. This eventually settles
and you get absolutely nothing which is
rather refreshing after spotting for 6+
months Just hang
in there for those of you it is driving
crazy, the spotting will stop with time
and thats a promise! In the future to
start using this injection, visit your
doctor at the end of a menstral cycle this
may help reduce the spotting.
Secondly i decided to have a break from
the injection and go through a menstral
cycle- i waited 16 months for my period to
return. I too was worried there was
something wrong, but believe me they will
return with time just be patient- the
hormone injected must be completely
removed from your system i order for your
reproductive system to start up again.
This takes time and can even occur in
people that have only had 2-3 injections,
so if you are looking at having children
in the near future i would not suggest
this type of contraception.
The depov injection works by preventing
the release of your eggs controlled by
hormonal triggers in the pituritary gland,
hypothalamus and ovaries- it works in the
following manner:
The intramuscular injection releases the
hormone slowly into your system where it
reduces, or stops all together the process
of egg release. Gonadotropin-relasing
hormone (GRH) acts on the anterior
pituitary gland to stimulate the release
of follice-stimulating hormone (FSH) and
luteinising hormone(LM) these triggers
start the mentral cycle process- this is
stopped when using deprovera and is one of
the reasons it takes so long for a period
to return after prolonged use.
Women are natural born worriers- Relax
ladies everything will be ok and be
patient with the injection it is one of
those things that requires patients and
time to resovle those annoying issues. I
hope some of this info helps some of you
out there. kind regards Kris.
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Just hang
in there for those of you it is driving
crazy, the spotting will stop with time
and thats a promise! In the future to
start using this injection, visit your
doctor at the end of a menstral cycle this
may help reduce the spotting.
