I got off the pill in september. I had
been on it for 10 years. I have now been
60 days without a period or any sign of
one. I've taken 3 test which have all
been negative. Its just scary to have
sex when you don't know when you're
ovulating. I got off the pill to get on a
regular cycle and know my ovulation
schedule, but I didn't expect it to take
this long. Is this normal? Has anyone
else taken longer than two months to have
a period after quitting the pill?
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weaver
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 2 Location: tennessee
Re: Missed Two Periods Posted: 01-07-05 21:43pm
lcccpt
wrote:
i got off the pill in
september. I had been on it for 10
years. I have now been 60 days without a
period or any sign of one. I've taken 3
test which have all been negative. Its
just scary to have sex when you don't know
when you're ovulating. I got off the
pill to get on a regular cycle and know my
ovulation schedule, but I didn't expect it
to take this long. Is this normal? Has
anyone else taken longer than two months
to have a period after quitting the
pill?
i was on the depo shot for about a year.
My periods were irregular when I was on
it. For the first five months of being
off depo I had very heavy periods. Then
one month I didnt get my period and havent
had on for five months. I still have
cramping though
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littlered
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 268
Posted: 01-07-05 23:55pm
I have been told by some relatives that
after taking the shot or any kind of bc
for so long. That your body just needs
time to I guess you can say time to wake
up. I have also heard that bc meanly the
depo shot can cause you to go into early
menopause. I read on the internet (forgot
which website I read it on) that there is
some kind of medince (sorry if I spelled
that wrong.) that your doctor can give to
correct that. But not really sure if
there is such a thing. I hope this helps
you any.
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sparklypixie12
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 3099
Posted: 01-08-05 06:28am
From what i've read it can take you
anywhere from 2 months to 12 months to get
back into your regular cycle after you've
come off birth control, particularly if
you've been on it for a few years.
I think after 3 tests & 60 days
without a period, it's pretty safe to
presume you're not pregnant & that
you're body is just trying to re-adjust to
producing 'natural' hormones again
(remember that when you're on the pill
you're putting something 'foreign' so to
speak into your body & therefore it's
bound to have a big effect on the running
of your body)
my advice would be that if you are
concerned about pregnancy then get a blood
test to 100% confirm either way. Other
then that I think it's normal that you
haven't got a regular cycle again &
hopefully it should re-appear soon!
