Regulating irregular menstrual cycles with birth control Posted: 12-13-06 00:54am
Hi.Heres my story.
I first had my period when i was 12 and it
never was regular. when i was about 16 or
so i wnt to the dr. because i was having
my period every 2 weeks and it was lasting
about 2 weeks long. they put me on bc and
then my periods were fine while i was on
that. This last June i stopped taking the
pill because i assumed after 2 yrs i
wouldnt need it.. ever since then i havent
had periods. [i had one, one month because
i took bc to see if it would make me
start] i dont know whats wrong anf i know
i should go to the dr. but im too afraid..
i am also sexually active and for the past
2 weeks i have been bloated and having
stomach achs. i dont know what to do.. any
advice other than go see a dr? thanks
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Fertility Answer A2013 Posted: 08-08-07 07:03am
Lack of menstrual periods is an expected
temporary side effect after coming off
birth control pills. It seems that your
doctor gave you birth control pills to
make your cycles regular. Before you
started taking pills, its sounds as if
your periods were too frequent
(polymenorrhea) and too prolonged
(menorrhagia). Your cycles/periods were
irregular probably because you weren't
experiencing ovulation. Lack of ovulation
is due to a disturbance in the axis
hypothalamus-pituitary gland-ovaries.
Pills can make the cycles regular and can
stop bleeding... but while taking them
there will be no ovulation. It is believed
that after coming of birth control pills,
ovulation will establish itself again,
spontaneously. If birth control pills do
not help, you can consult a gynecologist
and endocrinologist about your period
regularity.
A bloated and painful abdomen is probably
not related with your reproductive system.
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