does no period mean no ovulation?

ertopp

This is such a stupid question but I am clueless.

I haven't had a period since Sept 2009. I am on the pill but does that mean I am not ovulating? I tried looking it up but I just get info on being pregnant (which I am not)

Is there a way to tell if I am?

 

TIA ladies!

asiabutterfly

I have PCOS and would never get my period. My OB said that no period = no ovulation.

AshSchultz

wow. I just asked this question 2 posts up.. strange..hahaha

D_Nett86

I got pregnant with DS in October 2009 and my last period I had  before him was in June 2009. So from experience, it is totally possible to get pregnant without a period.

MCMoo23

The point of being on a BCP is so you stop ovulating or so it controls your cervical mucus so the sperm won't meet the egg.. The pill (at least combination progesterone and estrogen) makes it so your ovaries don't release eggs. If you're just on a progesterone pill you can still ovulate but it's likely that your cervical mucus or other changes in your body will prevent the egg from being released.

Usually you have a period with the pill, unless you aren't taking the weeks placebo's? 

ertopp

MCMoo23:

The point of being on a BCP is so you stop ovulating or so it controls your cervical mucus so the sperm won't meet the egg.. The pill (at least combination progesterone and estrogen) makes it so your ovaries don't release eggs. If you're just on a progesterone pill you can still ovulate but it's likely that your cervical mucus or other changes in your body will prevent the egg from being released.

Usually you have a period with the pill, unless you aren't taking the weeks placebo's? 

I take all of the pills (Loestrin24) and before I got pregnant I ALWAYS had a period (sometimes 2 or 3 a month) so it's very strange to not have one! not that I am missing it by any means, LOL.

MCMoo23

ertopp:

MCMoo23:

The point of being on a BCP is so you stop ovulating or so it controls your cervical mucus so the sperm won't meet the egg.. The pill (at least combination progesterone and estrogen) makes it so your ovaries don't release eggs. If you're just on a progesterone pill you can still ovulate but it's likely that your cervical mucus or other changes in your body will prevent the egg from being released.

Usually you have a period with the pill, unless you aren't taking the weeks placebo's? 

I take all of the pills (Loestrin24) and before I got pregnant I ALWAYS had a period (sometimes 2 or 3 a month) so it's very strange to not have one! not that I am missing it by any means, LOL.

That's strange...it might be because of the low estrogen? I'm not sure, lol. But yeah, you definitely aren't ovulating if you're on the pill. I wouldn't worry.  

BFab11

D_Nett86:

I got pregnant with DS in October 2009 and my last period I had  before him was in June 2009. So from experience, it is totally possible to get pregnant without a period.

You can get pregnant without a period, but it would be because you got lucky and got KU on your first cycle; if you hadn't had sex you would've had a period, if that makes sense.