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VERY irregular periods after the pill, please help!

thompsbabethompsbabe
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I need ya'lls thoughts on this. I was on the pill for a long time (7 years roughly) and first went on it to help regulate my period. They were very regular, like clockwork really, but when I went off the pill in July I stopped having periods. My doctor had me wait 3 months and then I saw her in October for blood tests. They ran all kinds of tests and they were all normal. No one ever mentioned PCOS and she doesn't think that's it, although I haven't had an ultrasound yet. She put me on Provera and I got my period shortly after taking that. I took Provera again in November and have been without a period since the beginning of December. I am frustrated with this. My doctor seems to think it's from being on the pill so long. Obviously everyone reacts differently to going off the pill, but I am having a hard time buying that. She wants me to call at the end of January to let them know whether or not I have started and if not, I will go on Provera again. I'm going to TRY not to call. I want my body to regulate itself so I can eventually ovulate and get pregnant.

Has anyone else dealt with something similar? Advice? HELP!

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Re: VERY irregular periods after the pill, please help!

  • bumpuser794640bumpuser794640 member
    It can take your body up to a year to regulate after coming off of hormonal birth control.  I would recommend reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility, visiting www.fertilityfriend.com and reading their tutorials, and learning to chart your basal body temperature.
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  • ChicagoWeded2007ChicagoWeded2007 member
    I think you should see a new doctor. Maybe a fertility specialist.

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  • helloshannonhelloshannon

    i think you need to find a new dr. STAT! if you went on the pill to regulate your periods in the first place, then they aren't magically going to be normal now. the pill doesn't change your body long term, only while you are on them. it could take some time but not over 6 months. it sounds like PCOS to me.

    i went on the pill at 18 to regulate my periods since they were never regular. 10 years later i went off and started TTCing. I have had PCOS that whole time but when i was 18, all i wanted was a predictable cycle so it wasn't discovered. i wish someone had told me that having 2 periods a year could be a problem back then so it wasn't such a shock when i was thinking about babies.

    try a second opinion so you won't be wasting time waiting. Good Luck!

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  • noellemason11noellemason11
    I am also very irregular.  I would go see a RE.  When I got off the pill I didn't have AF for 6months-ish and it was because I wasn't ovulating.  My body never regulated and if you're ttc it makes it hard if there are no eggs to fertilize.....
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  • thompsbabethompsbabe
    What action did you take to become regular and ovulate? Just curious because I do not ovulate either per OPKs and my temperature and I don't really think at this point the book on taking charge of my fertility will do anything....
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  • noellemason11noellemason11
    I don't know if I'm exaclty "regular" yet.... my RE had to give me prometrium a few times in order for me to get AF.  And this is my first round on clomid after my second induced period....  
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