What is "normal" after stopping BCP?

Re: What is "normal" after stopping BCP?

• Blonde1817 member

  October 2015

  Hi, just wanted to let you know that I am going through the same confusion!  I stopped taking my BCP in September, thinking that would give my body plenty of time to regulate before TTC in January.  Of course, now we pushed up TTC to November, so I don't know what my body will be doing by then!

  
  

  Like you, I got my period a few days after I stopped BCP, just like I normally would on a placebo week.  Then nothing for 30 days  (before BCP my cycle was more like 26 days, so I assumed it would go back to that ... ha!).  I also thought maybe I was pregnant and took two tests.. nope! And then ... the WORST period I've probably ever had!  Very heavy flow, terrible cramps... it lasted for 3 days, then completely nothing for a day, and then started up super heavy again the next day... WTF?!  I'm still waiting to be done. 

  
  

  It sucks, but I just have to hope that eventually I will be normal again! I don't that there's really anything that can be done, but I would ask your doctor if you already have an appointment.  

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• JenandJosh1310 member

  October 2015

  I think your cycle being totally wonky or not even happening for a few months is "normal". It took my friend almost 4 months to get her period after she went off BC. Im hoping to go off mine soon and im nervous bc i dont want crazy acne or mood swigs or weird periods lol everyone is different though! just let your doc know whats up next month and see what they say.

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• Katm89 member

  October 2015

  Your bleeding after stopping the pill is breakthrough bleeding and isn't necessarily a "period". Waiting for your body to kick back up is normal. I recommend buying TCOYF by Toni Welsher? Spelling might be off. But it will explain alot about how your body works and even talks about coming off the pill and what you could experience.
  

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• mommytimesfour member

  October 2015

  Normal can be so different for everyone. Personally, I didn't experience any differences in my cycle after coming off BCP, but I know a lot of women do experience symptoms and changes to their cycle for months after stopping. It's very common.

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• Hulabalu member

  October 2015

  I've read that it can take up to a year to get "back to normal". My first cycle after stopping bcp was 87 days. Even the next two cycles were long, around 40 days. So I guess it took me around 6 months to become somewhat regular. Wasn't trying to get pregnant at that time, so for me it wasn't an issue. But it would have been excruciating if I was TTC at the time.

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• Campheezy member

  October 2015

  Thank you all for your comments! Very helpful.

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• DumbledoresArmy member

  October 2015

  Unfortunately, its' very normal.  It took me 5 months to get a period again, and then it disappeared again and I'm on CD55.  Hang in there!  Doctors don't tell you how normal it is because they want you to take BCP!
  

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• onefootinthebayou member

  October 2015

  No clue. I had absolutely zero perceptible changes and no disruption of cycles. I'm sure it depends on the type of BC.
  
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• chanfa member

  October 2015

  After I finished BCP in August, I had my period normally with the first cycle at 32 days and second at 28. I am currently on my 3rd cycle so I am not sure what this one will end up at. When I went to my OB, she told me that I can 4 months to go back to "normal". I had only gone on BCP after a surgery to remove a cyst but even before than I had pretty regular periods (once a month).

  

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