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 Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:28 pm
My bc pills somehow got thrown away, so I was waiting until I started my period to go and get some more. My husband and I are not heavilly against having a baby, so in the meantime we have just been using the pull-out method (We are fully aware of the risk).
I had been taking bc for over 2 years before this break. Whenever I missed pills before, my period would start immediately. Even if I had recently ended one.
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 9:11 pm
I believe going off birth control can effect your period cycle, yes. If you're stopping a certain type of hormone that you've been taking for awhile, there's bound to be changes once that hormone is gone right?
When I stopped using the Patch a few months ago, my cycle changed slightly the next month. For other birth control methods like Depo Provera, the changes to one's cycle may take longer or be more drastic.
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:33 pm
Stopping birth control doesn't always mean you have your period right away. Your body usually still needs to go through it's cycle. If you haven't gone through the 'ovulation stage' (though you don't actually ovulate on your period as your body goes 'omg your pregnant!') you're not about to shed your uterine lining. If you stopped the pill too early, you'll generally have to wait until your body goes through the cycle.
Of course, I'm assuming you use the 2-hormone pill in which you have a monthly period in the first place.
The other thing I want to note is a lot of women are generally more fertile when they get off the pill. Why? Well, this is because this is what the pill was *meant* to be for. When the pill was initially developed, it was meant as a fertility pill. It ironically had the opposite effect for sustained periods.
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:25 pm
I was taking Ortho-Tricyclin Lo, so I did have a period every month.
I know that it doesn't always mean you have a period right away once you go off the pill, but for me that has always been the case. So that's why I'm a little confused right now. It has been over a month since I had my period, so I think that if I don't have it by the 20th of this month I'm going to take a pregnancy test to be sure.
My last period ended, I think, on April 7th, or around that date. I'm not positive. It feels like it's been longer, but I feel like April 7th is a good guess.
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:49 pm
If you're really worried, I'd go see a doctor. I mean, it's always best if you start you pill the first Saturday or Sunday you get your period, so I dunno if you're willing to wait until you get one or not.
Though sometimes pills have been known to make periods irregular. Or, it's possible you've always had irregular periods and the pill just regulated them for you (though I dunno since I'm not you lol)
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:47 am
Be aware that yes it might change your period slightly. the problem is if you start stressing about not getting your period stress can make you not have your period. I missed a whole month because I was stressed about not having it. Its maybe best to go get a preg test stick, that will de-stress you. Then hopefully it will come back biggrin
Best of Luck
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