WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2001: Re: [Birth Control] Irregular periods after taking the pill

Re: [Birth Control] Irregular periods after taking the pill

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:56:23 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Asia wrote: >
>I have been on birth control since I was 14 due to an abnormal period
>which lasted one month (heavy-caused by iron deficency anemeia)I am now
>21 and stopped taking the pill a few months ago. I did not get my
>period until two months later. I took a pregnancy test and it came back
>negative. It has been a month and two and half weeks since that period
>and nothing yet again. Is this normal? It was my first peroid when I
>started the pill at 14 so I couldn't really say there were irregular in
>the first place. Do I need to be worried? (I am no longer anemic.)
>Thank you,
>Asia

Asia, As you mention, it is hard to know what your own cycles are really like so there could be one of two issue ongoing here. First, there is a subset of women who, following discontinuation of the pill will not ovulate regularly. This causes irregular or even no periods. The second possibility is that your lack of periods may be secondary to your own system, since we really don't know what your regular cycles are like. To manage things, I would recommend the following. First, if you are trying to get pregnant, then you may want to sit down with your physician and discuss ovulation and your irregular cycles since stopping the pill. If pregnancy is not an issue, then I would recommend going back on the pill. It is important for your body to have at least 3-4 periods per year. By cycling on the pill, you assure this and it is predictable and safe... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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