PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for February, 2001: thank you thank you! others please weigh in, too!

thank you thank you! others please weigh in, too!

From: Lisa

anonymous@obgyn.net

Tue, 6 Feb 2001 01:00:00 -0600 (CST)

i'm fairly sure i was regular before i went on the pill (which was 12 years ago, when i was 16). your experience really encourages me. i went off the pill in october, had a provera period dec. 2 and had a real period about jan. 15. if there's a chance that i might start cycling after a while (and i think the fact that i had a natural period is good), i don't want to start clomid, which doesn't have a particularly high success rate. but some of the books i've read say postpill amenorrhea is a myth (and my doctor seems to agree).

it's hard to know whom to believe, which is why i was hoping for lots of people to tell me if they took awhile for their periods to come back after they went off the pill.

i've been doing bbt and opk, and this cycle is looking like it'll be a long one, too. (i should have ovulated already. i *have* ovulated *once*, though -- that's good, right?!) but maybe i'll give it till april or so before i give up.

At Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Lisa wrote: >
>Hello. Were your cycles regular before you were on the pill? If not,
>that would explain why they are not now. If they were fairly normal, it
>may just be taking a while for your body to get used to ovulating again.
>I went through the same thing, so you are not alone. It seems like
>every other time I went off BCP, I would have normal cycles. However,
>when I went off for the purpose of trying to conceive, everything went
>wacky. It took about four nomths for me to have a regular cycle. Before
>that I had 58 day cycles. I've had three normal cycles in a row now.
>
>There is such a thing called Post pill amenorrhea, which is when it
>takes a while for you to have a normal cycle after going off the pill. I
>think it has to do with your pituitary gland having to get back in the
>swing of telling your body to ovulate. My doctor did not think I had
>it, and diagnosed me with PCOS before even taking a blood test for
>hormones levels or sonogram. I refused to believe it...and the blood
>tests were on my side. You may want to take your Basal body temperature
>each morning before you get up in order to determine if you are
>ovulating. Most doctors want you to do this before checking into
>fertility measures. If you're still not ovulating, there's always
>Clomid.
>
>I know it is frustrating, but hang in there. It was driving me up the
>wall and I went through about a million pregnancy tests, thinking "what
>if?" but finally my body has gotten back into the swing of things.
>
>At Mon, 5 Feb 2001, anon wrote:
>>
>>how long do you think i should wait to cycle normally before i start
>>other fertility measures?
>>
>>At Sun, 4 Feb 2001, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote:
>>>
>>>At Sun, 4 Feb 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>>>
>>>>i've read that it can take six months after quitting the birth-control
>>>>pill before you start cycling normally (though my doctor doesn't seem to
>>>>believe this).
>>>>has anyone out there actually had this experience --
>>>>menstruating/ovulating irregularly or not at all, then kicking in after
>>>>some time off the pill?
>>>>
>>>>doctors, have you known patients to have this experience?
>>>>
>>>>i've been off the pill three and a half months. two weeks ago, i
>>>>finally started a period (i'd had one from provera, but this one was
>>>>natural). i want to believe that my cycles will come back, but is that
>>>>realistic?
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>jennifer
>>>>
>>>Jennifer
>>>
>>>Everyone is different. It is hard to say how you will be. I have had
>>>patients do both.
>>>
>>>--
>>>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>>>Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
>>>Private Practice
>>>New Orleans, La.
>>>
>>>*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
>>>
>>>*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are
>>>not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
>>>health care provider. They are not intended to be the start
>>>of a physician-patient relationship.
>>>

-- jennifer

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