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No period, but bleeding every 2-3 weeks--another question

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:34:09 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 26 Jun 2001, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>At Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Amy wrote:
>>
>>My son is 9 months old. I have had one (HORRIBLE) period since he was
>>born (4/30). Pregnancy tests have been negative. I had a TV ultrasound
>>and they found polycystic ovaries, but I don't have PCOS as far as they
>>can tell. I am still breastfeeding. Even though I have only had one
>>period, every 2-3 weeks 2 weeks since before my first period, I bleed
>>heavily for about 3 hours, then it stops. What could cause this?
>
>Breastfeeding would be high on my list of causes.
>
>Is it
>>something to worry about? From this it seems certain that I'm
>>anovulatory right now. We'd like to start ttc again, so I keep hoping
>>my period will start, but . . .
>
>Breastfeeding is a fair form of birth control. Better than rhythm.
>

So why the bleeding now? I went 7 1/2 months with nothing now I'm bleeding all the time it seems? Is there anything I can do about it while I'm nursing?

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