WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2007: Re: MENSTRATIONCHANGES: My period went from 5 days to 2 days ( on its own) !!

Re: MENSTRATIONCHANGES: My period went from 5 days to 2 days ( on its own) !!

From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:39:37 -0500 (CDT)

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If you are having regular cycles, and something you can call a period, this seems fairly normal to me. Cycles can change with birth control pill use, and also as we age. Did I understand you correctly that you are not using the pill, or any other method of hormonal birth control at this time ?

Are you ovulating ? Do you see the signs of ovulation ? If so,there isn't much more to worry about, if your body is regularly cycling.

Is your concern future fertiilty ?

I would investigate the breast tenderness, if it is all month long.

I would also suggest having your thyroid checked. Sometimes it is associated with lighter periods. Overall, though, it sounds like things are fairly normal.

At Mon, 9 Apr 2007, P wrote: >
>I am 33 years old. Have 2 kids, ages 10 and 6. Last year, I started
>taking ortho novum-low birth control pills for like 5 months. After, I
>stopped taking them I noticed that my face had brown pigment blotches on
>my forehead. Also, my period went from 5 days(3 heavy days, 2 light
>days) to 1 and 1/2 days. My menstration is very light, dark almost a
>black, dark color like tar. I am not pregnant. I keep buying pregnancy
>tests!! I have sore breasts all the time. I went to my OBGYN and she
>did a hormonal test and told me everything was normal and that I should
>be happy that my period only lasts 2 days. I am concerned that my
>uterus isn't "shedding" properly and I'd like to know what I can do to
>find out what's going on. I never had these problems in the past. My
>period had always been like clock work. Now its punctual even though
>its brief and off by a day or two.

-- Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CHT

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