Re: MENORRHAGIA: Very long cycles all the sudden???

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You are having oligomenorrhea, meaning lengthing cycles. There may not be any problems with this, but sometimes talking to your doc and getting a hormone to bring down a period will 'kick-start' your cycle and stabilize things. The birth control pill is another way to help here...Dr. von Almen

At Wed, 1 Oct 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi there, I was wondering what could cause the length of my cycle to
>increase dramatically and if its cause for concern and if I should visit
>my obgyn.
>Two cycles ago, my cycle was 30 days long (for as long as I can
>remember), starting from the first day of my period and ending the first
>day of my next period, then all the sudden it jumped to 45 days last
>month, then finally started my period. I took a pregnancy test right
>before I started and then had a heavy period. Now this cycle, I am on
>day 52 of this cycle (my last period started Aug 10th) and still haven't
>started my period. I feel a little constipated if that helps at all. :
>) I don't think I'm pregnant...but not 100% sure.
>I don't know if it's something wrong with my hormones, if I haven't
>ovulated or not, or if it's normal, or what.
>I might have a slight sinus infection and don't know if that's why. I'm
>not really stressed and usually very regular. I gave birth to a now two
>year old and a healthy weight.
>I am concerned, but not sure how concerned I should be. I would have
>called my doctor by now, but my insurance charges me to call with a
>question.
> Thank you so much for all your help!!!
>
>--
> thanks!
>

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