WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1997: Re: Are Cycles this long normal?

Re: Are Cycles this long normal?

From: R.Daniel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Dec 1997 18:53:59 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Rachel wrote: >
>Maybe somebody out there has had a similar problem. I am a nineteen
>year old woman in very good health. I sarted my period at about 13, and
>it was always what I'd call long. At least 35 days apart, but for
>awhile I chalked it up to my hormones regulating everything.
>Then at 17 I became pregnant. I delivered a healthy, 7lb11oz baby girl,
>full term at 18. I had a very healthy pregnancy and a totally natural
>delivery with midwives at a birth center.. I must ssay though, my now
>husband and I had unprotected sex for a year on a very regular basis
>before I became pregnant.
>I'd been nursing and I didn't resume my periods untill Jo was 10 months.
>But these cycles are really long. I'm not nursing very much, maybe once
>a day, and I don't think it would matter that much. They aren't
>irregular cycles. They come pretty regularly at about 48 days.
>Is it normal to have cycles this long. This was how long they were
>before the baby too, the last year at least. Something else concerns
>me.
>Once my period does come, it seems very strange. It will start slow
>with a very odd brownish dishcarde. It seems like old, nasty blood or
>something, and is very thick. Then it might become regular flow, but
>often time it will just stop for two of three days in the middle and
>start again. Then it will tapper off to the same, nasty brown flow. Is
>any of this normal? Please reply -- anybody.
>Thanks
>
>--
>Rachel
>

Actually this could be normal. It is unusual. If you were like this before your pregnancy, and then got pregnant, you were obviously ovulating then. So it is possible that you are ovulating now. There are several solutions to your situation depending on your desire for pregnancy. If you do not wish to become pregnant, you should probably start on oral contraceptives. That will regulate your periods every 28 days with light flow. If you want to get pregnant, don't do anything to prevent it and if you are not pregnant in 1-2 years, go see an infertility specialist for evaluation. If your periods become irregular, go see your OBGYN Doctor.

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD

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