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Re: Question about going off Birth Control Pills

From: Ronald Barentsen, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:39:28 -0600 (CST)


At Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Jennifer wrote: >
>After the birth of my first child my doctor put me on Ortho-Cyclen 28
>Day Regimen. I have taken these for 13 months. My husdband and I
>decided we would like another baby. I finished the pack I was on and my
>cycle came on Feb.
>4th. Then it came again on Feb. 23 just 20 days later. It was light
>until the 27th. Today is March 3 and it is still here. I have heard of
>women being late when they come off of BCP, but what about being so
>early and it lasting 9 days so far with no signs of letting up. Are my
>hormones just messed up from coming off of the pills?

maybe there was an insufficient corpus luteum. The first few cycles after BCP can be disturbed. Usually normal cycle picks up within 3 months, sometimes immediately. Don't worry about this first period.

--
Ronald Barentsen
Correspondent OBGYN.net for menopause and hormone replacement therapy



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