off the Pill - irregular periods?
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off the Pill - irregular periods?
| Mon, 03-29-2004 - 6:12pm |
I just went off the Pill after taking it for 8 years. I had one period after about a month and now nothing for about 7 weeks. (We are still using condoms until we start trying, but I wanted to have at least a few normal periods first.) Are these irregular periods normal? How long until I'll have fairly normal periods again? (My periods before the Pill were not entirely regular to begin with.)

When I came off OCs almost 2 years ago it took 6 months for my cycles to stabilize. I was very regular before I began taking BCPs and fortunately have returned to a very consistent 28 day cycle. If you were irregular before you began hormonal contraceptives your cycles might return to being irregular again.
Good luck
Jill
Hi Brokerette,
In addition to what Jill has posted, I thought I'd add our link to information on birth control pills:
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/library/nwh/content/0,,215912_269246,00.html
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