how soon is your period to come........

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Registered: 07-12-2004
how soon is your period to come........
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Mon, 09-20-2004 - 12:19pm
how long does it take to get your period after you get off the depo shot? i have been on it for a couple of years and i and i just got off of it and i have been off of it for 2 1/2 weeks, and i have been cramping and having lower back pains so i was wonerdering if it takes a while to get it or not?
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Mon, 09-20-2004 - 9:21pm
Hi michelle2123, welcome!

Some women coming off Depo begin cycling very soon after not taking the next scheduled injection. For others it may take some time. This is what the Patient information on the Depo site: http://www.depoprovera.com/index.asp# has this to say about returning fertility after stopping Depo.

“Return of Fertility

Because DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection is a long-acting birth control method, it takes some time after your last injection for its effect to wear off. Based on the results from a large study done in the United States, of those women who stop using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection in order to become pregnant, about half of those who become pregnant do so in about 10 months after their last injection; about two-thirds of those who become pregnant do so in about 12 months, about 83% of those who become pregnant do so in about 15 months, and about 93% of those who become pregnant do so in about 18 months after their last injection. The length of time you use DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection has no effect on how long it takes you to become pregnant after you stop using it.” Let us know how you’re doing, ok?

Take care,

      Jill

    

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Registered: 07-12-2004
Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:52am
thankyou, that helped me. i will keep in touch.