i think my period is back !

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Registered: 02-22-2007
i think my period is back !
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Thu, 02-22-2007 - 7:19pm

Hi,

I went off the pill in January. I'd been on it for a little over 3 years. I'm a newlywed and my husband and i want to start trying to get pregnant so i stopped Yasmin. I have always been regular, you could set your watch to my cycle. I got my period this month on the 11th of feb-lasted the usual 4 days.
At about 11am today i went to the bathroom and there was an unwelcome surprise in my panties and it scared me. I've never spotted between periods even before i went on the pill and this was heavier than spotting for me, so i wasn't sure if maybe i was pregnant?? Or is something else is going on

Any advice or suggestions would be great. My gynecologist is in a different state than i'm in now so i can't just rush over to his office if i call and make an appointment, plus i don't want to look like a fool if there isn't anything wrong

Thanks so much

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 8:33pm

Hi hjosullivan, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 01-26-2005
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 9:48pm
just wanted to chime in and say I used alot of the tips/answers from the TCOYF website to help conceive my baby (he's 4 now)....good luck...and yeah it can take a few full cycles after stopping the pill/birth control for your body to get back into a "regular" cycle...
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Registered: 02-22-2007
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 11:06pm

Thank you so much,

I've actually got quite a bit of stuff on how to conceive from co workers,they thought it would be a nice wedding gift, i just haven't looked at any of it yet. I've been tracking my ovulation for quite some time now and i've never had any kind of spotting around that time before. I just didn't like not knowing what my body was doing, which is why i didn't want to start on the pill in the first place.

Thanks for the info on the books and such

heather