now I'm mad

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-28-2007
now I'm mad
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Sat, 03-03-2007 - 5:13pm
Before having kids I had the perfect and totally predictable 28 day cycle. Then I concieved my first. Then 6 months after she was born I found out I was pregnant with my 2nd (concieved while on ortho-tricylen lo). After he was born I was not on birth control because I was breastfeeding (I know there is bc you can take while breastfeeding, it was just a personal choice not to). While breastfeeding I had highly irragular periods, I guess they tended to be about every 31 or more days. And they were super heavy! Anyway after my son turned 1 we talked about having a third and decided to stay off birth control (but not yet ttc). Well I did have #3 and he is about 4 months old now. After his birth I had planned to have a tubal ligation but didn't go through with it due to anemia and a low blood platelet count. So I went on the pill (this time nortrel, didn't want to chance the ortho-tricyclen lo again).
Since having Cain I have had extremely heavy periods, I mean like a pad an hour periods. And the first 2 months on the pill I bled probably 6 out of the 8 weeks. Now this is my 3rd month on it and I had no irregular bleeding but now I am in the last week of the hormonal pills and have had pink spotting for 2 days now! How long does this take to normalize? And since I was anemic the doctor wanted me to have lighter periods (ha).
How long should I give my body to get used to it and normalize? And since I have had irregular bleeding every month could I still get pregnant?
I am frustrated.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Sat, 03-03-2007 - 8:41pm

Hi again hon,


      Jill