It's like I'm still on the pill!

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Registered: 09-29-2003
It's like I'm still on the pill!
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Thu, 10-30-2003 - 2:00pm
Does anybody else have this?--I have been off the pill for 2 months now and had been on the pill for 3 and 1/2 years. Before I went on the pill my cycle was normally 28-31 days and VERY heavy...but now since stopping the pill and ttc my body is acting like it is still on the pill--the only difference is I can feel myself ovulate on the 14th day (ie sharp, aching pains). I get a migraine exactly one week before AF is due and 2 days before it comes and now my cycle is 26 days--exactly like it was when I was on the pill and very light?? I heard though that as soon as you stop birth control your body goes right back to being normal. This is just weird. Any thoughts?
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Registered: 06-16-2003
Thu, 10-30-2003 - 2:56pm
Where did you hear that from? That couldn't be further than the truth. Some women take months and months to get back to "normal" and some never return to the way they were before BCP. But, on the other hand, my friend got pregnant 14 days after stopping BCP. I call her Fertile Mertyl!

Angie

10DPO, C1, ttc#1

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Registered: 07-24-2003
Thu, 10-30-2003 - 2:56pm
I also went off the pill about two months ago after being on it for 3 1/2 years (weird). Anyway, my periods were a little weird when I went off, so I asked a nurse about it. She said that many women don't get back to their normal cycle until 3 months out. Then, it will be like it was before you went on the pill. If after your 3rd cycle things are still weird, you should probably talk to your doctor.

HTH!

angie

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Registered: 09-29-2003
Fri, 10-31-2003 - 6:50am
Thanks for the input! I will see what happens and if it continues I will talk to my doctor about it.

Jo