need some help...

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-06-2007
need some help...
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Fri, 03-23-2007 - 9:38am

OK, so I was home on leave in January and December - got off my depo in the first week of January, had no period. Now, February I had weird spotting, not a real period. Now it is March and it is a week passed when I am to have my period. In late January begining of February I had tenderness in my breasts, now I am always tired, craving weird items (mind you I am in Iraq), have a bad attitude and I am very emotional... Do you think I could be pregnant?? I am getting a test today or by this weekend.... But I am curious what others think.

Thanks.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2006
Fri, 03-23-2007 - 11:05am

I was also on Depo for three years and came off of it in May of last year. I had a period in June but nothing until August where I had spotting and then I had a normal period in October, November, December, January, February and March. I don't think you are pregnant but take a test just to make sure. All of those symptoms I had too at the beginning, it is just your body's way of getting back to normal. You body will not be normal until three months after you have been off the depo, then you should have regular periods. I have been trying to get pregnant since November 06 and it still hasn't happened yet, but my doctor told me it could take up to a year after you get off the depo to get pregnant again.

Hope that helps.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-25-2007
Fri, 03-23-2007 - 6:51pm

The spotting you describe could easily have been implantation bleeding, and not a period at all. That's exactly what happened with me -- I spotted for a day, around the time of my first missed period, and then it stopped. I had a positive pregnancy test the very next day... it's far more common than you'd think.

Best of luck... take care over there!