Ever since I had my first period at 11 years old I've been extremely irregular. I've lasted up to 6 months with out a period. I was on birth control for almost 5 consecutive years and for the past 5 months I've been off the pill. I've been having unprotected intercourse with my boyfriend and haven't gotten pregnant. We're not married but I fear that I won't be able to get pregnant when we are ready.
Walking on Sunshine
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Since you have been using birth control for so many years it will take your body a while to readjust any where from 6mos to 1 year. Don't worry about it - I have a very irregular cycle and I have 3 kids even though I have severe scarring and the Dr told me I might not be able to. Just be patient It will happen in it's own time.
smileysweetits
That is so crazy, you sound exactly like me. I just asked a question about the whole ovulation thing too. I'm wondering if since I don't get my cycle every month does that mean I can't get pregnant during that month. It's probably going to be really difficult to have children. You're going to have to get one of those tests that tell you when you are ovulating. Don't rule out the possibility though. I know that taking birth control screws up your cycle too. I hate it. It kind of makes me feel like less of a woman.
I know that being under weight can cause you to not have your period and I was once told that I should have some blood work done and have my thyroid checked. So it might be fixable. Just don't take Depo. It is known to throw your body into early menopause and it won't ever return back to it's normal state. That's ONE of my problems.
Rose
I am 23 years old and the exact same thing happened to me. I had normal periods my whole life then about 6 months ago I missed like 3 months of periods. I went and saw my gyn. doctor and they ran lots of blood work and did some test. Turns out I have PCOS which is poly cystic ovarian syndrome. It causes my hormones to be out of wack and therefore skip periods. After going to the doctor and them getting my hormones in line I started my period and am now 9 weeks pregnant. Good Luck!
MommyTwice-TwiceTheLove
When you get off the pill it can become difficult for you to become pregnant and your body has to fall back into its natural pattern. Give it a while. BC in my opinion is not good for your body. Its never good to mess with mother nature. When I went off the pill my cycle was really messed up. It took about 6 months to become regular.
Not having a cycle at all is not at all natural so I would ask your doctor. You may have to chart your ovulation by basal temp and mucus. Good luck!
Anonymous
oh my the same thing is happening to me i have gotten my period when i was 12 i got preggers when i was 16 and had her when i was 17 and now she is almost 2 and i had gotten the depo shot shortly after she was born and was on it for about 9 months and i had some bleeding here and there when i was on it but i finally got tired of taking it bc it made me so irregular, so therefore i stopped taking it and now that me and my husband want to have a baby we have been having un-protected sex for about 5 months now and i can not get pregnant i have not had my period for about 4 months and i keep taking pregnancy tests to see if i am preggers but they always turn out negative and i wanna have a second one so bad .... my daughter needs a siblings soon plus someone to play with!!!!! but it just isnt working sometimes i think that I was only meant to have one but i will continue trying until i have another one and that test reads positive !!!! just keep trying it will happen sooner or later : ) good luck