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Cycle Issues? Please help?
I will try to make this short and simple.
Had a baby January 8th, 2009. Was not "active" afterwards as had a difficult birth, so was not concerned about birth control right away.
Got what seemed to be a period finally beginning of April. Was using condoms in the rare case of sex, just to be safe.
After getting period in April, decided to go on regular birth control to try to regulate my cycle. I know its common to get a period one month, and not the next, after childbirth.
Started birth control. After 3 weeks on, went to have my week off for my period, only did not get a period. Again, used condoms as a back up method (although, they are never 100%).
Question: As I know its common to miss your period often after childbirth, is it STILL possible to miss it when you go on birth control? Should the birth control not "fix" your cycle?
To clarify - I am not nursing; only nursed for the first 4 weeks.
1 Answer
- 1 decade ago
Are you nursing? If you are, that may cause you to not have a regular cycle, and birth control wouldn't necessarily fix that. Actually - if you're nursing, you shouldn't be on the regular pill - you need to be on a special form of birth control, so you should speak to your doctor about that.
If you're not nursing, then your body may still be getting back to normal. Take a pregnancy test and see what it says - if it's negative, then I think it's probably just your hormones trying to regulate, so you're probably fine. :)
If you have any questions, always feel free to call your doctor!
