meg

hello ladies!

i know lots of you have come off bcp and had trouble with cycles, just wondered if anyone would be willing to share their experiences with me to make me feel a bit better!

Currently on CD28, haven't ovulated yet (plenty of ewcm tho - sorry if tmi), last month had ewcm on CD31-32 (not sure if i ovulated) and AF on CD49.

anyone else have long cycles/any positive news? lol.

Coffee

Hi Meg, when did you come off BCP?
When i stopped taking it, the first 6 months were pretty bonkers! Long cycles - between 30 and 50 days for first 6 months. The last 3 or 4 months it has settled down and i am regular as clockwork at 33 days now. Maybe you just need to give it a bit more time for the bcp to work it's way out of your system?

meg

i came off it in march, so i'm expecting craziness for a while, but was just wondering what everyone elses experiences were.

do you know if you were ovulating the first few months you were off it?

jacky24

Hi meg

My cycle were as follows. BCP NOV07/DEC07/JAN08 just so that i could get AF on some kind of order.
Then 6th Feb AF but got AF again until CD70, and now had 2 normal 28/29 day cycles only due to being on postoval, it is not a BCP it is a progesterone that helps regulate your cycle like the BCP would help.

But without the postoval i probably won't ever get AF on my own as in my last 2 cycle of Clomid 100mg no Ovulation. Started clomid 100mg last night again so just hoping and praying

Good luck

Vickie

I'm not sure if I was ovulating or not my first few cycles off BCP (never did OPKs) but I was one of the lucky ones, my cycles seemed to settle into a 24 day pattern pretty much immediately. Good luck, I hope your cycles regulate soon and you get a quick BFP

hayley352

ah i am having bcp hell at the minute. i came off it in sept 07 and had the following cycles

45 days
56 days
35 days
35 days
35 days

just when i thought i was settling down i am now on cycle day 51 and nothing yet and all tests are BFN so depending on the person i think it can take a while for your body to regulate again.

sorry its not better news but hope u dont feel alone xx

Mrs R

Hi meg,

Just thought I'd share my looooooooooong experience of cycles after coming off bcp. Stopped taking it nearly 10 months ago, and had no AF for the next 5 months. Then I had 3 normalish cycles from Jan-Mar this year and I am currently waiting on the 4th. Im now on CD68!!!

I finally gave in and rang the doctor today (have already been for bloods -apparently everything is normal but 68 days doesn't sound normal to me!)

I would hold on tight for a few more months because it could be a long ride. But I'll cross my fingers and toes for you that you become regular pretty quickly. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear.


xxx

Sinead

Sorry can't help hun - I regulated to 25-30 day cycle straight away. It seems to have settled to 27 days after 18months

Malingo

I came off of it last dec, and conceieved but mc in late jan, My first af after the mc took 44 days then I had a 25 day cycle and now im on cd 41 with bfns, Its driving me nuts! x

meg

thanks girls, its good to hear others experience so i have some idea of what to expect, im under no false expectations, i had no idea that being on bcp would mean this once i came off it!

i suppose at the moment im more bothered about regulating my cycles as opposed to getting a bfp.

Mrs R! i'd rather hear the truth than give myself false hope! if you know what i mean!