Came off the pill 6 mths ago and still no AF! Anyone else in the same boat?

Flying did you finish the packets correctly? I've never heard of missing break through periods. I hope the doctor puts your mind to rest!

Yes sorry I'm not very good with the lingo yet, missed two break through bleeds. Is that a bad thing?

Flying do you mean you missed 2 breakthrough bleeds?

I'm also having the same problem, missed 2 periods whilst still on the pill so came off earlier than planned and then still nothing for 4 months now. Did anyone else stop gettin their periods whilst still on the pill. Have booked drs app but would just love to know all is ok!

Is there any specific question that I should ask the doctor when I go for my internal scan?

Thanks Critter I am starting to come to terms with the time thing. I'm not a very patient person naturally so I kind of freak out when things don't go to plan. Starting to realise that this is a long term thing and just need to be patient ;)

Sorry - it has made me

Pear, it hasn't yet, in that I am still ttc, but if it has made me ovulate at least once. And if clomid doesn't work after a few rounds, there are other options, so don't worry!

My af did not arrive until a year after I stopped taking the pill, it took another year for them to be any where near'regular and another year to conceive! Obviously my story is quite extreme, however I shall never go on birth control ever again, as I believe it completely messed my body and hormones up! We are now trying to conceive num 2 and I'm hoping it doesnt take as long this time around,as the old biological clock is ticking

Thanks gomurray I will think about taking that vitamin. I have noticed that my hair is thinning a bit since coming off the pill and I wonder if this is PCOS related or I'm just imagining it. My mother thinks my hair has been thinning for a year now but I just laughed it off at the time as I didn't notice it at all. It's deffinately something I will mention when I go for my scan.

Critter has Clomid worked for you then?

Thanks for all your advice. I'm slightly calmer today and just trying to stay positive until my scan on 11th.

Just a quick note to the OP. My AF took months to restart following a late MC (at 20 weeks) and I took B100 (vitamin available from any health food shop) which helped get my hormone levels back on track. A friend of mine had exactly the same (her MC was at 12 weeks) and her AF was AWOL for over 6 months then she started B100 and hey presto AF appeared soon afterwards. Then this year the same friend had failed IVF and again her AF was AWOL, she started back on the B100 2 weeks ago and AF arrived today ! It is a simple vitamin that you can buy yourself and start taking... no harm in trying it. Possibly a better way to kick start your hormones sooner, rather than waiting for appt and stronger drugs.
Feel free to ignore this if you think you have PCOS as I have no experience of that I'm afraid.
Good luck.

pear - for what it's worth, I'm a healthy weight and don't have extra hair either. Frankel has excellent advice - we're all different and you won't know for sure what's going on until you've seen a specialist and had a scan. In the meantime, try not to worry!

Until you've had a consultation with a fertility specialist please don't stress yourself. Google is the root if all evil when it comes to self-diagnosis and you will always find some random problem to fit what you are experiencing.

A lot of us have been in a similar position to you, but that doesn't mean we all have the same problems. It's hard I know, but until you have the say so of a fertility expert, you can't be sure if there is a problem at all.

I have just checked the NHS website as that last comment about weight slightly worried me. For my height and weight I'm in the healthy zone so I don't need to loose weight. I am not hairy and I don't have any other typical PCOS symptoms. I also had a regular period before going on the pill. So really it's just the mystery missing AF that is a concern. FX the scan reveals why or I get a clearer answer from the doctor. Perhaps it is just provera drug that I need to kick start AF.

PCOS can be controlled to an extent but there is no one therapy or treatment that will completely eradicate the cystic follicles on the ovaries. The causes of PCOS are still not fully understood but knowledge has increased over the years.

I would suggest that you try to stay within the correct weight range for your height as excess pounds can exacerbate symptoms. Also many PCOSers do find it very difficult indeed to shed excess weight.

PCOS is a PITA of a condition to deal with and it should not in my view be messed around with by GPs.

If PCOS is present usage of the fertility monitors is a waste of both your time and effort. These kits measure LH and they work on the misleading principles that there is only one rise in LH every month and that such a rise is followed by ovulation. Many women with PCOSers have an excess of LH so the kit reads that therefore giving the person a false positive or multiple positive result.

Don't think of it as punishment, fertility problems are very common. My nurse said at my appointment today that PCOS is one of the easiest problems to fix.

Though you shouldn't really be using a CBFM unless you can start it from the first day of your bleed, otherwise it will get confused and give you misleading results.

Oh ok. I guess that makes sense. Especially as last month I got a smiley face and then a peak on the CBFM the following week. I guess this is my punishment for using these tool without the appearance of AF.

No it's not lots of peaks, but if you've had several peaks since coming off the pill and no AF it is most likely that they were false peaks. If you ovulate only one of two things can happen - pregnancy or AF.

If I only get one smiley face a month, that's not loads of peaks?

That's depressing news :(

Yup, LH fluctuations are pretty standard for PCOS, that is why OPKs (be they Internet cheapies or CBFM) don't work for women with PCOS. You get lots of false peaks due to the high levels of the hormone in your blood.

Oh wow :( I've just learned that LH fluctuations are common in women with PCOS, so ovulation sticks can be misleading!! Would explain why I've been getting smiley faces without AF following. Please someone wipe time next week so that my scan is tomorrow instead of 11 days to wait :(

Oh goodness I didn't realise that LH fluctuations were common with PCOS. I was clinging onto some hope there! Thanks for your advice, much appreciated :)