Light periods after stopping pill

Not light periods but no period! Now on CD108 after the post-pill withdrawal bleed. Age 31yrs, TTC DC1. On the pill 12 years.

• Positive LH test at CD 71
• Sore boobs CD74/75
• Spotting CD76-78
• Since then, nothing.
• Temping shows no pattern

• Bloods taken on CD93 showed no odd hormone levels. Or anything else (thyroid, sugars etc all fine)
• More bloods taken CD 107 to check androgen levels, so will see what they say.

Hi @JennaRMD, great idea for the WhatsApp - I've sent you and @Maisy24 a DM with my details, let me know if ever you didn't get it xxx

@Hope365 I'm so sorry to hear about the delay in your IVF. I think going private is a good thing if it's making you feel like you're going to get somewhere quicker 🤞. Just as expected AF arrived at 3.15am and I was in bloody agony with cramps. This is the 2nd month that it's floored me, all day at work I've felt like I've had the flu, my bones aches, I'm nauseous and sore all over really. Horrible. My period was heavier last month but this month seems to be light again!? Although I think it was day 2 i got the red blood last month so could be that. I phoned today and the doctor has referred us to the fertility clinic but just for basic tests as they still think it's something to do with coming off the pill and my body is just taking fooorreevvveerrrr to adjust!!! I'm 29 in October and don't plan on doing IVF or anything for a couple of years yet, I don't feel like that's an option for us just quite yet. @Maisy24 @hope365 would you ladies like to make a wee whatsapp chat or something? I feel like I need extra support at these times and this thread is difficult to keep up with as it has gotten quite long x

Hi @JennaRMD, and hi @Maisy24 too - how are you both? I'm sorry I've been rubbish at responding - the thread got really long and I lost track! Plus I've been feeling pretty hopeless about it all too to be honest... We were due our NHS IVF in May - we might actually be pregnant by now if it wasn't for bloody covid! As if infertility isn't bad enough, gotta throw a global pandemic in the mix 🙄 It's been pretty difficult being in limbo, waiting to hear from our clinic, which never happened so in the end I've had to chase them to get any info - turns out we're unlikely to get any treatment until the end of the year (if we're lucky), so we've just this week decided to take the plunge and go private! It's a scary amount of money (goodbye house deposit), but we decided we couldn't deal with waiting for the NHS anymore... So we're now in the process of choosing a clinic, which is a bit scary - such a huge decision with so much riding on it - but exciting too! Otherwise nothing new with me - cycles come and go and my period is still ridiculously light... @jenna do I remember you saying yours was getting heavier?? Have you got any plans to be referred for more tests? And what about you @maisy - I remember you saying you had appointments coming up but I can't remember when? Is your cycle now completely back to normal after the provera?

Hi to all the new ladies too! I'm sorry I haven't kept up with all the messages, but I seem to remember a lot of you came off the pill only very recently so I would definitely say don't worry just yet (easier said than done I know!) - it's totally normal for your cycles to be weird/nonexistent for a while after coming off the pill... Fingers crossed time fixes it for you all xxx

@Maisy24 @hope365 hey ladies, how we doing, kind of lost this thread a bit recently. Got usual cramps etc and pretty sure AF is on its way, if not in the next few hours then definitely tomorrow... Just feel like there's not much else we can do 🤷‍♀️. Feeling a bit hopeless atm tbh. On to month 14!!!!

@blodyn91 x

Same, I went all across the country for mine 😂 I was meant to be picking it up in a few weeks and having it altered, but it's getting delivered here now. Going to be so strange having to hang it up knowing I won't be able to wear it for ages 💔 It's going to be a proper juggling act trying to time TTC and weddings 😂 Not sure if I asked how long ago you came off the pill? Have your cycles sorted themselves out yet?

@MintGreenLife also trying for our 1st. Awww that sounds lovely! If I end up having to sell mine and buy another, it won't bother me if its beacuse I've just had a baby. But I love my dress! 🙈 so will try my best to fit in it.

@blodyn91 x

I've bought my dress too, so god knows if I'll be able to fit in it if we do have a baby by then, or if I'm pregnant 🙈 I'm 31, getting on to 32, so feel like I have less time to waste on the whole TTC thing 😂 Yep first baby for us, is it the same for you? Your wedding sounds lovely ☺️ We went for a barn in the countryside and were meant to be having our ceramony in a small open fronted barn, and then the reception in the larger barn. All being well we will still be able to have our ceramony this year, but with 10 people instead of 100!

@MintGreenLife Im going to stop 😬 so just really hope this cycle is it! Ive already bought my dress and having a church wedding with a marquee reception on the farm. I'm 29 so feel I'll be ok if I do have to wait, but hoping it doesn't come to that. Thats so good that you can postpone again, and decided between the two of you. How old are you if you don't mind me asking? will this be your first baby?

@blodyn91 x

I don't think we are going to ha. My OH asked me if we would stop so that we can go ahead with the wedding and I said I wouldn't want to, so I guess if it doesn't work out timing wise we may have to move the wedding again instead. I say wedding, but our plan is to get married this year and have a small ceremony when we legally can do, and then a 'party' next year, but the party would just be the wedding day as planned, but with a non-official ceremony as we would already be married, so I guess that's a little different. I just don't think I could start TTC and then stop again really. It's so rubbish isn't it :(

@mintgreenlife when are you going to stop TCC? This cycle ill be due in March then next one April, thinking April might be too close to June 😬 If I get pregnant I will have to cancel my hen do, and have it post Wedding, but that doesn't bother me.

@blodyn91

We have the exact same issue! Ours is September 2021 - almost exactly a year after our original date and we feel like if we don't fall in the next few months it's not going to work, so makes my bizarre cycles even more frustrating. I seem to be having more of a normal AF this time than my first one off the pill though, so trying to see that as a positive ha. I think that's best as during our first cycle I told OH and on one occasion he said he felt too under pressure eek. It sucks so much with having a wedding postponed doesn't it, you just want it to all work out but feel like you have so little control over it :(

@MintGreenLife It's really annoying, our new date is June 2021, and its putting pressure on TTC. Spoke with OH about it last night, we were saying how different it would be if we weren't under pressure to convieve before August 😩 trying to relax this week coming up, decided not to tell OH when im ovulating.
Finger crossed your next cycle is more normal. I've been doing seed cycling. My periods have been light though

@blodyn91 just spotted above you too have had to postpone your wedding :( ours was meant to be in September. Not going to lie, even though AF coming yesterday was a horrible shock as means I had a 3 day luteal phase, there was a small silver lining in that I had red blood instead of brown which is what I had first cycle off the pill. I thought that might be a good sign, but it seems to be less today :/ still early days for me so trying not to fuss too much x

@mintgreenlife this is my first cycle tracking, so no idea yet. But I had worried about it

After posting on here earlier I've gone and got AF, making my last cycle 37 days. I ovulated on CD34 so this means an extreeeemly short luteal phase of three days!! This is only my second cycle off the pill and I've read a short luteal phase can be a side effect for a while after, anyone else has super short luteal phases?

@MintGreenLife thanks for the links! very interesting. Luckily some of the things mentioned I have been doing after coming off. Although first month off I didn't take any sort of supplements. First month tracking and really hope Im ovulating, 3rd cycle off pill so maybe still a bit soon

@JennaRMD oh that’s really good to know thank you for sharing! I was also on the pill where you don’t have a period so part of me feels like that has probably impacted my periods somewhat. It’s hard to know what’s normal and what’s not I think, I guess time will tell. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻 I think just waiting and seeing is a good option and think I’ll do the same just continue to track and see what happens. I’m 28 and my fiancé is 32 and same we’re both pretty healthy - I think being patient is key (although that’s easier said than done!) x

@s345 I've just had my first relatively normal period last month and I've been off the pill since May last year and actively TTC since November time. Doctor's aren't worried as I was on Cerelle for 5 years with no period at all and before that was on microgynon for 9. They reckon my lining has took a hit bit the fact my periods are increasingly getting heavier each month, indicates growth of thickness so 🤞. Everything else is completely normal with my husband and I. Not overweight, both healthy and both only 28. I'm just going to wait and see what happens over the next couple months x

Ahh thanks for your reply it’s comforting to know there are others in the same position! I have friends who have come off their pill and their periods returned almost immediately but appreciate everyone is different thanks for the articles I will give them a read. I only started tracking my periods etc in March of this year as before that I wasn’t too bothered about it all, wish I’d have taken some time prior to try and understand it all! I used the cheap ovulation test strips last month but couldn’t really get on with them so bought the clearblue ones for this month, I am cd 11 and have had the flashing smiley face since Monday so am waiting for my ‘peak’ if it comes. My cycles have been between 27-30 days for the last 3 months. I’m taking the folic acid and vitamin d too, I’ve also been taking evening primrose oil prior to ttc to try and regulate my hormones (not sure if they help or not!) x