Anyone able to advise on conception/periods after cerazette?

I have been on Micronor (which I think is the same as cerazette) which the GP recommended to me as I was breastfeeding my daughter. My daughter will be 1 next week and so I stopped taking the pill at the end of December to TTC #2. So far no period (other than one very short bleed after sex which lasted an hour) and bfns. I was however using the clearblue ovulation kit which told me that I ovulated around 13th Jan.

I was a bit confused by what was going on but then researched the pill last night and it looks as though whilst on the mini pill you continue to ovulate but the pill changes the mucous lining so that sperm can't reach the egg and any fertilised egg would have problems implanting.

I was also not advised that this would have a negative effect on my fertility and wish I had stopped taking it earlier (if at all! To be honest never felt like DTD when I was breastfeeding anyway!!). We conceived DD the first month of trying so I'm very frustrated by this!!!

I told the doctor I wanted to TTC again quite soon when I got my cerazette prescription the second time (after having dc1), I remember the conversation as she wanted me to have the mirena coil instead, and she didn't say anything.

User, based on my experience I would stay on the pill until after the wedding/ honeymoon so that you aren't experiencing the withdrawal at the wedding (and you don't get accidentally pregnant too soon!).

I went to my G.P & they said that you shouldn't be on Cerazette if you were planning to have a baby within the next few years.<

WOW. that is interesting. I was specifically looking for light / temporary contraception as we knew we would want to conceive soon. I had researched mini-pills as a good option. Discuss with GP. No such warning.

Oh how I wish I had know.

this kind of stuff makes me so angry. I will teach my daughters SO differently about their cycles, how to avoid pregnancy when they want to etc.

OP, yes I was ovulating, or at least LH urine tests came up when I started testing (maybe a couple of months after I came off the cerazette).

My issue was a short luteal phase. So not enough progesterone to sustain a pregnancy. And possibly, also not a good enough lining developed to catch one. the brown spotting gunk that came before my period did not look hospitable.

I am 100% certain cerazette upset my cycle - I had previously got pregnant easily at first try.

the other thing the gynaecologist did was help me know when I was spotting. LH tests from clearblue etc advise DTD before and on the day of the test. We scanned me and confirmed I would ovulate that evening, two days after I'd had a postivie morning LH test. So possibly we'd miss timed things over previous cycles, stopping DTD too early.

I stopped Cerazette in March 2014 (I was 31) and had no withdrawal bleed or period or anything at all until for three months. I had some pinky spotting and then the most brutal ovulation pain first in early May and then finally had a period at the end of May. Then really long cycles (40-50days) and tbh I wasn't sure I was even ovulating. Fell pregnant at the end of September, so it took 3 months for my body to remember how to cycle, and then another 4-5 months of dedicated well timed sexy time before I got there. In fact we'd actually just got engaged and the month I fell were thinking about postponing until after the wedding... Ha!
I did really like cerazette from a convenience perspective, I had no bleeds at all, but I piled on the weight and although we aren't planning ttc for another year or so, I'm not sure I want to chance another long delay, I'll be 34 by then and really don't want to wait to re-regulate again if I can help it.

I forgot to explain that it took over a year for my periods to start after stopping Cerazette & 2 years for them to get to anywhere normal. Hope that answers the other questions.

If your not having periods, you don't ovulate. Periods are natures way of disposing off the mucus lining & if you don't produce one you have no period. When I wanted to come of the pill (guess what..Cerazette) to get pregnant with my husband it didn't work, for ages. I went to my G.P & they said that you shouldn't be on Cerazette if you were planning to have a baby within the next few years. We had months & months of heartache, 2 miscarriages but finally fell pregnant with my now 2 year old daughter. I was lucky. My sister still hasn't had a full cycle or period since she started taking it. We rely on contraception when it suits us but don't think or ask about the long term affects that it may cause.

When would be the best time stop taking cerazette if you want to ttc? I was thinking about stopping in July so that my cycle can get back to normal. I am getting married in October and we plan to ttc straight away (we have been together 10 years). I am worried that if I stop in October it will take months for my periods to come back!

You will probably ovulate in the month before your first period. Not always, but it's likely.

Yes, just wait a bit purple. As I said, I had no real periods for three months but did have a lot of ovary pain and some horrid bloating and tender breasts which I believe is ovulation re-starting (some women get ov pain, i didn't before cerazette but did after).

DTD on the first ov pain day after the first proper period and conceived DS.

I think something was supposed to happen to your body temperature on the first day of your period, so it would help you tell whether your bleeds are spotting or true periods.

I think I would give it a bit longer but if it got to say six months and your cycle hasn't sorted itself out then I would go to the docs.

That fertility friend app uses other ways of tracking your cycle eg. Your cervical fluids and body temperature, so it might give you an idea of whether and when you ovulate. I did it when I was ttc dc2 and found it fascinating, I'm a bit of a control freak and liked being able to time our attempts to conceive even though we weren't struggling (others may find it a bit unromantic!)

I was 34 when I had dc1, it's not old, but it's old enough that I would want to know about any problems asap so there is time to treat them iyswim. I was on it for 5 years the first time and one year the second time. It was great for me and I may go back on it again when my baby is older and I have a sex life

Liam I think 6 months is quite normal to conceive but it is definitely worth finding out when your girlfriend is ovulating so you can time your attempts. There is a really useful website called fertility friend here

Op I never checked if I was ovulating when I first came off cerazette. From the other posts here it sounds like I was lucky that these symptoms didn't last for long in my case. I do think being on any contraceptive pill can hide things like an irregular cycle which might indicate a problem. How old are you? If you are mid 30s or older I think it is better to get checked out by a Dr sooner rather than later, to give you as much time as possible to get it sorted.

Hi OP, i had similar coming off cerazette (was only on it for 3 months).

short cycles (23 days) and two weeks of brown mucus at the start. Over about 8 months there was a gradual improvement, less brown spotting, more 'proper' period and a slightly lengthening cycle. But it didn't sort itself out on its own.

My GP was useless, kept fobbing me off with 'oh well cycles are variable' and 'oh yes you can get pregnant like this' and then 'you're not old enough for fertility treatment'

WHereas i knew my normal cycle is 27 days, 6 days period, 1 day spotting before. has been all my adult life, on and off plenty of other pill brands.

So i went to see a private gyneacologist. She treated me with ovitrelle and progesterone and it worked second cycle (though she also denied it would be the creosote - doctors love their pharmacutecals)

Well she was taken it for a year then stoped and we been trying for a baby for the past 6 month and she keeps having her period. Sorry for the horrible details I no you don't want to no that. Perplerainbow

My girlfriend has been on the pill for over a year and we have been trying to have a baby for the past 6 month and it dosent seen to be happening dose anyone have any ideas why thanks for readin