TTC- a year since my last depo and no period since beginning of august..

[ShannonMarieW]

Hello

Anyone else had the depo and had this problem? I had my last depo in February 2020 and it was due again 12 weeks later, I had a period, and spotting for two months from the end of may. I then had a ‘normal’ 5-7 day long period at the beginning of august. I now have had no form of spotting or bleeding since then.. very worried. I’m only 21 and I feel so abnormal & worthless, am I broken?😩 what can I do to get periods? Anyone had similar? I know online it says it can take up to 2 years but most people are within 6 months....

Hello, when I came off the pill after the initial bleed I didn’t have periods for a year and I felt the same as you - like there was something wrong with me. After 6 months I went to the gp, they fobbed me off for a while but I said I wanted to try or a baby so they referred me for fertility treatment. All that takes a really long time to go through, and I had other symptoms coming back due to pcos like acne and hair loss so I ended up going to a private endocrinologist as I got nowhere with the nhs one. He put me on metformin and within a few months my periods came back. They are now regular like clockwork every 30 days.

Definitely go to your gp but be prepared to have to insist a bit - sometimes our bodies just need ‘waking up’ again after a long time on contraception. Xx

Interesting.. thank you! Maybe private will be the option for me. I just feel silly phoning if I’m going to be fobbed off. Even more silly when I say I want to start a family at. 21, they’ll probably laugh in my face! Thank you so much, I’ll have to bite the bullet and just phone them!

When I stopped Depo it was 14 months after my first missed jab before I got any bleeding at all. Then I had random cycles anywhere between 15 and 49 days for a few months. Settled down after that and I conceived first time (unfortunately didn't stick) on about my 4th cycle once I'd become regular. Then conceived again 2 months later.

From my last jab to DC1 being born was 3 years and 3 months.

Wow, that’s crazy isn’t it.. my mum had it and didn’t have issues conceiving or anything but if I’d have known I wouldn’t have had it at all. Thank you & I’m happy you managed to conceive after all of that😔

I’m not sure why my message was deleted? What I wrote is true.

@Cafeaulait27

I’m not sure why my message was deleted? What I wrote is true.

No it isn't. I reported it as scaremongering quackery and it was removed.

What was said?🧐

Some totally unfounded crap about it giving you cancer. Best ignored.

Things that can (and worked for me) to kick start period/ regulate cycle:
Angus cactus
Soy isoflavones
Acupuncture

I will have a look thank you. Not heard of the first 2 x

Update, I phoned and basically just got told it can take a year or longer and not to try get pregnant until I have periods.. so I think I’ll just have to wait and then phone again in a few months as it has already been over a year now🙃. Not much help, so that’s that!

I was on the depo and it took me 2 and a half years before I could get pregnant.

Totally different circumstances to yours but I had it after my first child - it was an awful time and I ended up having lots of investigations but did actually get pregnant naturally in the end. I was later told by a contraception specialist it should never have been offered to me as an option as I was clear I wanted more children, ideally with a 2-3 year gap - bloody GP!

Oh no..
I actually started my period after my post yesterday! So fingers crossed. I won’t be having it again after all of this. I’m glad you eventually managed! Xx